Which raises the question: Why do Beijing residents steal toilet paper? China is where paper was invented, it ought to be cheaper than rice.
Friday, March 24
Big butts
"The Chinese government responded to toilet-paper thieves in Beijing's public restrooms by installing dispensers with facial-recognition software, which allows each visitor only one sheet, approximately two feet in length, every nine minutes. 'The sheets are too short,' said one visitor." (Source: Harper's Weekly Review, Online, March 24, 1957)
