Sheryl Crow's Sh*t Hits the Fan

On a day in which some genuine environmental innovation took place in Boston (see below), our local papers were fixated upon one celebrity's solution for environmental waste.

Singer Sheryl Crow said that people should use only one square of toilet paper when going to the bathroom. And, yes, the sh*t hit the fan. (We use the asterisk because we don't want the city Wi-Fi blocking us, too!)

The Fox Morning News crew latched onto this one with great gusto. We found out that the toilet paper in the Fox 25 bathrooms doesn't have perforations, and we also learned that VB needs way more than a single square to clean himself after he does his business. (Thanks for sharing.)

Crow's statement was also primo fodder for the Herald. Margery Eagan quoted one individual who said Crow must have "mastered the ability to conduct remarkably precise movements with immaculate results." We think their headline was a little tame, though. Couldn't they have tried "Celeb Dumps on Masses"? Or "Crow Has Potty Mouth"?

Crow says it was a joke, but who really cares? The mere mention of using a single square after using the bathroom - by a celebrity, no less - gave newspapers an excuse to indulge their scatological sides. (Did no one make the connection that Crow has been traveling with Laurie David, wife of Larry, and that it was most likely a reference to the Seinfeld episode in which Elaine must beg for a ply in a pinch?)

In real environmental news, Logan is offering preferred parking for hybrid cars and preferred spaces in line for hybrid taxis.

Image of the Herald's front page, in which they let us know how they really feel.