When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
reliable.
There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
"Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
I never understood the need for "scented" - a box of kitchen matches
left in the bathroom works pefectly well.
But when I think of toilet paper - "tough" and "strong" sort of creeps
me out.
Thankfully, they didn't inlcude a products comparison in graphic terms.
I think the Economic Crisis may be worse than we've been lead to
believe.
charlie b
ps Thank You George!
joe wrote:
>> I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It said
>> that in all the years of testing products, they only had two products that
>> they could not come up with a way to test them. One was toilet paper.
>>
>> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
>> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
>>
>>
>
> Dare I ask what the other one was?
>
> jc
>
> And just think, by the time you figure out the stuff from Costco *is* cruel
> and unusual, you only have 95 more rolls of it to go through......
>
That's John Wayne paper. Y'know, rough and tough, and won't take crap
from anyone.
"charlieb" wrote
> When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
> expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
> reliable.
>
> There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
> "Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
>
> The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
>
> I never understood the need for "scented" - a box of kitchen matches
> left in the bathroom works pefectly well.
>
> But when I think of toilet paper - "tough" and "strong" sort of creeps
> me out.
> Thankfully, they didn't inlcude a products comparison in graphic terms.
>
> I think the Economic Crisis may be worse than we've been lead to
> believe.
>
I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It said
that in all the years of testing products, they only had two products that
they could not come up with a way to test them. One was toilet paper.
This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
"joe" wrote
>> I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It
>> said that in all the years of testing products, they only had two
>> products that they could not come up with a way to test them. One was
>> toilet paper.
>>
>> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
>> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
>>
>>
>
> Dare I ask what the other one was?
The article did not say.
>
> jc
>
> And just think, by the time you figure out the stuff from Costco *is*
> cruel and unusual, you only have 95 more rolls of it to go through......
>
>
I have seen folks buy several of those monster packs at one time.
On Dec 10, 6:26=A0am, "Lee Michaels" <leemichaels*[email protected]>
wrote:
> "joe" wrote
>
> > jc
>
> > And just think, by the time you figure out the stuff from Costco *is*
> > cruel and unusual, you only have 95 more rolls of it to go through.....=
.
>
> I have seen folks buy several of those monster packs at one time.
Angela saw a guy with two of those enormous packs on his cart and said
to me: "this guy should do something about his bran intake."
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:43:09 -0500, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
wrote:
>When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
>Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
When my sister spent time in Monaco back a couple of decades she
brought back some TP that was like the slick, crinkly tissue paper
used to stuff gift bags. Strange stuff, you could see why you needed a
bidet, the TP (aka bog roll) would never remove all the Star Trek
enemies.
Tim Douglass
http://www.DouglassClan.com
Definition of a teenager: God's punishment for enjoying sex.
On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:37:10 -0700, charlieb <[email protected]>
wrote:
>When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
>expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
>reliable.
>
>There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
>"Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
>
>The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
>
Are we talking Sears catalogues?
P
"Gerald Ross" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:bQN%[email protected]...
> Lee Michaels wrote:
>> "charlieb" wrote
>>
>>> When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
>>> expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
>>> reliable.
>>>
>>> There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
>>> "Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
>>>
>>> The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
>>>
>>> I never understood the need for "scented" - a box of kitchen matches
>>> left in the bathroom works pefectly well.
>>>
>>> But when I think of toilet paper - "tough" and "strong" sort of creeps
>>> me out.
>>> Thankfully, they didn't inlcude a products comparison in graphic terms.
>>>
>>> I think the Economic Crisis may be worse than we've been lead to
>>> believe.
>>>
>> I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It
>> said that in all the years of testing products, they only had two
>> products that they could not come up with a way to test them. One was
>> toilet paper.
>>
>> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
>> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
>>
> When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
> Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
I once worked for the US subsidiary of a German company. I was preparing to
fly over on business when my co-worker, who had already been there,
suggested I "rough myself up with some 60-grit sandpaper" to get used to the
local toilet tissue.
B.
"Upscale" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> When I visited Iran back in the 60's, when it was common to eat out of a
>> communal dish, barehanded, and with no TP at all, everyone wiped with
> their
>> left and ate with their right ... and you hoped like hell the lefties got
> it
>> right!
>
> Really? It's a wonder everybody didn't die from cholera.
>
>
It has affected all of them "mentally".
On Dec 11, 5:15=A0pm, Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:43:09 -0500, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> >When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
> >Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
>
> When my sister spent time in Monaco back a couple of decades she
> brought back some TP that was like the slick, crinkly tissue paper
> used to stuff gift bags. Strange stuff, you could see why you needed a
> bidet, the TP (aka bog roll) would never remove all the Star Trek
> enemies.
>
> Tim Douglass
>
> http://www.DouglassClan.com
>
> Definition of a teenager: God's punishment for enjoying sex.
Some years ago, a friend of my first wife's told me she never could
get used to the TP in British public restrooms, imprinted with
"Property of the Queen", with a consistency more like waxed paper than
anything else she could think of.
"charlieb" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
> expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
> reliable.
>
> There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
> "Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
>
> The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
>
> I never understood the need for "scented" - a box of kitchen matches
> left in the bathroom works pefectly well.
>
> But when I think of toilet paper - "tough" and "strong" sort of creeps
> me out.
