"How many trees died!?"

[South Texan]

At a fast food place an old hippy was ahead of my father in the line. Hippy ordered a burger and the burger was wrapped in paper and handed to the Hippy.

Hippy has a freak out.

"Do you know how many trees died to make this paper!?"

How I wish someone would have asked Mr. Hippy Zealot if he paid for the food with PAPER money.

[Imogene]

How I wish someone would have asked Mr. Hippy Zealot if he paid for the food with PAPER money.

'Paper' money is actually mostly cotton. Like, 97%, if memory serves.

[EclipseDragon986]

Most of the hippies I see throw a fit in line claim that paper is more biodegradable than plastic. I remind them that degredation requires oxygen, which when the trash is buried in dirt, has a very hard time getting to the paper so the bacteria and things that degrade paper can't live.

[Sofar]

'Paper' money is actually mostly cotton. Like, 97%, if memory serves.

Linen actually, and that's only American and Canadian. It's why our money is so durable, you try running a pound note through the washing machine in the pocket of your slacks. A dollar comes out unscathed and a little cleaner, the pound comes out a bleached wadded ball.

That reminds me of the shitbox I saw last year. This thing was spewing huge blue exhaust clouds, yet was covered in "save the Earth" stickers As for that guy, I think he's um, *compensating* for something

But it gets forty miles per gallon! The hippies' ancient econo-boxes, (one of which I own, 1962 Volvo Amazon,) may get spectacular milage but they never take care of them properly, causing them to pollute much more than a less efficient model in better repair.

[EclipseDragon986]

"Hippies...hippies everywhere...claim to save the earth...but all they do is smoke pot and smell bad..."

[South Texan]

'Paper' money is actually mostly cotton. Like, 97%, if memory serves.

Sorry. I was trying to be silly. Guess the joke missed.

[Imogene]

Sorry. I was trying to be silly. Guess the joke missed.

No, I caught it, but my mind catches little inconsistencies and bizarro facts. I just enjoy sharing those facts with others.

For instance, the original name for the Swedish Chef...? Anybody? Anybody? Bueler?

Thom.

[tollbaby]

Ahhh, logic.

I wonder what the hippy did when McD's had styrofoam.

Well, MY personal group of hippies staged a protest at our local McDonalds by bringing in regular dishes (you know, plates from home, utensils & stuff) and asked to be served on them, so they wouldn't have to use styrofoam containers. We were kicked out. SO our protest began, and we had newspapers and radio/tv stations from the city recording the whole thing. I have no clue if we had ANYTHING to do with it, but shortly thereafter, they started wrapping their burgers in paper... anyone remember the cardboard tube they used to put around Big Macs? Yeah, we're pretty sure we were responsible for that fiasco