Toilet Paper Is Getting Smaller
Toilet Paper Is Getting Smaller
Does your toilet paper seem smaller to you these days? Well, you're not crazy: It is. As the Washington Post reports, toilet paper squares used to be 4.5 inches by 4.5 inches. Nowadays, they're up to a half-inch narrower, shorteror both. (Apparently, it's enough of a difference to be noticeable to the naked eye: Last week, a reader wrote in to the Los Angeles Times complaining about a "26% reduction in surface area.") And, as Consumer Reports noted last year, the cardboard tubes are also increasing in diameter as the number of sheets per roll decreases. But the price is not falling: In 2012 and 2013, the unit price rose about 2% per year. (In 2013, the Wall Street Journal explained that the process of selling less paper for the same price is known as "desheeting.")
"A standard roll is much smaller than it used to be, so now they're selling double rolls. So, without being scientific, I think a double roll is pretty well equivalent to what a standard roll was perhaps a decade ago," a research analyst tells NPR . One not-as-obvious reason for the TP trend is that companies that make toilet paper also make products like paper towels and napkins. Though toilet paper is essentialAmericans are estimated to use an average of 46 sheets per day, and that's probably not set to change any time soonpaper towel and napkin sales are falling. In particular, large companies, like offices and restaurants, are moving toward things like air dryers or, the analyst explains, rationing how many napkins they dole out to customers. But they'll never cut down on their TP orders in an attempt to ration that particular product, so orders will remain steady. (As for those hand dryers, you might not want to use them .)
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But they'll never cut down on their TP orders in an attempt to ration that particular product, so orders will remain steady. (As for those hand dryers, you might not want to use them .)
I'm thinking it's both....
I gotta go with b f on this one, butts are getting bigger and a much faster pace than manufacturers are cutting the size of toilet paper.
Which article?
YES it is smaller. and YES the rolls don't last as long. and YES the prices keep going up.
It is beginning to remind me of the TP that came in WWII K-rations. Wax-papery, small little folded sheets. And that was supposed to last one week. HUH???
It is terrifically annoying!
I also believe that people's butts are getting bigger, meaning there is more to wipe.....sigh
Yup.
"desheeting"? I guess that also means that we should cut down on our "sheeting" (in order to use less paper, of course).
I remember way back when the paper companies first clandestinely increased the diameter of the cardboard roll. It was quite a revelation (or should that be "revolution"?)
Eventually we may have to use bidets equipped with drier blowers.
deesheeting can be the result of less eating!
Are assholes getting bigger? Ha... stupid question...
But seriously, even if I have a big ass, I dont use toilet paper on the whole thing... maybe I'm doing it wrong?
Are assholes getting bigger? I don't know, but there are a lot more of them!!
Not only that RW, I have heard that the double roll can easily clog up the toilet.
LOL! I'm with you, the butt surface area is larger but I don't believe the area requiring paper is a linear function...just sayin'
I've started a new business to take advantage of bigger butts and smaller toilet paper.
My new company will be called, ''BBBTP'' (big butt big toilet paper)
This is the first public photo of it.
You can order it from Amazon (play on words) or direct from
BBBTP
Number 2 Posterior Circle
ButterButt, WI.
22222.
ROFLMBBO!!
Darn it Lynne, I wasn't ready to announce my new and improved BBT, but since you brought it up, here it is.
As you can see it's adjustable to better fit large, XL, XXL, XXXL butts. (those numbers are starting to look the SUPER BOWL)...LOLOLOL, I crack myself up.
Sorry, to jump the seat! Its looking great, should fit just about any butt I've seen, including WalMart shoppers. Good fun, needed a few laughs to end my day.
Super Bowl HA HA HA HA Does that have a Royal Flush??
LOL...
Me too, have a great evening Lynne.
No, but it has a ''straight flush''.
Kav...LMBO!!
I would not want to see the butt that would fit the full extension that seat on the raw. Then, you might want to steer clear of WalMart...
I would not want to see the butt that would fit the full extension that seat on the raw
Either would I! Someone keeps stealing my Reply ....ggrrr...
key word..."yet".... lol
I pity the poor drunk that comes face to face with one of those.
ROFLOL!!
BBBTP