Jerry’s folly by louannwarren

Jerry’s folly

At the very beginning of the toilet paper “crisis” in mid-March, Jerry searched on Amazon and ordered twenty rolls of “extra large, super soft” tp. One package of ten rolls arrived yesterday, from China. They are the smallest rolls we’ve ever seen, 4 inches in diameter and are named “SupSoft”. The advertising on the front of each roll says “clean soft and tough comfortable”. For comparison I set a roll on top of one of our usual and customary extra large tp rolls. 😊 We have laughed all day about them, they cost close to $2.00 a roll. We are so thankful the tp crisis is over here, we’ve been able to purchase it in every store for a couple of weeks now. This photo is going in my Covid photo book, I think it will be on the outside back cover.
Now, that is hilarious! It's a good thing you didn't really need them and you can look on this as a funny reminder of this generation's crisis!
May 14th, 2020  
That is so hilarious, just had a good laugh 🤣
May 14th, 2020  
You do like things supersized in America 🤣
May 14th, 2020  
@nicolecampbell especially in Texas! Ha!
May 14th, 2020  
so funny, glad you can see the funny side!
May 14th, 2020  
Oh hilarious, I think by the time this crisis is over we are all going to have some fun stories to tell even though there will be a lot of sad ones too. Your Covid book is a super idea I wish we could all see the finished product what a story it will tell for people in your future
May 14th, 2020  
@onewing we have celebrated our 20th wedding anniversary and Jerry’s 80th birthday in lockdown, so I thought a photo book was fun but also kind of important since so much has happened in these months. I should be able to do a collage of the finished book when I do it!
May 14th, 2020  
Wow what a con....they even look like they could have a bigger hole in the middle too.....extra large loo roles...our seem to be a standard size of & I was surprised at this 4/12 inches so not that much bigger than the Chinese ones. I have never considered the size of a loo toll before!
May 14th, 2020  
Hahaha
A great TP story
May 14th, 2020  
Just add your story to the many memorable toilet roll sagas that occurred!!
May 14th, 2020  
Haha! That is so funny!
And a photo-book is a great idea! I can even pick pictures from your calendar - Think the black face masks should get a prominent page too!
May 14th, 2020  
Great story, we are really going to miss brick and mortar stores in the future.
May 14th, 2020  
Oh my gosh, how crazy is that. We had a hard time finding it, too, but luckily we were able to find some when we needed it.
May 14th, 2020  
Haha... that's funny!
May 14th, 2020  
Bep
That's hilarious!
May 14th, 2020  
Such a hilarious story....we can buy tp easily now too. What a story you have to share here.
May 14th, 2020  
@ingrid01 the black mask photos have to go on the front cover, I think!
May 14th, 2020  
Haha! I really don’t know why tp became such an issue, but it did! Ok here now too!
May 14th, 2020  
I like the idea of this being on the back cover of your book A great photo and a great idea to document the struggle
May 14th, 2020  
Ever been conned. Be careful what you buy from China
May 14th, 2020  
Oow ! ha ha ! , but what a con !! At least a great idea to use the photo o the back cover of your documentation of the Covid period !!
May 14th, 2020  
I saw your picture and had a good laugh...just too funny and wouldn't you know It Came From China.
May 14th, 2020  
@farmreporter @ludwigsdiana @pusspup @happypat @annied @gilbertwood @ingrid01 @theredcamera @mittens @kwind @gijsje @happysnaps @louannwarren @carole_sandford @grammyn @carolmw @beryl thank you all so much for your great comments, and your appreciation of the situation, ha! Jerry said he didn’t know he was buying tp from China, only when he started receiving shipping notices did he realize it was coming from China. Side note: the second package of 10 rolls appears to be missing somewhere between China and Texas. This folly just keeps getting better! Ha!
May 14th, 2020  
@louannwarren A great story but at least you weren’t scammed & you actually got some!! You’re right you only discover sometimes once you’ve ordered where your stuff is coming from. Good for a laugh especially because of the subject! !
May 14th, 2020  
That's hilarious!
May 14th, 2020  
Large is a relative term.
May 15th, 2020  
Definitely "earned" its spot of honor on the back cover - for your enjoyment and ours. Fortunately, we found some of our regular in time (I had just bought a large package before all this started). Another reason to Buy American.
May 15th, 2020  
May 15th, 2020  
Great story- so funny - we all have our own “tp” drama. Lol
May 15th, 2020  
For as long as I can and as often as I can I will refuse to buy any product from China! The last thing their manufacturing inflicted on us was the toxic paint on all those toys and now this virus. Well, at least this shot offers us a little humor on the whole affair. Smile for the day!
May 15th, 2020  
HaHa! So funny, LouAnn. I still have not seen any TP at Costco or our local grocery store. It's OK though because we still have plenty and haven't bought any since the middle of March. I don't get the TP hoarding, buying freezers and stocking up on meat, etc. We will survive and will find what we need when we need it...besides, I have lived without meat for 28 years.
May 16th, 2020  
hmmm... makes me think i should have ordered some from amazon just so i could've included that in my april challenge. then again, maybe not. the toilet paper available in manila is much bigger than that! i can't get over the name supsoft. 😂 🤣 okay, i'm laughing at my own joke. but it's funnier once it's out of my head!
May 16th, 2020  
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