hop-along bob doesn't quite get it why people are hoarding toilet paper when we also need to take care of the other end of where the toilet paper goes. just because we are self-isolating doesn't mean we should neglect our upper personal hygiene. so go on, buy tooth paste by the loads before the shelves go dry again.
did you know that the sudden demand for toilet paper started with a hoax? it started as "a viral tweet, originating in Japan, that claimed the country would soon run out of toilet paper because toilet paper comes from China, where the disruptions to supply chains caused by coronavirus would exhaust supplies. China is, in fact, the largest exporter of toilet paper in the world, and some of the government mandates enacted to suppress the disease did delay regular toilet paper shipments.
But the delays were brief, and the existing supplies ample — everything would have been fine had the hoax not changed consumer behaviour. Inspired by the tweets, the Japanese flocked to stores and decimated shelves. Pictures of those empty shelves themselves went viral, driving people to panic-buy TP in other markets around the world. Alarm bred more alarm; fear of scarcity created scarcity.
Toilet paper shortages “were actually created by panic buying, rather than the ability of the industry to provide products.”
There would have been more than enough toilet paper to keep shelves stocked around the world, had the world not suddenly decided to buy huge amounts of toilet paper en masse. The situation was entirely manufactured by a false alarm." - Object Lessons of a Pandemic, National Post
well, that's it, i've self imploded; i have no more ideas how to present a roll of toilet paper.
It is crazy behavior. And now where are we supposed to hide the few extra rolls, no wait, we are in isolation. No one is going to know if we are hoarding or hoping we don't run out. We finally got a package last weekend. I keep waiting to see what next?
Wrap things in it, mark paths for Bob, let bob use it for acrobatic balancing acts, build a bridge from a shelf to another and have Bob dare it, use it as a page marker in that moment’s reading, build a spiral Babel tower of rolls.. There are plenty of uses besides the ordinary one...
Domenico has come up with some great ideas. All I could think of was ways to use it other types of cleaning jobs. We had a report yesterday about a man trying to return large quantities of hoarded goods to a supermarket. He had 132 packs of toilet rolls and 150 one-litre bottles of hand sanitiser which he had tried to (unsuccessfully) to sell on eBay. The supermarket refused so now he's stuck with it. Serves him right for trying to profiteer on other people's misfortune.
The reporting during this whole thing has been pathetic. More people died from SARS and the virus that took place during the former president's term than all the deaths worldwide this time. But neither of those outbreaks were reported on the way this one has been. Not only that but several doctors around the world have also had huge successes in treating this thing but once again our wonderful friends in the media remain silent. One really has to wonder why- if something was benefiting the sick and curing people, wouldn't you want to broadcast those successes? Now you know why I get my news elsewhere- the big names are terrible! Well, enough of the soapbox- on to toothpaste. Here's another fact for you- most of the diseases and illnesses we get come through our mouths- so proper dental care and hygiene is not only good for the teeth it's good for the entire body!
Ideas for pictures- something from Picasso's blue period
Monet's haystacks
Munch's The Scream
Gainsborough's Blue Boy
Van Gogh's sunflowers
Something by Edouard Manet- one of his clowns
Did you do Warhol's Tomato Soup Can yet?
@helenhall - i have quite a few because whenever i would pass by the drugstore and see a sale, i always thought i'm running out so i would pick up one or two, depending on the sale price. if i'm saving only a quarter i would leave it as i could get it much cheaper at wal-mart. i'm pretty sure i'm not going to see this brand on sale anytime soon. because i have dry mouth i use a different kind at night which is twelve dollars and i would wait for it to go on sale for at least two dollars less before i would convince myself to buy a couple.
@summerfield I have tried to buy exactly this brand a few times, but it isn't to be had. Not so much a shortage of toothpaste, just a shortage of choice. The biggest shortage here seems to be flour and yeast (excluding things like hand gel etc)
April 17th, 2020
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Ideas for pictures- something from Picasso's blue period
Monet's haystacks
Munch's The Scream
Gainsborough's Blue Boy
Van Gogh's sunflowers
Something by Edouard Manet- one of his clowns
Did you do Warhol's Tomato Soup Can yet?
That should get you going for a while!