The half-towel trick

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It's was too big a towel.

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Let me tell you a secret if you're really quick,

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if you're really quick and I can prove this...

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This is half a towel from the dispenser in this building.

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How? As soon as it starts you just tear it off.

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It's smart enough to stop and you get half a towel.

3:37

(Laughter)

3:40

(Audience) Shake.

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(Audience) Fold.

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Now let's all say it together.

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(Audience) & JS: Shake.

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(Audience) & JS: Fold.

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You will for the rest of your life

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remember those words every time you pick up a paper towel.

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And remember: one towel per person for one year.

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571,230,000 pounds of paper.

4:16

No small thing. And next year, toilet paper.

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(Laughter)