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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 05:57 pm |
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Bob Of Burleson
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One Toilet Paper Company
Decides to Ditch the Tube
TreeHugger.com
In an attempt to cut down on back on consumer waste, one toilet paper manufacturer has unveiled perhaps the biggest change the product has undergone in over a century -- replacing that old cardboard tube with, well, nothing. If the advancement in TP technology seems unremarkable, consider just how much waste it will keep from the landfill. Each year, a million miles worth of cardboard tubing is tossed out -- that's enough to circle the Earth over forty times.
Seinfeld's George Costanza once pointed out how little TP has progressed over the decades. "Do you realize that toilet paper has not changed in my lifetime? It's just paper on a cardboard roll, that's it. And in ten thousand years, it will still be exactly the same because really, what else can they do?" On that last point, he was wrong.
Kimberly-Clark, the company which produces Scotts toilet paper, will begin testing its oddly revolutionary Tube-Free TP next week in Walmarts and Sam's Clubs across the North-eastern US. Depending on how well it's received, soon the trend might spread globally.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 06:03 pm |
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Bubba
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I'm predicting they'll wipe out the competition.....
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 06:03 pm |
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Bubba
Redneck Computer Geek
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Welllllllll.... SHEET !!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 06:17 pm |
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Flash McCord
Failing Harder
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On behalf of all us VBS craft teachers, Sunday School teachers and children's art teachers in general...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 06:57 pm |
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Zephyr
Forming a Polka Line.....
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You know if an alien civilization were to drop in on us and that was the first thing they saw, they'd think we're far too advanced for them.
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"I smile because I have no idea what's going on and, after 17 swirlies, I don't give a ####." - Orphi(e)
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 06:58 pm |
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SpaceCowboy
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my cat is gonna be pissed
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:02 pm |
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Zephyr
Forming a Polka Line.....
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So ends the First Installment of "What Separates Us From The Apes?"
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"I smile because I have no idea what's going on and, after 17 swirlies, I don't give a ####." - Orphi(e)
"I want a pink cadillac! It matches my gloves!" - CarGuy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:05 pm |
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churchlady
Professional bean counter
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As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:20 pm |
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Orphie
leave my avatar alone!!
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churchlady wrote: As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
Thank goodnes!!!!!! I don't want someone squeezing my charmin!!! GERMS!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:21 pm |
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Zephyr
Forming a Polka Line.....
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Orphie wrote: churchlady wrote: As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
Thank goodnes!!!!!! I don't want someone squeezing my charmin!!! GERMS!
And the places my hands have been......
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"I smile because I have no idea what's going on." - Jami(e)
"I smile because I have no idea what's going on and, after 17 swirlies, I don't give a ####." - Orphi(e)
"I want a pink cadillac! It matches my gloves!" - CarGuy
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:26 pm |
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churchlady
Professional bean counter
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Orphie wrote: churchlady wrote: As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
Thank goodnes!!!!!! I don't want someone squeezing my charmin!!! GERMS!
Well, it doesn't have to be wrapped in plastic...
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 07:31 pm |
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Texie
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SpaceCowboy wrote: my cat is gonna be pissed
Oh, mine too!!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 10:32 pm |
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Gigi
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churchlady wrote: Orphie wrote: churchlady wrote: As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
Thank goodnes!!!!!! I don't want someone squeezing my charmin!!! GERMS!
Well, it doesn't have to be wrapped in plastic... It has to be packaged in something. Were you thinking of thin paper like those individual rolls of Scott Tissue used to come in?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 10:35 pm |
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dublusk
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Orphie wrote: churchlady wrote: As long as we're talking about waste, how about all the plastic they're packaging the TP in?
Thank goodnes!!!!!! I don't want someone squeezing my charmin!!! GERMS!
By proxy you have been molested by a stranger?????
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| Posted: Thu Oct 28th, 2010 11:25 pm |
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OnTexasTime
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so what are they going to do make it real stiff to make hold the round in the center?
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29th, 2010 01:17 am |
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librarylady
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Flash McCord wrote: On behalf of all us VBS craft teachers, Sunday School teachers and children's art teachers in general...
You beat me to mentioning all the craft projects!
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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29th, 2010 01:18 am |
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librarylady
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OnTexasTime wrote: so what are they going to do make it real stiff to make hold the round in the center? Scott paper is already rather stiff.....................just sayin'
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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29th, 2010 01:39 am |
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Gopher
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Really doesn't matter, my wife still won't/can't change out the empty roll.
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FBO
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| Posted: Fri Oct 29th, 2010 11:46 am |
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librarylady
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Gopher wrote: Really doesn't matter, my wife still won't/can't change out the empty roll.  There goes a stereotype. I thought only men had this disability.
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"If you do not change direction, you may end up where you are heading."
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| Posted: Sat Oct 30th, 2010 06:32 am |
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