Join the laundry basket revolution

Chris went grocery shopping for a few things last night. I know, what a man! But we'll talk more about that later. Anyway, while he was checking out, the bagger asked if he wanted plastic. What? In Tennessee, you just get plastic. No options. So Chris said, "Do I have another option?" And the guy informed him that he could choose paper or plastic, but a lot of people now just use the cloth bags. You know, the ones that you pay for and they fit about 2 vegitables inside, so you need about 500 to get your groceries! Chris is always so good with words, so he responded, "I don't believe in that crap." I mean, I know that Al Gore is a freakin genius and all, and I'm so glad that he is being a superhero and trying to save the earth from suddenly bursting into flames from global warming (if you believe that, you should probably just delete my blog from your computer altogether right now). Anyway, so Chris and I got in to our ever so deep discussion on which really is better for the environment. Paper uses a lot of our valuable trees, but plastic does not break down quickly. And the cloth bags-we decided they are just a great marketing scheme. So here's my suggestion...Next time you go shopping, load those big ol laundry baskets into your car, then take them in the store. When you check out and they ask "Paper, plastic, or cloth?" simply reply, "Neither" and bust out your laundry baskets. They do make it easy to carry your groceries from the car to the house! And they are pulling double duty. You can thank me later. Maybe I'll write a book and make a movie like my buddy Al, and I can profit from misleading an entire generation of impressionable kids! I'll hop off of my soapbox now so I can change some diapers (of the disposable sort).