We have gotten so used to touchless sinks and paper towel
dispensers that when we have to actually touch something, we freeze like lost
children waiting for permission before taking the next step.
Since I have either broken, or completely ignored the
bathroom taboo rule (don't mention the bathroom or anything that happens therein), I will toss this out as well…
There has got to be a shortage of toilet paper in the
world. If it were not so people wouldn’t be going to such lengths (pun
intended) to force us to use less TP. They
employ various tricks to minimize our TP consumption. Some of these include
ovalized rollers, paper holders that “pinch” the roll making it harder to get
the required amount of paper, rolls that are one half inch narrower, or the
“jaws of death” that make reaching into the dispenser to get paper kind of like
a game of “operation” wherein you feel as if you are reaching into a the mouth
of an alligator. These challenges have become so common that when one does
encounter a roll of TP that doesn’t have one of the usual “tricks” we may find
the paper spewing forth like it is being shot from a fire hose. The roll acts
like it is spinning on ceramic bearings or the like. Then you find yourself trying to stop the
fountain of white paper. Thank goodness
the rollers aren’t made by Chris King otherwise the sound would alert those in
the vicinity that you are having a little fiasco.
Since I am already ranting on such a disgusting subject,
shall we contemplate what is the likely by-product (hygienically speaking) of
using less TP? Is this a price we are
willing to pay as a society ? Look
around you before answering this question.
On a recent trip Hottie made two observations the first
of which was that when we hit town for coffee and pre-ride nutrition the crowd
of people that are up and about at 7:00 looks a lot fitter than the crowd that is
walking around mid morning around 10:00.
Next Observation/Question
Why have major league baseball players started to grow
beards so they look like unkempt lumberjacks ?
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