a WHAT Shortage?!?!?

So, since my husband is a heavy-starch kind of guy, we have begun taking his shirts to the dry cleaners as well as his pants. I find it a bit frivolous, but he brings home the bacon, so it's his call, if that's what he wants....

For over a year, my dry cleaners has a sign hanging in their window that simply pisses me off.

"There is a severe hanger shortage in the US, please..." (something.... something...I don't remember the rest.) The reason I don't remember the rest is that the first part of the request is what burns my ass.

A hanger shortage? You must be joking. It's not a fucking fossil fuel. We can make more, right? There has got to be a factory somewhere that will make these. How is this even possible? I did google this very issue, and I only found a few others like me, blogging and asking "WTF?" on myspace.

I have yet to see any of this on CNN. I guess immigration policy is a sexier story. Maybe the illigal immigrants could help us with this shortage. Perhaps, without us being aware, the Mexican people are steeped in a rich history of hanger-making. There. Once again, I may have a solution to all of the world's problems.