March 10th, 2018 : Big Mofo Canoe

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by glatt

There are 40 boxes of paper on this pallet. Each box contains 10 reams. You probably purchase one ream at time when you buy paper and know how much that is. (500 pages of paper per ream)

Doing the math, this pallet contains 200,000 pages of paper.

You would need 5 of these pallets to get to a million.

That's a lot of paper.

Yet at the same time, my kids' annual school supply list includes two reams of paper from every secondary student, which comes out to about 1,400 reams of paper, or more than 3 pallets, each year. Americans use a lot of paper.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Especially when you add the paper we blow our noses and wipe or butts with.

[Carruthers]

Now this is a lot of paper:

We've wiped out our last toilet roll! German town that accidentally ordered 12-YEAR'S worth of toilet paper finally uses the last sheet

A town in Germany has finally used up its huge supply of toilet roll, 12 years after its council accidentally made a massive bulk order to save money.

The town of Fuchstal in Bavaria accidentally ordered two truckloads of toilet paper in 2006, but when the first truck was delivered, authorities in the 4,000-person town quickly realised their mistake and cancelled the second order.

However, they were still left with a huge supply of toilet paper and the situation worsened when residents rejected the product because it was a grey, single-ply brand that tended to turn yellow and go brittle if exposed to too much sunlight.

Officials set-up a team of four people to distribute the toilet paper as they struggled to deal with the supply.

Rolls were put in several public buildings and filled the attic of the local storage building.

They were also shoved in all the available closets and cabinets in local schools, the town hall and the firehouse.

However, the botched order did allow the town to save some money.
We were able to save up over €1,000 (£855) because the price of wood went up next year, which also made toilet paper more expensive,' town mayor Erwin Karg was quoted by the DPA news agency as saying.

Inspired by the savings, the town has already placed its next bulk order of toilet paper, although it has made sure not to order so much this time around.

The paper will also be white and two-ply this time, and will not be delivered all at once.

'In my case, it will probably take another 12 years to get used to this,' the mayor said.

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