Simple Solution!

Could this be a chance to save trees, and at the same time let it be known that we will not tolerate the way we are being mistreated!


Perhaps I should start at the beginning. The beginning is the Blog I wrote some time back about the toilet tissue roll being smaller! That provoked a letter from an old friend and I will share it with you:
“Dear Gigi,

I read your blog about “Toilet Tissue and Broccoli” and thought about what you wrote and got to thinking about a way to get back at those tissue manufacturers. I had also noted that the price keeps going up and the size of the rolls are shrinking and it made me so mad. I added up about how much money I had spent on tissue in a 6 month period of time. There are 6 of us in the family so you can imagine. Three of us, female!

So, here is what I did!

I went out last month and bought 4 yards of white cotton knit fabric. I cut it up into squares about 6 by 6 inches. It took me a while. It made a nice little stack and I put them in a drawer beside the commode, but you could just stack some on the back, on the lid, you know. I fold them in half and …..blot. It works just fine and dandy.

The knit does not ravel so you don’t even need to hem them and the great thing about them is you just toss them in with any of your laundry because they don’t take up much room. I put them in my bathroom, and now all I ever use toilet tissue for is for is what the kids call “number two“.

I convinced the girls to use them in their bathroom. No need to suggest it for the boys bathroom. And my husband nearly laughed his head off when I told him what I had in mind doing. But you know him and as soon as I pointed out how much money I would be saving him each year well he began to see the value of my little idea.

I know you may think this is not a great idea but if it would catch on and every woman in the USA would do this, just think about how many trees we might save. We would probably put all those tissue makers out of business too. It sure would teach them a lesson.

As ever, Jeannine”

Interesting idea! I would point out what a mistake it would be to put them out of business. What would all the males do then? We still need that particular product. But you know what, some enterprising soul out there could take this idea, give the squares a jazzy name, and package, and sell them and make a fortune. Maybe you and Phil could do it!  Perhaps that could be the solution for the tissue makers to have as a side business, to make up for loss of income if this idea should catch on! Thanks for writing Jeannine, I am passing your letter on to someone who might present it to an ecology club!