{"id":59380,"url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/59380-the-tp-problem","short_url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/59380","headline":"The TP Problem","content":"Many years ago, in another time a friend of mine\r\nwas making a trip out of town. He took along an\r\nempty suitcase, a big one.\r\nHe flew to Medford to visit some of our units.\r\nHe stopped at a Discount Store, where an old\r\nfriend was the Manager.\r\nMy friend, Harold, I'll call him Hal grabbed a\r\ncart and went down the aisle. He told his friend\r\nwe had a toilet paper shortage in Seattle.\r\nHe loaded up his cart and as other shoppers\r\ncame by, he told them of the TP shortage in Seattle.\r\nThose customers and others, immediately cleared\r\nout all the known supplies of the TP in that store.\r\nMy friend arrived home the next day. Took his \r\nsuitcase into the bedroom, put it on the bed, opened\r\nit and called to his wife, Donna.\r\n\"Donna\" he said, \"come in here and see what I have.\"\r\nDonna went into the bedroom and Hal said\" Look what I\r\nhave.\"  His wife replied, \"What's this?\"\r\nHal said \"You told me that you couldn't find any toilet paper\".\r\nShe said to Hal, \"I told you I couldn't find any Blue\"\r\nAnd so it is said that it doesn't take too much talk to\r\nstart a run, (pardon the pun) on toilet paper.\r\nNot the same as what happened here, but at the time\r\nwhen Hal told me the story, we laughed.\r\nKeep your chin up, we will get through this terrible period of \r\ntime of our life.\r\nWash your hands.","content_plain":"Many years ago, in another time a friend of mine\r\nwas making a trip out of town. He took along an\r\nempty suitcase, a big one.\r\nHe flew to Medford to visit some of our units.\r\nHe stopped at a Discount Store, where an old\r\nfriend was the Manager.\r\nMy friend, Harold, I'll call him Hal grabbed a\r\ncart and went down the aisle. He told his friend\r\nwe had a toilet paper shortage in Seattle.\r\nHe loaded up his cart and as other shoppers\r\ncame by, he told them of the TP shortage in Seattle.\r\nThose customers and others, immediately cleared\r\nout all the known supplies of the TP in that store.\r\nMy friend arrived home the next day. Took his \r\nsuitcase into the bedroom, put it on the bed, opened\r\nit and called to his wife, Donna.\r\n\"Donna\" he said, \"come in here and see what I have.\"\r\nDonna went into the bedroom and Hal said\" Look what I\r\nhave.\"  His wife replied, \"What's this?\"\r\nHal said \"You told me that you couldn't find any toilet paper\".\r\nShe said to Hal, \"I told you I couldn't find any Blue\"\r\nAnd so it is said that it doesn't take too much talk to\r\nstart a run, (pardon the pun) on toilet paper.\r\nNot the same as what happened here, but at the time\r\nwhen Hal told me the story, we laughed.\r\nKeep your chin up, we will get through this terrible period of \r\ntime of our life.\r\nWash your hands.","published_at":"2020-03-15T23:16:31-07:00","updated_at":"2022-06-02T15:12:21-07:00","author":{"type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"description":"Stay up-to-date with MFish on Kudos 365. View their post published Mar/15/2020 on Life Stories - Memories. Browse your favorite topics and share your expertise, too.","type":"post","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","likes_count":18,"comments_count":1,"categories":[{"name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}],"schema":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"CreativeWork","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/news/59380-the-tp-problem","headline":"The TP Problem","image":"https://k365pi.imgix.net/site/square-kudos-share-image-300.jpg?fm=jpg\u0026auto=format,compress","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"MFish","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/profiles/297670-mfish"},"datePublished":"2020-03-15T23:16:31-07:00","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":"https://schema.org/LikeAction","userInteractionCount":18}],"subjectOf":[{"@type":"Thing","name":"Life Stories - Memories","url":"https://www.kudos365.com/categories/1002-life-stories-memories"}]}}