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Posted on 10/27/2010 8:11:40 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Responsibility2nd
The Kindergarten teacher at our school used them for the classroom gerbils to chew on. They created their own bedding.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:37:52 AM PDT
by
stayathomemom
(Beware of cat attacks while typing!)
To: Responsibility2nd
Just exactly what can you do with a used toilet paper tube? Sheesh - can you use your imagination?
I use them to start fires (heat with woodstoves).
Tie a long string on one and give it to a puppy or kitten.
Tape 10 or 12 together and make a cannon.
Store extension cords (coiled up).
Seed starter pots for gardening.
More ideas
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:38:51 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Sub-Driver
Oh noes!!! Without the tube, how will we know which end to pull on? I mean, do you pull it out from the center like a kleenex from a box? If you pick up the roll and your hands are wet, the tissue will tear and stick to your fingers. Now everybody has to buy a roller! That’s not green! And that last little piece, you just don’t know where it’s been! You have to throw it out unused!
This is just horrible.
To: BWDog
I can't imagine that the list of things to do with used toilet paper tubes is very long Wow, whatever happened to American ingenuity....
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:40:20 AM PDT
by
Izzy Dunne
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To: Sub-Driver
Necessity is the mother of invention.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:40:59 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Sub-Driver
If the product, which will be rolled out in stores next Monday,......
I usually roll out my toilet paper on Oct 31st..
It's a tradition I've had since being a kid.
This year every Dem campaign sign I can find will get tp'd
To: Responsibility2nd
They make good firestarters, - I keep a bucket of them in the laundry room and stuff them with dryer lint.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:41:58 AM PDT
by
justsaynomore
(We've got some altering and abolishing to do! - Herman Cain)
To: listenhillary
And among the millions of pet hamsters and gerbils throughout the world there was a wailing and a gnashing of teeth.
To: Sub-Driver
The paper used to make the tubes is certainly biodegradable and could even be recycled so what's the problem? Environmentalist wackos will fight to have the tube removed from our toilet paper, but have no problem with a government mandate that will fill our homes with CFL bulbs full of toxic mercury that cannot be recycled and must be disposed as hazardous waste...go figure.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:46:04 AM PDT
by
The Great RJ
(The Bill of Rights: Another bill members of Congress haven't read.)
To: reagan_fanatic
Next up on the greenies wish list - reusable toilet paper.
I think Sheryl Crow is working on that — one square at a time.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:46:27 AM PDT
by
Mobties
(Let the markets work! Reduce the government footprint!)
To: Sub-Driver
It ain’t the eco green they’re worried about... it’s the ___
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:46:58 AM PDT
by
MichaelP
(Put a Stake in the RATS hearts November 2nd)
To: cripplecreek
what is the reason for the tube in the first place? Gerbil container?
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:47:12 AM PDT
by
glorgau
To: Pecos
“Just chuck it into the recycle bin. Problem solved with minimal R&D costs. How many carbon credits did that earn me?”
I’m no fan of greenies, but if a change works, I won’t reject it out of hand. My guess is that treating the inner portion is quicker, easier, and less costly than making the tubes. If you treat the inner 6 sheets, those likely wouldn’t be used by a consumer, but could go straight into the toilet. Only Sheryl Crowe would be upset by that.
Again, speculation on my part, but it seems 6 sheets in the crapper on the way to the poopie plant is more efficent in terms of recycling, than a roll in the recycle bin.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:48:29 AM PDT
by
brownsfan
(D - swift death of the republic, R - lingering death for the republic.)
To: glorgau
Pervert blocker.
Nothing worse than shoping late at night and stumbling across a pervert molesting the TP.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:49:20 AM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: Sub-Driver
Nearly 17 billion toilet paper tubes are produced annually in the US alone, according to to Kimberly-Clark
with most consumers throwing out used tubes.Most people do that with the toilet paper too, unless you appear on Hoarders.
To: Sub-Driver
You can bet the price to consumers will go up as their cost goes down.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:52:36 AM PDT
by
Iron Munro
(This is our culture; fight for it. This is our flag; pick it up. This is our country; take it back.)
To: peeps36
If Al Gore gets his way we will all get one leaf a day to wipe our asses.
LOL ! For the tree hungers. If you don’t like cutting trees’, try wiping your ass with plastic.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:53:23 AM PDT
by
buck61
To: peeps36
>>If Al Gore gets his way we will all get one leaf a day to wipe our asses.<<
Grow more corn.
It’s either that or bring back the Sears catalog.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:53:46 AM PDT
by
RobRoy
(The US Today: Revelation 18:4)
To: Starstruck
Recycled toilet paper next on the list? Or ban it all together and insist that people do without.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:54:25 AM PDT
by
listenhillary
(A very simple fix to our dilemma - We need to reward the makers instead of the takers)
To: reagan_fanatic
"Next up on the greenies wish list - reusable toilet paper."
Low volume food like dog food.
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posted on
10/27/2010 8:58:23 AM PDT
by
Dem Guard
(Obama's 57 States = The Organization of The Islamic Conference (OIC).)
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