Weird News

[Carruthers]

The second listing, on the auction page linked above, is for more conventionally sized toilet rolls.

The plot thickens. I wonder if the paper does?

[sexobon]

The ultraviolet fluorescent powder in the paper is probably past its expiration date. They can no longer shine their UV lamps on desks and cabinets to see who's not washing their hands after going to the bathroom. At least that's the cover story. The actual reason is classified and has to do with embassy security. You can probably find out easy enough though if you know someone in MI5. It's kind of a running joke there.

[Happy Monkey]

I figured it* out; it's a 2.25" CORE, the strip is 90mm x 200M. 90mm is 3.5", which is more reasonable.


*it being the weird dimensions listed, not the reason they're selling them.

[Diaphone Jim]

Gallagher on TP:
See, it's frivolous, superfluous products in America. Like scented toilet paper... is the dumbest thing in the world! The only thing you don't have to make smell good cause it's gonna get fucked up. Who is that smell there to impress? My thumb? If you want to impress my thumb, make it thicker in the middle.

[xoxoxoBruce]

I like some of the furniture, dresser and highboys.

[tw]

Toilet paper should have doily patterns. That make it more cultured.

[Undertoad]

The right consistency of shit would fit neatly into the patterns and even enhance them

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Diaphone Jim

Gallagher on TP:
See, it's frivolous, superfluous products in America. Like scented toilet paper... is the dumbest thing in the world! The only thing you don't have to make smell good cause it's gonna get fucked up. Who is that smell there to impress? My thumb? If you want to impress my thumb, make it thicker in the middle.

THUMB?! HOW THE HELL IS HE USING TOILET PAPER?!?!?!

[Diaphone Jim]

I have to admit that that part of his routine has bothered me for twenty years or more.
I guess every family and/or part of the world has their own way of doing things.
Perhaps some of our more adventurous posters can do some investigation, so to speak, and report back.

[henry quirk]

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[xoxoxoBruce]

But they are quite profitable... for Roto-Rooter.

[Carruthers]

Legal cannabis helps homes to hit a high

Cannabis does not just make humans high, it also has the same effect on house prices.

Research has found that in those areas of Colorado that voted for full legalisation of marijuana, property values have risen on average by a groovy 6 per cent. Meanwhile in those that chose to keep prohibition, there has been a distinctly mellow response in the housing market.

The research was possible because of the way Colorado has introduced a law change, passed in 2012.
Although the state itself repealed legislation banning cannabis, it was left to the hundreds of individual municipalities to decide whether or not they wanted to allow its sale.

This in effect created a natural experiment. While the stoners of Boulder, Basalt and Red Cliff chose to join the tokers of Silver Plume in embracing the herb, nearby Severance, Cokedale and Two Buttes kept the status quo. From a purely economic perspective though, which was right?

Cheng Cheng, a researcher at the University of Mississippi, said that when he began the investigation he genuinely did not know which way the market would go in response.

By comparing property prices before and after full legalisation, and looking to see what happened in those areas with no change, his paper in the journal Economic Inquiry showed that there was a clear effect.

In the first quarter after sales were allowed, prices jumped by 3 per cent. Then they continued increasing by the same amount again, at a more steady rate.

“We think the major benefits could come from the easier and legal access to recreational marijuana, the new entrepreneurial and employment opportunities and the increased tax revenues for local governments that were created by the legalisation,” said Professor Cheng.

Does this mean, though, that Britain should follow Colorado’s lead? “If our study is any indication, marijuana legalisation could bring large net benefits for housing market participants,” Professor Cheng said. “That does not necessarily imply that everyone will be better off. ” He also said that long-term health and crime effects could outweigh those benefits.

Sometimes I find life very puzzling.

The Times

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by henry quirk

(one of the) the dumbest thing(s) in the world: moist towelettes for the bum

What? Even bums need clean hands.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Carruthers

Sometimes I find life very puzzling.

The Times

Get high. You'll still be puzzled, but, at least you'll be high.

[glatt]

I've been smelling plenty of pot in DC since the law changed, but most people are discretely smoking it, even if outdoors.

This morning however, there was a guy smoking a pretty big joint at the outside seating of Potbelly right next to my building. This is corporate America type stuff. It's amazing how things have changed.