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Venezuelans Scrambling to Find Scarce Toilet Paper
AP via ABC ^
| 5/16/13
| FABIOLA SANCHEZ and KARL RITTER
Posted on 05/21/2013 8:14:10 PM PDT by Kartographer
After years of economic dysfunction, the country has gotten used to shortages of medicines and basic food items like milk and sugar but the scarcity of bathroom tissue has caused unusual alarm.
"Even at my age, I've never seen this," said 70-year-old Maria Rojas. She said she had been looking for toilet paper for two weeks when she finally found it at a supermarket in downtown Caracas.
Thousands of rolls flew off the store's shelves as consumers streamed in and loaded up shopping carts Thursday morning.
"I bought it because it's hard to find," said Maria Perez, walking out with several rolls of paper.
"Here there's a shortage of everything — butter, sugar, flour," she said. But the latest shortage is particularly worrisome "because there always used to be toilet paper."
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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; Government
KEYWORDS: shortage; shortages; toiletpaper; venezuela
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What happens when you run out of other peoples money.
To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:14:52 PM PDT
by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
To: Kartographer
Send Sheryl Crow. She has the answer.
To: Kartographer
Just need to let all the people of Venezuela know that that Saddam Hussein-lookalike dictator of theirs is stockpiling t.p. Go get him !
To: Kartographer
If they can hold on until after the 8 Gangbangers pass amnesty, American dollars will be flowing their way by the truckload.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:17:03 PM PDT
by
FlingWingFlyer
(If you think ObamaCare is a train wreck, wait until you see the amnesty bill.)
To: Kartographer
You just posted that so I could brag about my adult potty wipes for four people for a year in a box that is 16 inches x 14 inxhes x 18 inches.
I could get rich selling these things in Venezuela.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:17:38 PM PDT
by
Marcella
(Prepping can save your life today. Going Galt is freedom.)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:17:45 PM PDT
by
Paleo Conservative
(Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not really out to get you.)
To: Norm Lenhart
If U looked like Sheryl Crow U could get someone else to wipe your ass!
To: fieldmarshaldj
If we had a party with any guts, there would be TV ads on this latest wonder of Socialism targeting our lib enclaves.
“Wipe This”
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:20:12 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: Kartographer
May I suggest they start using plants for toilet paper, particularly poison ivy.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:20:29 PM PDT
by
ConservativeInPA
(Molon Labe - Shall not be questioned)
To: DIRTYSECRET
No thanks. She looks like SZZt herself.
To: Kartographer
Toilet paper there, .22 ammo here.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:20:55 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: Kartographer
Socialism stinks.... literally!
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:21:13 PM PDT
by
antceecee
(Bless us Father.. have mercy on us and protect us from evil.)
To: Kartographer
I’d be scrambling too! Oooh! Oooh! OMG!
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:21:42 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
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05/21/2013 8:22:36 PM PDT
by
onyx
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To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:24:25 PM PDT
by
mylife
(Ted Cruz understands the law, and he does not fear the unlawful.)
To: Kartographer
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:24:37 PM PDT
by
Slyfox
(The red face of shame is proof that the conscience is still operational.)
To: Kartographer
While TP is easily available here, many Filipinos do not use it. They use only water.
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posted on
05/21/2013 8:25:06 PM PDT
by
AlexW
To: Kartographer
When does the new Sears catalog come out?
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