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red states rule
07-06-2011, 04:21 AM
More hope and change or a lame attempt to convince people to pay more in taxes?






Hey buddy, can you spare a square?

The city is so hard up for cash that it's rationing toilet paper in women's public restrooms -- to the point where bathroom attendants are doling out a few measly squares per patron -- along the world-famous Coney Island boardwalk.

The Post witnessed stone-faced Parks Department employees leave toilet-paper dispensers empty last week and instead force astonished female beachgoers to form "ration lines" in the bathrooms.

Regina Ballone, 25, of Brooklyn visited a boardwalk bathroom at West 16th Street Wednesday and was "grossed out" at the thought of someone else handling her toilet paper.


"Never in my life have I experienced anything like this," she said. "I walked toward a stall, and a bathroom attendant stopped me by shouting, 'Hey, mami! There's no toilet paper here,' and she whipped out a big roll for me to grab some."

Beachgoers also have been forced to line up for their paltry allotment of the city's cheap, single-ply toilet paper at the boardwalk's other women's restroom at Stillwell Avenue.

Benedikte Friis and Ann Damgaard, both 22, from Denmark, said they enjoyed visiting Coney Island last week -- except when it came to the bathrooms.

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ed_off_over_coney_tp_ration_ZLxvCQtk7PMMJa8wPtA39J #ixzz1RJbqzfcT





Reminds me of this scene from Seinfeld

http://youtu.be/Gysu0kgFwT0

fj1200
07-06-2011, 07:55 AM
How much does a human toilet paper dispenser cost vs. a roll of toilet paper? :rolleyes:

Gaffer
07-06-2011, 09:24 AM
I was thinking the same thing. And then I wondered if they were unionized.

red states rule
07-07-2011, 03:17 AM
Since the nanny state wants to ration health care why not toilet paper as well?

Of course they could easily use pages from the NY Times - it might be cheaper