There is an inverse proportion between the degree of panic and the eventual track of the storm. In other words, more panic means less effects.
On Wed, Oct 5, 2016 at 11:34 AM, archer75--- via Mercedes < mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > On Wed, 05 Oct 2016 09:28:22 -0500 > Curley McLain via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > Dunno. I never could figger that out. When there is a big blizzard > > predicted, people go out and buy vanloads of TP. It must be built into > > the female psyche somehow. If there is a weather threat, buy all the TP > > you can. > > > > One possible explanation might be related to the 70s. After the oel > > companies successfully created a "oel shortage" and managed to almost > > double the price of Benzin, the paper companies decided to create a TP > > shortage. Like trained lemmings, as soon as they announced that TP > > might be in short supply, people went out and cleared the shelves of > > TP. That was the first time I remember hoarding TP. Before that, the > > snears catalog or a corn cob worked. > > > > Ever since that time, the lemmings will go out and buy 5-10 years worth > > of TP at any major storm prediction. I have no idea what they do with > > all of it. > > > Mitch Haley via Mercedes <mailto:mercedes@okiebenz.com> > > > October 5, 2016 at 8:45 AM > > > > > > What's with the TP? > > > I buy twelve packs of "mega rolls" (supposedly equal to 48 normal > rolls). > > > When I'm down to half a pack I start looking for a sale. If I'm afraid > > > the roads > > > will be closed for a week, I make sure I've got a week's worth of food > and > > > generator gas for the furnace/refrigerator/well pump. > > > > > > Mitch. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Women want toilet paper more than men. It has to do with their anatomy. > Men make do no matter what the situation: > > "Here I sit in punguent vapor. > "Just now looked and there is no paper. > "I'm late, late, late and I cannot linger. > "Look out below, here comes my finger. > > --- > This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. > https://www.avast.com/antivirus > > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
