A blank newspaper liftout in case you run out of loo paper
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (341752)
Rockingham, Australia
March 4, 2020 11:00pm CST
There are lots of jokes now about the coronavirus and most of them involve toilet paper. The Northern Territory News is renowned for its headlines apparently but now it’s publishing an 8-page blank liftout which is designed to be used as emergency toilet paper.
The irony is that Territorians are the only Australian people that haven’t been panic buying toilet paper. And, of course, it’s not a good idea to flush newspaper down a loo. However, I think it might just sell the a few extra copies.
The photo is one of the magnificent gorges that can be found in the Northern Territory.
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@xFiacre (13122)
• Ireland
5 Mar 20
@judyev I worked (mentally) at a newspaper one summer. One day a serious error got through the proof reading and appeared in the final print and went on sale. The guilty person when tackled about it read through the offending article then threw it aside and said “Sure it’ll all be under sh!te by tonight”.
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@Orson_Kart (6827)
• United Kingdom
5 Mar 20
People are panic buying loo roll here too. I remember when I was young and we had an outside toilet, newspaper was in there instead of andrex. I think partly because it was unheated in the toilet and the newspaper didn't deteriorate as quickly. I can't remember ever using it though. 
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@xFiacre (13122)
• Ireland
5 Mar 20
@orson_kart I was brought up with an outside necessary (though we did other things too) and newspaper was the order of the day. When I came to live in Ireland in the 70s some houses still had them. However in a damp winter the print often came off on one’s bum.
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@Orson_Kart (6827)
• United Kingdom
5 Mar 20
@xFiacre Exactly, and you could ask a good friend to read the news to you later in a more comfortable surrounding. 
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 20
We had to use newspaper and even the shiny paper from magazines which was worse.
@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
5 Mar 20
Panic is never good. Great that there is also a newspaper who has kept the sense of humor.
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@rappeter13 (8608)
• Romania
5 Mar 20
@JudyEv Humor can help loosen up the situation. I love humor, I love it when people don't take things too seriously when it is not the case.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 20
@rappeter13 There are dozens of jokes going around. Australians tend to be a bit laid back about such things but I'm sure other countries are seeing the funny side too.
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@DaddyEvil (137485)
• United States
5 Mar 20
Oh, my! Vince did a fantastic job framing that photograph, Judy! That's gorgeous!
And how funny that the newspaper is wasting their paper stock like that!
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@DaddyEvil (137485)
• United States
5 Mar 20
@JudyEv When I was a kid on the farm, we had an outdoor toilet. We had a wooden box full of newspaper as well as a roll of toilet paper. If the roll was empty, we did use the paper but none of us liked it.
Did you take that photo instead of Vince?
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
6 Mar 20
@DaddyEvil When I was a child, Mum would write to an orchard and enclose a cheque and a case of apples would be railed to our nearest siding. The apples were wrapped in soft green paper which became toilet paper. It was a real luxury.
I hate to say it but it's Vince's photo. This is one of mine. He uses Lightroom with dehazers and all sorts of 'enhancements' which help make his 'pop' a lot more.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
5 Mar 20
now the question would be what section is the paper in?
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
5 Mar 20
@JudyEv so what if you only take the front page in, do you have to use the world news section instead?
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
5 Mar 20
I haven't heard not one joke about this virus involving toilet paper. But I do know about using news paper as an alternative. Don't ask me how I know.
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@JudyEv (341752)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Mar 20
It is just a joke. The newspaper is warning people about clogging up the toilet.
@wolfgirl569 (107927)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Mar 20
Beautiful photo. I told hubby just yesterday that we could always start buying the newspaper. 
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@wolfgirl569 (107927)
• Marion, Ohio
5 Mar 20
@JudyEv I just buy as I go usually. But it is just the 2 of us all the time too.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
That blank pages of the newspaper is a very creative approach to the current hot issue of the corona virus. It may be funny but it can also be sarcastic. Nevertheless, it racks the brain to think sanely at this time.
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@Alexandoy (65308)
• Cainta, Philippines
5 Mar 20
@JudyEv for sure people would merely laugh at that joke.
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@LindaOHio (181320)
• United States
5 Mar 20
That's a beautiful photo. We could use another package of TP in reserve! :-)
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