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Not Just Bog Roll

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There are 3 important things in life: diamonds, beef and toilet paper. If you think toilet paper should be confined to the stinkhole that is the toilet you should not be out of your house alone without parental supervision.

Government doesn't think so either. Toilet paper is gold and is something to be treasured, nurtured and kept safe from those who invade the council in search of toilets.

Go into any council toilets and you will not find toilet paper. Every single one of them! I am sure there are periodic workshops on preserving and keeping toilet paper from the sharks that patronize the council toilets. There could well be an annual budget for such workshops and if they have not created a position for Toilet Paper Coordinator then very soon they will.

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