Posted on 02/16/2020 7:29:05 PM PST by HK_Kai_Chung
HONG KONG: Armed robbers who stole hundreds of toilet rolls were being hunted by Hong Kong police on Monday (Feb 17), in a city wracked by shortages caused by coronavirus panic-buying.
Toilet rolls have become hot property in the densely packed business hub, despite government assurances that supplies remain unaffected by the virus outbreak.
Supermarkets have found themselves unable to restock quickly enough, leading to sometimes lengthy queues and shelves stripped bare within moments of opening.
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Hong Kong “Toilet roll”
Is that today’s sushi special?
Here ya go, charmin forever roll. one roll= approx. 1 month.:
https://shop.charmin.com/?utm_source=charmin&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pp
IT WAS A WIPE-OUT!
Wasn’t me.
Paging Johnny Carson
Sorry, misread your post:)
Our neighborhood was so tough that armless gangs stole toilet paper rolls. Out of spite.
Freegards
Let’s focus on the positive. For now, at least the people are not desperate enough to raid public restrooms for toilet paper.
What about the brown market?
Those are some empty shelves there. So read to hear and see. At least for normal humans at any rate.
The crooks made a clean getaway ……….
Most people have no clue as to how quickly goods will disappear when the supply lines stop functioning.
Go into any large grocery store and go in the back where they have the extra stock. There isn’t much there. Most of the stuff goes out on the shelves as fast as it comes in. A lot of it is restocked daily by the vendors.
Here is another point. The virus does not have to run rampant here to cause problems. All you got to do is have panic buying and that is all she wrote.
And guns. 😁
Helluva rewind if the cat gets in there.
Remind me to go to Sam’s Club tomorrow...
Goodlawd I hope No ONE is wiping with beignets. OH..you mean BIDETS. BEIGNETS are French donuts. BIDETS are French blowbutts.
I was until my daughter moved back in with me for a while
I swear...she could burn through a years stash in a month
Must be making boxing gloves out it or something
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I have daughters too, here’s how it goes: One towel to stand on while getting out of the shower, one towel to dry body with, one towel to dry hair with and wrap around head times seven days a week times three daughters equals a whole lot of towels. Heaven help me if they find out I sometimes I just throw them in the dryer then refold them.
No wonder Uncle Pierre looked at me funny when I asked him if he’d ever used a beignet to clean his behind.
Didn’t get a Christmas card from him for years.
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