Except when it comes to toilet paper, dunny rolls, loo paper, TP - whatever you want to call it (just don't call it "toilet tissue" - cause that's just weird)
I hate cheap and nasty toilet paper and hate wiping my bum with anything that resembles sand paper.
So when I was given the opportunity to review Kleenex's Cottonelle Toilet Tissue (it's not "tissue" dammit, it's just paper!) I jumped at it. I'd do anything to feel that silky softness on my nether regions.
Now, I'm not going to regale you with my toileting habits - I have slightly more class than that.
Let's just say, it's pretty awesome - strong (nothing worse than when you get a finger that pops through - YOU know what I mean), smells pretty and it's nice and cushy so I found you need less squares than some other brands (so it lasts longer too).
Funny though that even though it's so awesome, no one else in this house will change the roll when it's empty. Soooo wish it could automatically do that for me.
But anyway, when I received our parcel I actually READ the packet first - does anyone actually do that? I don't. But I did.
The first thing I noticed (after the super-cute puppy dog) was the World Wildlife Fund logo. On the back it tells me that it's "sourced from sustainably managed forests and plantations".
I think that's pretty good - I'd like to know WHERE from though (I can be a bit of a fair-trade nazi, so I like to know where things come from and that the workers are well-treated).
I also noticed that they have a little mention about their contributions to Guide Dogs Australia and it gives instructions on how to make a donation. I like that :).
After my perusal of the packet while drinking my morning coffee I thought it was time to rip this sucker open and see what we could do with it, other than the usual use for toilet paper.
So I enlisted the help of Miss 3 and we got to work.
First we built a tower. The pack had 8 rolls in it so I assumed we could make a pretty good tower.
It lasted about 10 seconds before it fell over. Safe to say, don't use toilet paper as building supplies.
Then we set it up as a bit of a bowling game.
That didn't quite work either - unless we used a bigger ball. And I just don't let big balls in the house (I'm the only one with big balls allowed).
Brainwave! Use it as a pillow like that kid does in the TV ad!
Doesn't she look comfortable? Erm, maybe not.
So I tried a suggestion that was on the pack and wrapped Miss 3 up like a Mummy. As I wrapped it around and around her I started having visions of how this could be the perfect restraint device in keeping Miss 3 under control so she doesn't break all my stuff. How could it fail?
Um, it did. So, no, you can't use this toilet paper as a restraint device either.
And it made a heck of a mess to clean up.
To sum up, Kleenex Cottonelle toilet paper is pretty darn awesome as toilet paper, but it sucks at building towers, pillow substitutes or restraining 3 year old girls.
This post is part of Product Talk by Nuffnang and I was not paid for this post. I was sent the product in exchange for a review.
We have the same issue here with the empty loo roll.... NO ONE else knows how to refill it.....but when it does get refilled by someone else the put the roll on the wrong way round.
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ReplyDeleteWhen most of us think about party paper goods, we never think about bathroom tissue, but you can actually purchase toilet paper printed with a party theme.
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