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Save the world one square at a time?

Liberty Belle

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I'm sure most of you have heard about this nutty idea of Sheryl Crow's. I find it just hilarious. When you finish reading move on to my next post and I'll tell you how you can accomplish this nearly impossible feat. :wink:

Save world one square at a time – and annoy Bush’s brain
Tim Reid in Washington

The singer Sheryl Crow opened a new front in the fight on global warming yesterday with a call for people to use only one sheet of toilet paper after each visit.

Her demand for a ban on excessive paper use came after a heated exchange with Karl Rove, President Bush’s chief political adviser, at a dinner in Washington on Saturday. When Crow approached him to demand that he take global warming more seriously, she placed her hand on his arm. According to Crow, Mr Rove immediately spat: “Don’t touch me!”

The singer has just toured the US on a biodiesel-powered bus to raise awareness about climate change, and made the paper use suggestion on her daily blog.

“I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don’t want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.”

Crow also said on her web-site that paper napkins “represent the height of wastefulness”. She has designed a clothing line with what she calls a “dining sleeve”.

It is detachable and can be replaced with another sleeve after the diner has wiped his mouth. “This idea could also translate quite well to those suffering with an annoying head cold,” she writes, but she does not prescribe how many wipes per nostril. Ms Crow’s latest contribution to the global warming debate came as her run-in with Mr Rove was the talk of Washington yesterday.

Ms Crow and Laurie David, a big Democratic donor and producer of An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore’s Oscar-winning documentary on global warming, approached Rove at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner to urge him to take a “fresh look” at global warming. Rove reacted angrily, they said. “I am floored by what I just experienced with Karl Rove,” Ms David said. “I’ve never had anyone be so rude.” He had behaved like “a spoiled child throwing a tantrum”, she said.

Mr Rove said of Ms David: “She came over to insult me and she succeeded.”

The White House described their behaviour as “Hollywood histrionics.”

April 24, 2007
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article1695705.ece
 

Liberty Belle

Well-known member
From my weekly column:

This week was Soil and Water Stewardship Week following last Sunday’s Earth Day. Here in rural America, we are true environmentalists and stewards of the land, mainly because everything we do and everything we hold dear comes from the land.

Most of us get a real kick out of listening to the claims and hysterics of the nutty pseudo “environmentalists” like Al Gore and his ilk, but the claim that Sheryl Crow, whoever she is, made this week that everyone should only use ONE square of toilet paper per visit to the bathroom to save the planet has to be the wackiest statement from the greenie crowd yet. :mrgreen:

One toilet paper square looks way too small to be of any use to anyone using the facilities, but I heard a guy on the radio the other day explain just how using only one could work. Pay close attention and I’ll give you his instructions. Follow this closely:

Tear off one square of paper from the roll. Fold it in half, forming a rectangle. Now fold the rectangle in half, forming another square. Take the center corner fold, which is actually the center of the single square, and tear a small piece off. Save that piece. Open the square up and the hole you made should be in the center of the square. Now stick a finger through the hole and use it to wipe yourself. When done with that job, gather up the surrounding toilet paper square using it to wipe off your finger, and throw the paper into the toilet. That done, find the little piece of toilet paper that you saved after you made the hole and use that to clean your fingernail!!!

Now wasn’t that slick? :shock:

Umm ...maybe that was a poor choice of words after the operation I just described, but aren’t you glad to know how to perform this delicate operation?

Knowing this stuff could come in handy if folks like Al Gore should happen to be elected...
 
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