at first I thought this was an Onion article but nooooooo.

Venezuelans scrambling to find scarce toilet paper

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelans scrambled to stock up on toilet paper Thursday as fears of a bathroom emergency spread despite the socialist government's promise to import 50 million rolls...

okay forum buds, don't disappoint! let the puns begin. i'm sure we'll be on a roll in short order.

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Meanwhile, newspaper sales are up in Venezuela. Particularly the morning edition.

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At least the soy based inks don't burn sensitive tissues like the old inks..

Chavez must be rolling in his grave...

Actually...it was/is an Onion article, but that doesn't mean that this isn't true

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Government mismanagement has left toilet paper in short supply in Venezuela, causing long lines to form throughout the country to purchase the rapidly dwindling item, and prompting lawmakers to call for the immediate importation of 50 million rolls. What do you think?

I seem to remember someone causing a similar panic in the US by joking that we were running out of TP on the Tonight Show or Letterman.

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The culprit has been identified by authorities:

Did you mean this likely suspect?

Oh $hit!

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Obviously a plot by the U.S.

Surely they can "storm the plan" like good little Stakhanovites?

Must be a very late response to the OPEC oil embargo in the 70's.
There were tons of tanker loads of crude oil sitting in the VZ ports then.