I've been sitting and thinking...
Well I've got the Flu or a cold or something... therefore I've had a lot of time to sit around and think if you know what I mean. So my question? Why not a luxury experience in the rest room? I'm talking luxury toilet paper!
So a little research shows it exist.
1) ok there is the basic step of a monogram on your TP... but isn't this just an insult to the family name?
2) How about black toilet paper? That's pretty luxury right? Of course isn't TP white for those late night jaunt to the hiatus? ensuring you can find it as your eyes adjust without turning on the lights?
3) Finally in Japan luxury TP industry is growing 1% ever year with aloe, wetted, scented, super thick etc...
Ah but as for me I don't think I can adjust beyond my generic cheap TP (what ever is on sale).. but for me, two ply is necessity.
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I hate it when you have to use the bathroom in cheap places and they have 1 ply, you might as well just wipe with your hand (though I just use half of the roll to make a 2 ply wad, there is another conversation in itself: how do you wipe?). You know there are people who still do that and I wonder if they think that toilet paper itself is a luxury...
just think the next time that you are *ahem* wipeing that others do not have that luxury
thanks jerm, lots of toilet thoughts are spewing out of my head
that toilet in the picture looks european, you know the older toilets in germany have a platform that your #2 sits on (not in water) so you really smell it for the time that you are on the toilet, you know that would be a great way to make sure that people do not stay on the toilet that much
Posted by: toopriddy | September 2, 2005 02:25 PM
This reminds me of when I was first married and we were both regular pioneers and living (I'm sure) below the poverty level. I got $20.00 to buy a week's worth of groceries. Anyway, I had a $1.00 of coupon for Scott tissue. It has a 1,000 sheets per roll, although it is single ply. It lasts forever on the bathroom spindel. Well, I was informed that I might as well go to the hardware store for sandpaper to wipe our rears, and that we will never be so poor that we cannot afford Charmin. Lesson learned.
Posted by: LG | September 2, 2005 05:54 PM
Not about TP but check this article out. Written last fall about New Orleans. Scary how accurate it is.
http://www3.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0410/feature5/
Posted by: Tre | September 2, 2005 08:50 PM
I have no problem with single ply cheap toilet paper. It lasts forever!
There are other things to spend more money on!
Posted by: Will | September 2, 2005 08:59 PM
Toilet paper and gasoline. The two things I will always spend the most money on. One takes me to work, and the other makes me feel good. You can guess which is which.
Posted by: Unapologetically Javann | September 2, 2005 09:24 PM
All am all for the light and fluffy cotton, softer on your bum toliet paper. IT is great, and your bum thanks you!!!! But so does your everyday plumber, when your house is stopped up from all these luxeries!!! Quilted Northern is about the worst you can have for stopages my friends!! I recomend scotts or some other cheap brand of paper!! Cause you see your wallet will thank you for buying the cheap stuff, and for not having to call a plumber!! Where as your bum... well it will have to get over it the not so plesent feelings.
This has been inciteful to all i know.....
may you sleep better now!!!
Posted by: Ben The Plumber | September 2, 2005 09:33 PM
wow you guys really think deep! how can you do that? if i would think as hard as you guys do it would hurt my brain... this really is not elise householder either
Posted by: "Elise Householder"... | September 3, 2005 01:50 PM
there are several things that people do not think about when buying things:
pillow
bed (you spend 1/3 of your life on it, and it can have a lot to do with your back hurting, no I am not a bed salesman)
underware (well mostly a problem for women)
toilet paper (hence this thread)
razors (yes this makes a BIG difference)
furniture
food (microwave dinners, v.s. scratch)
employee background checks (google search for "thinkgs people skimp on")
add your comments
Posted by: toopriddy | September 3, 2005 09:43 PM
First of all toilet paper is white not black because it would be hard to tell when the wiping is done, kinda the same reason its not brown, or brown with yellow chunks, or even a greenish tint. I hate cheap toilet paper, its kinda like John Wayne, rough and tough, and wont take crap off anybody.
Posted by: JPS | September 4, 2005 11:44 PM
Brent you speak well. Razors do make a huge difference. I used one of those single blade Bics and it cut my face to shreds. Now I use the Mac III and my face feels like baby butt cheek afterwards. I hardly nick myself anymore, and even more importantly, I don't itch after using it. The same thing with underwear. I used to wear tighty whiteys. I know, I know, its shameful to admit. But then I bought some boxers. Some cotton boxers. And its like a whole new world has opened for me. Please people, spend a little extra money for quality. Quality products make life worth living. If money is your sole concern in life, then you should just go outside and fashion toilet paper solely from leaves and branches. If that sounds painful, then why only buy cheap toilet paper. Money is temporary. The feeling you get when cheap pains go away: priceless and permanent.
Posted by: Unapologetically Javann | September 5, 2005 01:51 AM
you know that cheap toilet paper actually encourages butt chapping, and that does not feal good...
come one lets keep this thread going, hah hah
Posted by: toopriddy | September 6, 2005 09:39 AM