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2021-03-27 Africa North

Suez Canal Blockage May Cause World Wide Toilet Paper Shortage

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Posted by Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2021-03-27 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

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This oneis on the Suez Canal Inc - Red Because the Canal is on the Red Sea and the Mediterranean. You got the Red Sea Version - very abrasive 80 grit

Posted by Groluling the Prolific2499 2021-03-27 00:14|| 2021-03-27 00:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Damn. Another $1 down. At this rate I'm gonna be reduced to PBR and dinin' with the Colonel soon

Posted by Wholugum Panda3635 2021-03-27 02:04|| 2021-03-27 02:04|| Front Page Top

#3 The Daily Mail said Suzano produces about a third of the world’s hardwood pulp

Maybe they misspoke, but I'm guessing softwood pulp goes into TP.

Posted by Bobby 2021-03-27 07:38|| 2021-03-27 07:38|| Front Page Top

#4 Oops! Bad assumption.

Toilet paper is generally made from "virgin" paper, using a combination of softwood and hardwood trees (a combination of approximately 70% hardwood and 30% softwood).

How TP is made

Using recycled paper

That's my good deed for the day!

Posted by Bobby 2021-03-27 07:46|| 2021-03-27 07:46|| Front Page Top

#5 Waaaaaay back in 1990 I was in Beaverton, Oregon working on the design for a toilet paper mill. A group of Russians came over to see how we did it. Russian toulet paper was then known to be very bad. If we don't export it we will be fine here.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2021-03-27 08:56|| 2021-03-27 08:56|| Front Page Top

#6 Thx Deacon, might explain some moodular anomalies. Gromski....are still up ?

Posted by Besoeker 2021-03-27 09:07|| 2021-03-27 09:07|| Front Page Top

#7 Two Weeks to Flatten the Curve XXVIII:
The Third Toilet Paper War

Posted by swksvolFF 2021-03-27 13:18|| 2021-03-27 13:18|| Front Page Top

#8 PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC PANIC

Posted by Tom 2021-03-27 13:33|| 2021-03-27 13:33|| Front Page Top

#9 As the Suez Canal Authority works to free the canal (applying enemas), traffic is building up (constipation), and missing inputs (no ex-lax available) will disrupt supply chains (irregularity is a B-tch), but watch out, severe diarrhea is expected once the blockage is relieved, shortly.

Posted by Ebbavise the Anonymous3092 2021-03-27 14:08|| 2021-03-27 14:08|| Front Page Top

#10 Somali pirates will take advantage of this. We currently have cargo ships anchored offshore just waiting for the great price resets.

Posted by Dale 2021-03-27 14:20|| 2021-03-27 14:20|| Front Page Top

#11
If it comes a butt war, then USA MUST NOT HAVE A Toilet paper Gap.

Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-27 15:11|| 2021-03-27 15:11|| Front Page Top

#12 The Chinese are threatening to nullify our toilet paper superiority with bidet over match.

Posted by Sonny Sforza2226 2021-03-27 18:09|| 2021-03-27 18:09|| Front Page Top

#13 I had the privilege to restock our TP supply today - no obvious limits or shortages

Posted by Frank G 2021-03-27 18:38|| 2021-03-27 18:38|| Front Page Top

#14

So Europe will smell a little 3rd worldish....
Now that's Social Justice ☺☻

Posted by NN2N1 2021-03-27 18:56|| 2021-03-27 18:56|| Front Page Top

#15 ^ Cultural appropriation?

Posted by Thrinesh Tojo3386 2021-03-27 22:50|| 2021-03-27 22:50|| Front Page Top

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