An elderly gentleman was visiting his daughter and her husband when he asked if he could borrow a newspaper.
'This is the 21st century, old man,' the son-in-law said. 'We don't waste money on newspapers. Here, you can borrow my iPad.'
The bloody fly never knew what hit it.
Of course one drawback with this substitution is that it only works out in the open. When the fly is in a corner or some other cramped location one cannot beat the flexibility of a roll of newsprint
Actually, I understand that they have an app for that, Deacon Charlie.
(Thanks for the lead in to that one, mate)
You’re welcome MP
Better tell MadDad one reads the newspaper on an iPad, not an iPod (unless it’s an newspaper-on-tape, as it were)