# Suez blockage may cause run on toilet paper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 27, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853 "2021-03-27T15:43:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/1 "2021-03-27T15:43:02Z")
The stuck ship in the Suez may affect shipments of wood pulp from Brazil that are used to make toilet paper. Coffee may also face shortages. > **[From toilet paper to coffee, here are some of the products that could soon be...](https://www.businessinsider.com/toilet-paper-coffee-products-delayed-suez-canal-blockage-impact-2021-3)** > > Experts say that the blockage is costing about $400 million an hour and that it could take weeks to move the freighter. Stock up! (Again … sigh) ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/2 "2021-03-27T15:44:42Z")
This evens out. Without coffee I won’t need nearly as much toilet paper ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/3 "2021-03-27T15:45:40Z")
If it’s March, it must be a toilet paper shortage. ---
**Author:** ![Seanette](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/seanette/32/9139_2.png) [@Seanette](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seanette)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/4 "2021-03-27T16:14:24Z")
LOL! Thanks for the chuckle. I cling to humor as a coping tool, and the prospect of facing more bare grocery shelves stresses me. I do have some reserve supplies of paper goods, but do not relish the prospect of another round of “what am I going to need and be unable to lay hands on this time?” ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/5 "2021-03-27T19:48:22Z")
Went out and stocked up again, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/6 "2021-03-27T20:02:20Z")
Canada does pretty well for having available wood pulp. Given the ever present Tim’s, it remains unclear if we will ever have access to good coffee. ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/7 "2021-03-27T20:16:38Z")
I heard that wood pulp report on the radio yesterday, and bought more TP today. I’m already 'pretty good" stocked up on coffee. May I live in interesting times. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/8 "2021-03-27T20:28:30Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Stock up! (Again … sigh) Rather than trying to predict what there’ll be a shortage of next and stocking up on many things, I just stocked up on vodka. I find it’s a convenient universal solution for all shortages and for the pandemic in general. For severe shortages and other extreme situations I just increase my intake. ---
**Author:** ![JaneDoe42](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/janedoe42/32/14104_2.png) [@JaneDoe42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JaneDoe42)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/9 "2021-03-27T20:40:23Z")
Who’s the smart pup? Huh, who’s the smart, smart pup? You are! ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/10 "2021-03-27T20:44:59Z")
Damn straight! You can’t argue with success. Woof! 🐕 ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/11 "2021-03-27T20:48:36Z")
I’m gonna play it safe and put BOTH vodka and toilet paper on my shopping list for today. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/12 "2021-03-27T21:01:26Z")
And I’m going to get my car customized to run on vodka. Wait – Doesn’t vodka come through the Suez Canal? ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/13 "2021-03-27T21:23:38Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > Wait – Doesn’t vodka come through the Suez Canal? That was a very scary thought for a second, but no, my vodka comes from Sweden. It’s safe, unless it somehow gets caught up in a fiasco of cascading transportation problems. In which case I’ll have a couple of pallets of Absolut airlifted directly from Köpmannagatan. According to my information there are 56 cases per pallet, so that would be 112 cases or 1,344 1.14 L bottles. That should be enough to tide me over for a few months. ---
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/14 "2021-03-27T21:29:10Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > The stuck ship in the Suez may affect shipments of wood pulp from Brazil that are used to make toilet paper. Oh, well. > [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Coffee may also face shortages. No!!! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2021, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/15 "2021-03-27T21:40:08Z")
Oh great, another opportunity for people who own bidets to be/have smug assholes. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/16 "2021-03-28T03:01:23Z")
If they run vodka through their bidets… ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/17 "2021-03-28T12:08:22Z")
Which countries importing freight from Brazil would need it to go through the Suez Canal? ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/18 "2021-03-28T12:52:55Z")
The story I heard said it had more to do with China and a global shipping situation. Maybe the Suez canal traffic stoppage affects that, I don’t know. All I need to hear is the warning, and that’s reason enough to pick up a little more. It’s not going to go bad sitting in my closet; I’ll get to the latest purchase eventually. ---
**Author:** ![blabbermeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9a140/32.png) [@blabbermeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blabbermeister)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/19 "2021-03-28T17:02:14Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > Went out and stocked up again, just in case. I’m tempted to mess with people by walking around the streets carrying a dozen rolls of toilet paper ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2021, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853/20 "2021-03-28T21:10:05Z")
Over the past ~6 months or so I’ve been stocking up on TP and paper towels after it was evident the the shortages of last spring were no longer an issue. A 12 pack here, a 24 pack there. This thread prompted an inventory check: 165 rolls in the garage, plus 3 or 4 in each of the bathrooms. That should be a good year’s supply for us. We aren’t as well stocked of paper towels as we are of TP, but those aren’t as vital. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/suez-blockage-may-cause-run-on-toilet-paper/938853.md?page=2)