Americans Who Hoard Toilet Paper are Probably not Ready for Wars With Iran and Russia
Just think of the cheerleaders who won’t be joining the forces at the front.
A couple days ago, my wife told me that a Costco store in Downtown Salt Lake had run out of toilet paper. OK, I thought. That’s just one Costco.
Two nights later, my wife asked me to get some toilet paper while running some errands. I went to the local Costco and found a large empty place on the floor where the toilet paper can usually be found. There was none to be had.
I asked a worker on the floor at Costco. “There’s plenty of toilet paper. People are hoarding it due to the dockworkers strike. We’ll have more tomorrow.” Thank God I have a bidet.
Back in 2020 at the onset of the pandemic, the Wall Street Journal announced that bidet makers were having their moment. “In the midst of a global pandemic, relatively inexpensive add-on bidets — widespread in many parts of the world but never popular in the U.S. — are experiencing a hyperaccelerated transition through the life cycle of a new direct-to-consumer fad.”
But there is something else.
Since 2022, I’ve been watching one war, then last year, two wars. One in Ukraine, and the other in Israel. I’ve…
