How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
How to use one paper towel | Joe Smith | TEDxConcordiaUPortland
R. P. Joe Smith served as a District Attorney in Umatilla County and nearly won a race for Oregon Attorney General without taking a single contribution over $99.99. He is a former chair of the Oregon Democratic Party and is active with several local nonprofits.
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0 -> Transcriber: Denise RQ
Reviewer: Cecilia Rios
11.501 -> 571,230,000 pounds of paper towels
21.327 -> are used by Americans every year.
27.313 -> If we could --
correction, wrong figure.
29.738 -> 13 billion used every year.
32.237 -> If we could reduce
the usage of paper towels,
35.325 -> one paper towel per person per day,
38.355 -> 571,230,000 pounds of paper not used.
45.618 -> We could do that.
47.832 -> Now there are all kinds
of paper towel dispensers.
51.334 -> There's the trifold.
53.253 -> People typically take two or three.
56.081 -> There's the one that cuts it --
58.456 -> that you have to tear off.
59.815 -> People go one, two, three, four tear.
This much, right.
62.755 -> There's the one that cuts itself.
66.373 -> People go one, two, three, four.
70.111 -> Or there's the same thing
but recycled paper.
73.893 -> You have to get five of those
75.312 -> because they're not
as absorbent of course.
77.461 -> (Laughter)
78.93 -> The fact is you can do it all
with one towel.
85.421 -> The key, two words.
87.269 -> This half of the room
your word is 'shake.'
91.199 -> Let's hear it, 'shake.'
92.572 -> (Audience) Shake.
Joe Smith: Louder.
94.107 -> (Audience) Shake.
95.484 -> Your word is 'fold.'
97.542 -> (Audience) Fold.
JS: Again.
99.889 -> (Audience) Fold.
JS: Really loud.
101.623 -> (Audience) Shake.
(Audience) Fold.
103.42 -> OK. (Laughter)
Wet hands.
107.225 -> Shake. One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven, twelve.
112.158 -> Why 12? 12 apostles. 12 tribes.
12 zodiac signs. 12 months.
117.661 -> The one I like the best
it's the biggest number with one syllable.
121.943 -> (Laughter)
125.918 -> Trifold.
126.998 -> (Applause)
128.015 -> Fold.
133.072 -> Dry.
135.043 -> (Applause)
138.898 -> (Audience) Shake.
143.319 -> (Audience) Fold.
146.744 -> Cuts itself. Fold.
148.626 -> The fold is important
because it allows
151.333 -> interstitial suspension.
154.6 -> You don't have to remember
that part but trust me.
157.098 -> (Laughter)
162.126 -> (Audience) Shake.
166.472 -> (Audience) Fold.
169.033 -> Cuts itself.
174.325 -> The funny thing is I get my hands drier
than people do with three or four
177.691 -> because they can't get in
between the cracks.
180.338 -> If you think this isn't as good.
183.116 -> (Audience) Shake.
186.981 -> (Audience) Fold.
192.092 -> Now, there's now a real fancy invention.
195.517 -> It's the one where you wave
your hand and it kicks it out.
199.288 -> It's was too big a towel.
201.573 -> Let me tell you a secret
if you're really quick,
203.991 -> if you're really quick
and I can prove this...
206.78 -> This is half a towel
from the dispenser in this building.
211.151 -> How? As soon as it starts
you just tear it off.
214.286 -> It's smart enough to stop
and you get half a towel.
217.7 -> (Laughter)
220.225 -> (Audience) Shake.
224.182 -> (Audience) Fold.
233.792 -> Now let's all say it together.
236.287 -> (Audience) & JS: Shake.
238.355 -> (Audience) & JS: Fold.
240.602 -> You will for the rest of your life
242.97 -> remember those words
every time you pick up a paper towel.
247.508 -> And remember: one towel
per person for one year.
252.287 -> 571,230,000 pounds of paper.
256 -> No small thing.
And next year, toilet paper.
259.646 -> (Laughter)
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FMBSblpcrc