Demand for toilet paper rises in China.

[Wolfie]

China's toilet paper suppliers in a flush

Thu Feb 17, 6:35 PM ET

SHANGHAI (AFP) - Surging demand for toilet paper in China has some of the nation's suppliers in a flush, state press said.

"I'm happy to see many young people adopt paper tissues for the convenience, which is a sign that reflects our social development and has helped improve our industry," Wang Yueqin, vice-director of Shanghai Paper Trade Association, said.

But Wang, quoted in the China Daily, said he was "beginning to worry about the large wood consumption" and the industry needed to consider other technologies and uses.

"We are trying to encourage the application of new materials and technologies," he said, pointing to one factory in Jiangsu province now making toilet paper from straw.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...at_050217233549

[Redneck4sure]

now making toilet paper from straw.

Duh!! You get far enough back in the woods and people still use straw.

[Shawn]

They haven't figured out the three-shell system yet?

[Redneck4sure]

no shells :wha':

[KiwiCoromandel]

as long as they take the really big splinters out of it......

[Wolfie]

"In Shanghai, only old people and some office ladies use handkerchiefs," said Song Junliang, an official at the Shanghai Household Textile Industry Association.

I guess that explains why Chinese textile has been doing so good up to now. I guess they do a lot of laundry too.

[Redneck4sure]

Wolfie, I wonder what they do with the hanky.......just put it back in their pocket?

That could be bad on a day when you have an upset stomach and a cold.

[Wolfie]

I don't I'll ever accept a hanky from anyone after reading that.

[Redneck4sure]

I don't I'll ever accept a hanky from anyone after reading that.

Use the borrowed hanky to wipe your butt then give it back.

[Kooperman]

I can recall seeing a Sears catalog in the outhouse at my grandmother's house long, long ago. Don't know if that was for special guests or just an emergency shortage.

[Redneck4sure]

Always save the best for last. You don't want to use up the tool section or the hunting gear section. Use up the appliance or the home furnishing section first. Be careful NOT to use the women's apparel section or grandma and wifey will kick your ass. :)

[rainbowdemon]

Be careful NOT to use the women's apparel section or grandma and wifey will kick your ass.

That had a different purpose altogether.

[Redneck4sure]

It goes without being said to NEVER use the women's intimate apparel section. It is used to nail over the holes in outhouse wall to keep the wind out during the winter.

[Wolfie]

It is used to nail over the holes in outhouse wall to keep the wind out during the winter.

I bet that argument had everyone convinced. :bigsmile:

[Redneck4sure]

I bet that argument had everyone convinced. :bigsmile:

not really but it was the best I could do.