# But why Toilet Paper?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-toilet-paper/849201>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 10, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-toilet-paper/849201 "2020-03-10T13:41:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-toilet-paper/849201/1 "2020-03-10T13:41:45Z")

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Doesn’t it seem odd that TP was the commodity people thought of first when the Coronapocalypse hits?

(He says, nervously eyeing the only remaining 9-pack in the linen closet.)

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**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-toilet-paper/849201/2 "2020-03-10T13:52:52Z")

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See existing thread:  
[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891271](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=891271)

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**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\
**Post date:** [March 10, 2020, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/but-why-toilet-paper/849201/3 "2020-03-10T14:01:06Z")

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Always the Bride’s Maid, never the Bride.