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Journal Zarf's Journal: Toilet Paper strong against Dollar. 13

Journal by Zarf
Using This Site for a reference I find that Toilet Paper runs about 0.0017578125 Euro per sheet. So Currently the Euro is worth 568.888888888 Sheets Of Toilet Paper (SOTP)... making the Dollar worth 466.29660 (SOTP).

I'll be periodically posting the US Dollar exchange rate with toilet paper as a public service. The value will be found by multiplying the value of the Euro in SOTP by the value of the Dollar in Euro. Have a nice day.

Update 15dec2003: 1 dollar is now 462.8876 sheets of TP... we lost 4 sheets to the wind today.
Update 16dec2003: 1 dollar is now 460.75505 sheets of TP
Update 17dec2003: 1 dollar is now 461.53 so TP... yeehaw! pull up! pull up!!!
Update 18dec2003: 1 dollar is now 458.80 so TP... DOH!
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  • Is this generic, bought at the gas station 1-ply? Is this Cottonelle Ripples with Aloe? Charmin?

    I don't keep up with my local SOTP-dollar conversion, but these are details that need clarification. Maybe I should RTFA...

    It would be interested to gauge the cost of living in a certain area based on value of staples like this against the currency. It could be called the Cost of Consumption Index.

    Someone would undoubtedly pressure the government into providing an additional pay differential for government emp
    • I used "Soff Toilettenpapier 3 Lagig 8x 160 Blatt" at 1,99 Euro for the pack. Figure the total number of Blatt per euro.
    • Is this generic, bought at the gas station 1-ply? Is this Cottonelle Ripples with Aloe? Charmin?

      Well, it's quite obvious, innit. Those are the various denominations of TP.

      Wal-Mart's Smartprice 1-ply is small change, but Charmin is big bills.

      Of course, this brings to mind the Depression and hyperinflation in 1920s Germany, when people went around with wheelbarrows full of TP sheets (in those days called 'Reichsmarks') to buy loaves of bread.

      *ducks*

      Cheers,

      Ethelred

      PS: I actually have a billion-ma

  • The dollar's current value is great for exporters - it makes their goods cheaper compared to other countries' goods - as well as domestic industries competing againts foreign exports, since it makes foreign imports more expensive.

    Of course, this does suck for anybody being paid in USD but living in another country - effectively, everything you buy (outside the base at least) is an 'import' to the US, and hence costs much more. Which sucks for you personally, but is great for the US economy...

    • When the dollar gets to 1 to 1 or worse I'll start wiping my *ss with Dollars and save the Toilet paper.
      • Naturally, this will lead to a bulk problem if people try to use the donation bucket as a dumping ground for bundles of old billion- and trillion-dollar bills. The Buildings and Grounds people are worried about waste-disposal problems and the potential fire hazard that may ensue if large piles of billions and trillions begin to mount up. Therefore, a key feature of the new regulation is that the donation bucket must be emptied every day--more often if an excessive build-up situation is seen to develop.

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  • Might I suggest you partner with a complementary consumer [slashdot.org]? :)

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