All I can really say is what a year the last 2 weeks have been. I remember my Grandpa telling me how he survived the great depression in the 30’s having only bread to eat for almost an entire year. I also remember my Father telling me how he survived as a 19yr old in the jungles of Vietnam, even after having been shot 4 times in 3 years. I dread the day when my kids ask me what I survived and I get to tell them about when the world ran out of toilet paper. I’ll then tell them how people waited in line for days and that Charmin toilet paper trucks were hijacked at gun point and utter madness hit the nation. Yes, I get to tell my kids I survived The Great Toilet Paper Shortage of 2020. I sure as hell don’t know why it even happened, it wasn’t like the world got a virus that gave you diarrhea, if that happened then I could understand. Maybe I’ll get lucky and my kids won’t ask, because if I have to tell this story in the future they won’t believe it. This would probably be the final straw in which my kids would decide to put me in an insane asylum.
Greg Rosen is a humor writer for the Pamplin Group Newspaper and the Hood view news. I’m also a proud father, husband and realtor. Questions or comments are appreciated: [email protected].