Rock singer Sheryl Crow has joined the global-warming nags, touring the U.S. on a biodiesel-powered bus with environmental activist Laurie David to spread the good word on college campuses.Rock singer Sheryl Crow has joined the global-warming nags, touring the U.S. on a biodiesel-powered bus with environmental activist Laurie David Laurie Ellen Lennard David (born March 22, 1958). She serves as a trustee on the Natural Resources Defense Council and a member of the Advisory Board of the Children's Nature Institute and is a contributing blogger to the The Huffington Post. to spread the good word on college campuses. What suggestions does Miss Crow have for our nation's students? How might they, to use her own words, "become a part of the solution to global warming global warming, the gradual increase of the temperature of the earth's lower atmosphere as a result of the increase in greenhouse gases since the Industrial Revolution. "? Well, they might be more sparing in their use of toilet paper. In fact, Crow seems to think that legislative action is called for in this area: "I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting." She suggests using only one square per visit. Goodness! We know, of course, that the Nanny State nanny state n. Informal A government perceived as having excessive interest in or control over the welfare of its citizens, especially in the enforcement of extensive public health and safety regulations. is advancing on all fronts, but we did not think it would advance on all rears, too-taking over one of Nanny's more disagreeable tasks. And only one square? Even British army The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. recruits were traditionally allowed three: "One up, one down, and one to put a shine on it." |
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