I'm starting a thread here that will be used to bring readers' attention to odd and rather bizarre stories read in the newspaper or heard on the radio.

To start, I will share highlights of an article read today in the New York Times, whose hallowed pages told the story, today, of America's fascination with toilet paper. According to the report, Americans--unlike their less fussy cousins in Europe and elsewhere--like their TP soft. All well and good, except for the fact that the manufacture of soft TP involves pulp products obtained from freshly felled timber. This results in a significant production of carbon dioxide production, the major culprit of the Greenhouse Gas situation. Greenpeace (and I think other groups) have voiced their dismay over the situation, and have vowed to do their part to bring Americans' attention to the problem with a planned campaign to highlight the problem....

Holy Rollers, Batman!

In the meantime I, for one, will stock up on the soft-stuff...My butt deserves it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/sc...rmin.html?_r=1