> Thankfully, they didn't inlcude a products comparison in graphic terms.
>
> I think the Economic Crisis may be worse than we've been lead to
> believe.
>
> charlie b
>
> ps Thank You George!
In a pinch, use one sheet of TP. Fold it in half, and in half again. Tear
off the corner that would be in the center of the sheet when it is unfolded.
Unfold the sheet of paper and stick your middle finger through the hole and
wipe. When done, use the torn off corner to clean under the finger nail.
:~)
"Gerald Ross" wrote
> When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
> Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
When I visited Iran back in the 60's, when it was common to eat out of a
communal dish, barehanded, and with no TP at all, everyone wiped with their
left and ate with their right ... and you hoped like hell the lefties got it
right!
--
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Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Lee Michaels" wrote
> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
Jeeezzzz ... we are getting soft as a nation, on both ends. :)
From one who spent weeks in the boonies, where a "tough and strong" leaf, or
a handful of moss, was a rare and blissful find, even the industrial Scott
brand from Sam's is luxurious by comparison.
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
"Upscale" wrote
>
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> From one who spent weeks in the boonies, where a "tough and strong" leaf,
> or
>> a handful of moss, was a rare and blissful find, even the industrial
>> Scott
>> brand from Sam's is luxurious by comparison.
>
> And you're forgetting the most important thing here. When it comes to
> strong
> and tough or soft and tender, I think the universal choice is the one
> that's
> least liable to break-through. <g>
Actually, that was the original reason the word "strang" was invented by the
Middle English ... apparently they had a brand by that name. :)
--
www.e-woodshop.net
Last update: 10/22/08
KarlC@ (the obvious)
Upscale wrote:
> "Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> When I visited Iran back in the 60's, when it was common to eat out of a
>> communal dish, barehanded, and with no TP at all, everyone wiped with
> their
>> left and ate with their right ... and you hoped like hell the lefties got
> it
>> right!
>
> Really? It's a wonder everybody didn't die from cholera.
>
>
That is the way Arab nomads did it. They didn't have toilet paper and
wiped left and ate right. Also why a severe punishment was to have
one's right hand cut off. It effectively banned you from social contact.
j4
Lee Michaels wrote:
> "charlieb" wrote
>
>> When things are going well Madison Avenue pushes soft luxurious -
>> expensive things. When things go south they go for strong, tough - and
>> reliable.
>>
>> There's a TV ad going out here - with cartoon bears - the message
>> "Widgets (or whatever the product's called) - Strong AND Tough!"
>>
>> The product - "bathroom tissues" (read toilet paper).
>>
>> I never understood the need for "scented" - a box of kitchen matches
>> left in the bathroom works pefectly well.
>>
>> But when I think of toilet paper - "tough" and "strong" sort of creeps
>> me out.
>> Thankfully, they didn't inlcude a products comparison in graphic terms.
>>
>> I think the Economic Crisis may be worse than we've been lead to
>> believe.
>>
> I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It said
> that in all the years of testing products, they only had two products that
> they could not come up with a way to test them. One was toilet paper.
>
> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
>
When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
--
Gerald Ross
Cochran, GA
A man with one watch knows what time
it is--with two watches he is never sure.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> When I visited Iran back in the 60's, when it was common to eat out of a
> communal dish, barehanded, and with no TP at all, everyone wiped with
their
> left and ate with their right ... and you hoped like hell the lefties got
it
> right!
Really? It's a wonder everybody didn't die from cholera.
"Swingman" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> From one who spent weeks in the boonies, where a "tough and strong" leaf,
or
> a handful of moss, was a rare and blissful find, even the industrial Scott
> brand from Sam's is luxurious by comparison.
And you're forgetting the most important thing here. When it comes to strong
and tough or soft and tender, I think the universal choice is the one that's
least liable to break-through. <g>
>>
> I remember, years ago, reading an article about Consumer Reports. It said
> that in all the years of testing products, they only had two products that
> they could not come up with a way to test them. One was toilet paper.
>
> This is a product that can easily be tested by the consumer. That cheap
> stuff from Costco is cruel and unusual punishment.
>
>
Dare I ask what the other one was?
jc
And just think, by the time you figure out the stuff from Costco *is* cruel
and unusual, you only have 95 more rolls of it to go through......
On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 05:38:43 -0800 (PST), Charlie Self wrote:
> On Dec 11, 5:15 pm, Tim Douglass <[email protected]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 06:43:09 -0500, Gerald Ross <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>> >When I was living in Sicily, the local wipe was like crepe paper. The
>> >Americans called it "Non-skid toilet paper".
>>
>> When my sister spent time in Monaco back a couple of decades she
>> brought back some TP that was like the slick, crinkly tissue paper
>> used to stuff gift bags. Strange stuff, you could see why you needed a
>> bidet, the TP (aka bog roll) would never remove all the Star Trek
>> enemies.
>>
>> Tim Douglass
>>
>> http://www.DouglassClan.com
>>
>> Definition of a teenager: God's punishment for enjoying sex.
>
> Some years ago, a friend of my first wife's told me she never could
> get used to the TP in British public restrooms, imprinted with
> "Property of the Queen", with a consistency more like waxed paper than
> anything else she could think of.
Sounds like she got the special stuff they put out for tourists. The
normal paper has different wording: "60 grit" (ouch!)