Cuba has run out of toilet paper. Yes, the isolated island nation, which has survived economic sanctions for nearly 50 years, has finally been laid low by a key shortage of lavatory paper.

State-run company Cimex, which manufactures lavatory paper, has warned that the global economic meltdown as well as a series of devastating hurricanes have hit the production and it may not even be able to import sufficient supplies till the end of the year.

“The corporation has taken all the steps so that at the end of the year there will be an important importation of toilet paper,” a Spokesman for Cimex was quoted by the British newspaper as saying.

Cuba both imports lavatory paper and produces its own, but does not currently have enough raw materials to make it, he said, adding the shipment will enable the state-run company “to supply this demand that today is presenting problems”.

Arrey bhai, why fret and fume. Adopt the Indian style! Simple solution… inexpensive too!

(Apologies for the potty humour!)