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The Great Hong Kong Toilet Roll Crisis of 2020

A period in early 2020 when rumours in Hong Kong of a lack of supply caused panic buying and hoarding of Toilet Rolls.

It was even reported that armed robbers stole hundreds of toilet rolls which were being delivered to a supermarket in Mong Kok.
Chaotic scenes were witnessed at Welcome during the Great Hong Kong Toilet Roll Crisis of 2020
by KevinHK February 16, 2020
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Toilet Crisis

A sudden, high-stakes biological emergency in which a person urgently needs to release his/her/their bowels in an explosive, painful, or pro-longed manner. Often Categorized in stages 1-4 of severity.
Hey man, I’ll be downstairs ready to go soon; I’m just having a major stage 4 toilet crisis.
by Zev Blum February 27, 2026
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