The Onion asks: what would the world be like without newspapers?

Recently, news reporting has been satirised by the likes of Charlie Brooker. Now satirical US website The Onion has taken its turn. As newspapers are used for much more than for reading the news, The Onion asks a couple of interesting questions. What will we clean our shoes on? What will we use when we want to paint something? The death of newspapers will also have an impact on crafts – and what will chip shops use to wrap fish with? Here, panelists discuss how the decline of the newspaper industry will affect ... everyone. Pay for your newspapers – or suffer the consequences! (Via Guardian user lazylama )