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10. "Please, sir, could you spare a square?"

Mon Jan 28, 2013, 12:16 PM

Jan 2013

sorry, I couldn't resist.

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Students at Pa. school must ask for toilet paper [View all] The Straight Story Jan 2013 OP

my kids would have a roll in their bag. loli phabay Jan 2013 #1

Mine too, or at least pipi_k Jan 2013 #4

Mine too Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #5

It is an extreme measure. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #11

Simple, CCTV Mosby Jan 2013 #13

You're joking, right? cleanhippie Jan 2013 #15

yes, I'm kidding. nt Mosby Jan 2013 #23

Whew! I thought so, but one can never really be sure. cleanhippie Jan 2013 #24

I bet this is just one kid Mosby Jan 2013 #25

Doubtful. My uncle's time as a school custodian was Hell on Earth. WinkyDink Jan 2013 #28

I can tell you this much Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #18

While I can see how that would be an ordinary reaction... cleanhippie Jan 2013 #20

So far Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #21

Not a square to spare...................../nt kooljerk666 Jan 2013 #2

This policy is particularly odious (no pun intended) Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #3

They never stop to think pipi_k Jan 2013 #7

Just saw this... Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #6

I know... pipi_k Jan 2013 #8

Sounds like a Principal who backed himself into a corner. davsand Jan 2013 #9

No agreements! pipi_k Jan 2013 #14

"Please, sir, could you spare a square?" Javaman Jan 2013 #10

I had no idea this was such a problem in schools ... frazzled Jan 2013 #17

As I recall from my school daze Cirque du So-What Jan 2013 #19

BYOTP! zappaman Jan 2013 #22

My husband's high school didn't have TP LeftInTX Jan 2013 #26

They would also rip the soap dispensers off the walls narnian60 Jan 2013 #27

We had a problem at our school...and we brought the law into it PennsylvaniaMatt Jan 2013 #30

they locked all the bathrooms at my high school tabbycat31 Jan 2013 #31