# Conscientious consumerism..

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscientious-consumerism/436013
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [February 2, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscientious-consumerism/436013 "2008-02-02T20:07:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![A.R.Cane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee7513/32.png) [@A.R.Cane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/A.R.Cane)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscientious-consumerism/436013/1 "2008-02-02T20:07:46Z")

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…or, not taking any crap off anybody!

Instead of reading, this guy found something more productive to do while on the throne: [In the paper chase, he’s coming up short – The Denver Post](http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_8083336)

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### Author: ![Marlitharn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/779978/32.png) [@Marlitharn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marlitharn)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscientious-consumerism/436013/2 "2008-02-03T12:03:31Z")

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> 1. An average of 666 rolls of toilet paper are used at the Pentagon each day.

There’s a joke there somewhere about satanic assholes, but I can’t quite make it come out right…

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### Author: ![Purgatory\_Creek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/74df32/32.png) [@Purgatory\_Creek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purgatory_Creek)
#### Post date: [February 3, 2008, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conscientious-consumerism/436013/3 "2008-02-03T12:15:06Z")

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Well, now, this gentleman’s avocation did get the readers talking about Darfur, the alveolar nature of trees, Nazi death camps, and the value of professional sports. Imagine what could happen if he started counting over-the-counter medications.

I love people with lots of time on their hands.
