world war II in germany
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shortage of toilet paper ,
mother sends daughter to store to buy toilet paper ,
storekeeper : "sorry , we ran out of toilet paper , but we just got some waxpaper in , better buy some while it's available " ,
so daughter buys the waxpaper ,
a few days later the daughter is back in the store to purchase something ,
storekeeper : "was your mother satisfied that i sold you some waxpaper ? " ,
daughter : " yes , she was , but my dad said he prefers the regular toiletpaper " .
hbg
there is another version of this story where the daughter buys a toilet brush instead ... use your imigination