Word Up: etw. in den Griff bekommen, or, How Germans have a Handle on Things

der Griff (m) handle, etw. in den Griff bekommen (idiom) to have control of something, to have the hang of something

Everybody knows that the cheapest place to buy toilet paper is Canadian Tire.  That being said, in Toronto, the nearest Canadian Tire to my house was a little over a kilometre away.  To add to the problem, it is impossible to stuff a package of 8 rolls of toilet paper in a normal shopping bag without removing the packaging, and if carrying the package without a bag, I ended up clawing at the plastic while trying to find a comfortable grip, inevitably breaking through the plastic and setting the rolls loose.  Needless to say, I have arrived home from the store with a ripped package of toilet paper and a lost roll or two more than a couple of times.
Enter German innovation. Why bag something that is essentially already in a bag? The addition of a handle is pure genius.  It's good to know that it's not just me who has spent their Saturday chasing rolls of toilet paper down the sidewalk, and it's even better to know that somebody finally found a cure.