However, there's this:
As I'm sure you all know, August 26 is National Toilet Paper Day, but do you know why? It's because the first commercially produced roll of toilet paper was sold on August 26, 1871. If it's OK, I'd like to take a short break before you go off to your parties to give you some facts on the subject of everybody's friend, toilet paper. (Thanks to the folks at triviatoday.com, news.charmin.com, bostonstandardplumbing.com & usatoday.com.)
In 1857, Joseph C. Gayetty began selling toilet paper
with his name printed on each sheet. He marketed the brand as medical
tissue for hemorrhoids.
The U.S. spent $9.6 billion on standard toilet paper
in 2014. On average, Americans
use about 50 pounds of toilet paper per-person per year, compared to people in
other Western countries, who use about 33 pounds per year each. Americans also
prefer multi-ply paper, which increases the per-person usage rate.
Koji
Suzuki, the Japanese horror novelist best known for writing The Ring,
had an entire novel printed on a single roll of toilet paper. the
story takes place in a public bathroom & the whole thing is about three
feet long.
7% of
Americans admit to stealing rolls of toilet paper from hotels and motels & that's
just the ones who admit it.
The
most expensive toilet paper in the world is the Portuguese brand Renova. it’s
three-ply, perfumed, costs $3 per roll and comes in lots of colors including
black, red, blue and green.
There
was a toilet paper museum in Wisconsin called The Madison Museum of Toilet
Tissue, but it closed in 2000.
About
two-thirds of Americans prefer their toilet paper to come off the roll over the
top. By the way...under the roll people are considered be more
intelligent.
There was a limited edition brand called "John Wayne Toilet Paper". The slogan: It's rough & it doesn't take crap from anyone.
It wasn’t until 1935 that
manufacturers promised “Splinter-Free Toilet Paper.”
Even though they may
feel similar, toilet paper and facial tissues aren’t the same. The fibers used
to make toilet paper are very short, which allow the paper to begin
disintegrating within seconds of becoming wet. This design allows the paper to
dissolve in septic systems. Remarkably, after getting wet, toilet paper still
retains about 15% of its dry strength.
Todd Seimer
Guinness World Records adjudicator Morgan Wilber
congratulates Charmin Marketing Director Scott Mautz, and Leonard the Bear, for
breaking the record for the World's Largest Toilet Roll in celebration of
National Toilet Paper Day, 2015.
Measuring more than
eight feet high with a diameter of more than nine feet wide, the World’s
Largest Toilet Roll is made entirely of Charmin toilet tissue. The roll was
fabricated at the P&G Paper Products Company, located outside of Cape
Girardeau, MO, and then transported to the company’s headquarters in Cincinnati,
OH for the unveiling.
“The roll contains
over 1,000,000 square feet of paper and would take approximately 95,000 rolls
of Charmin to equal the same amount of paper,” said Darrick Johnson, plant
manager at the P&G Paper Products Company, located outside of Cape
Girardeau, MO. “We were sad to see it go but excited for its new
record-breaking honor.”
I believe this roll is currently available at Costco.
The best toilet paper routine on TV:
The best toilet paper routine on TV:
In case you have a problem:
Looking for a
cheap wedding dress? Charmin and Cheap-Chic-Weddings.com hold a toilet
paper wedding dress contest each year. In 2015, 1,498 women took part of the
challenge at Kleinfeld's and the winner, Donna Pope Vincler, received $10,000. An old Irish adage says, "Happy is the bride that the rain falls on" but I'm not sure that's true if she's wearing a toilet paper dress. Here is her dress (top) & a few others:
Here are Kool & the Gang to help you celebrate:
Toilet paper can make a beautiful "waterfall":
----fishducky
