Do you care about your children’s future? Then wrap your mind around this one:
The toilet paper tube is becoming extinct.
Gasp.
It’s true. The toilet paper roll in your bathroom is probably intact…but it’s only a matter of time.
Kimberly-Clark launched the first tube-free toilet paper rolls in their Scott Naturals brand at Walmart and Sam’s Club stores throughout the Northeast in the fourth quarter of 2010. They’re planning tube-free paper towels, too. And SCA, Georgia Pacific, and Procter & Gamble — which manufactures top-selling Charmin toilet paper — are expected to jump on board the tube-free train very soon.
Let’s face it — eliminating that little brown tube is way better for the environment. Can you believe it accounts for over 160 million pounds of waste in the U.S. alone?
Yowsers.
But I can’t help but be nostalgic — in advance — for all the silly little toilet paper tube craft projects that kids won’t be able to attempt once that cardboard cylinder is no more.
No more critters with that distinctive shape. No more Christmas candles, wreaths or candy canes. No more log cabins, binoculars, firecrackers, spaceships, or yarn jars. (Yarn jars?) No more handcrafted masterpieces inspired by that simple circle of cardboard that currently comes free with every toilet paper roll.
Going green certainly has its price. Oh well, maybe the iPhone will come up with an app to replace it.
The view from above
File this one under TMI-Interesting.
Crouching down is good for your health…well, in certain situations.
And this throwing arm? Don’t get me started.
But people can realize health benefits from assuming a squatted position…
In the bathroom.
I know, I know — but hang with me. This is pretty fascinating stuff.
A 2003 study found that people who did not sit down on the toilet to do their business — but instead crouched above – were able to do the aforementioned business faster, more thoroughly and at less risk of hurting themselves due to excessive strain. Turns out the squatted stance gives you the best angle for — well, business — compared to being seated or standing up.
Ya gotta admit — that’s pretty amazing…and might come in handy some day. Of course, we ladies have been practicing this stance for years in public restrooms…
Time to bring it home!
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