Thursday, October 20, 2005

The Power of Suggestion

One time, on the Tonight Show, Johnny Carson told a joke about an expected toilet paper shortage in the United States. By noon the next day, people who heard the joke had rushed out and emptied store shelves. Other people heard the rumor, saw the empty shelves, and panic buying ensued, causing a toilet paper shortage that lasted 3 weeks.

Aren't people funny?

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