Sheryl's "Joke"

Last week Sheryl Crow suggested that one piece of toilet paper should be enough.

Although my ideas are in the earliest stages of development, they are, in my mind, worth investigating. One of my favorites is in the area of forest conservation which we heavily rely on for oxygen. I propose a limitation be put on how many squares of toilet paper can be used in any one sitting. Now, I don't want to rob any law-abiding American of his or her God-given rights, but I think we are an industrious enough people that we can make it work with only one square per restroom visit, except, of course, on those pesky occasions where 2 to 3 could be required.

Her little suggestion got world-wide coverage. Now she says that it was just a joke.

Was it? Granted it was inane but so was everything else she posted during her tour. Maybe the whole thing was a joke?

Then there was the run-in with Karl Rove.

Sheryl reached out to touch his arm. Karl swung around and spat, "Don't touch me." How hardened and removed from reality must a person be to refuse to be touched by Sheryl Crow?

Obviously he read Sheryl's blog and was concerned about what else that hand had touched.

There is a certain irony in Sheryl and Laurie's encounter with Rove. Early in the tour Laurie was upset that someone dared to question her view of reality yet she does not allow anyone else the same privilege. After all, she produced An Inconvenient Truth in which Al Gore declared that the discussion is closed. As is Laurie's mind.

Or maybe they were having another joke.