The Paper Towel Incident

We do lots of stupid things, which keeps our days interesting. One day we needed toilet paper, so we went to the store and bought some (2 packages with 4 rolls in each package). Turns out we bought paper towels! We didn't notice that it was 2 rolls, not 4! so daniel went back to the store and came home with two more packages of toilet paper....except that they were paper towels...again!!! He just wasn't paying attention, because the ones he bought even said "paper towels" in English! So he had to go back out again to get toilet paper!

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