Fun Facts

Winner of Toilet Paper Wedding Dress Contest 2010

The winner of this year’s toilet paper wedding dress contest has been announced!

Galit Zeierman of Ramat Gan, Israel won with this short and flirty wedding dress. The detail included in this toilet paper dress is incredible.

The winner took home a $1000 prize for her bridal creation. Congratulations for all your hard work!

These are some of my favorites from all the toilet paper wedding dress contestants:

Kleenex brand facial tissues is now a recognized brand name for facial tissues. The name Kleenex alone is synonymous with facial tissues! But Kleenex facial tissues were almost never recognized for their use as disposable handkerchiefs. The story behind Kleenex facial tissues began in 1924, when the tissues were first marketed for using to remove cold cream from the face.

Advertisements were featured in magazines such as Ladies Home Journal, McCall’s, Good Housekeeping, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Cosmopolitan and Redbook stating that Kleenex facial tissues were celebrities’ beauty secret.

A researcher at the Kimberly-Clark company was responsible for the idea to market Kleenex tissues as a disposable and soft handkerchief. He convinced the advertising sales department that Kleenex facial tissues could also be used in place of cloth handkerchiefs, and they began running ads focused on this purpose.

Kleenex sales flourished after that! Thus, the historic brand name became a beloved household and bathroom product.

Check out Kleenex facial tissues at ToiletPaperWorld.com as well as other brands of facial tissues. For more information about Kleenex brand facial tissues history, see Kleenex Brand Through the Decades.

3M recently hosted a Scotch Tape Sculpture contest, called Off The Roll, inviting artists to submit photos of their original sculptures made from clear Scotch packaging tape. I was impressed with the diversity and depth of the sculptures that people submitted.

You can see the winners here, as announced on their contest website, but I chose to share some of the Scotch packing tape sculptures that did not receive prizes.

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The Scotch Tape Chess Game was a great entry, featuring a full set of chess pieces, carefully crafted from scotch packaging tape. A really creative sculpture!

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Here is the Scotch Tape Peacock, a beautiful sculpture made from packing tape.

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And I couldn’t skip the Toilet Paper Roll Sculpture, made from 3M Scotch tape.

Who knew that you could do more than seal packages with 3M Packing Tape? Though the contest is over, you can learn how to make your own Scotch tape sculpture on the contest website. Be sure to stock up on 3M Scotch Packing Tape from ToiletPaperWorld.com for creating your next work of Scotch tape art!

Happy April Fools Day to all Toilet Paper Blog Readers!

Just wanted to share with you some funny April Fools online pranks. Traditionally, April Fools Day pranks have included toilet papering (or Tping) unsuspecting people’s houses.

In honor of this funny practical joke, FarmVille, the popular online Facebook game, implemented the option of toilet papering barns. A free roll of toilet paper was given to every farmer. Users can pull toilet paper pranks on their neighbors’ barns.

Some states classify toilet papering as illegal, but others do not penalize toilet papering pranks. If you are looking for a hilarious prank for April Fools Day without the legal risks, try toilet papering on FarmVille. Thanks to FarmVille Freak for the post and pictures!

Google is also known for their April Fools Day pranks, including Google TiSP (short for Toilet Internet Service Provider). Google TiSP was a google hoax, a fictitious free broadband internet service that people could install themselves, accessible by flushing a fiber optic cable down a toilet connected to the local sewage system.

Diagram of Google TiSP from the Installation Instructions

Larry Page was supposedly quoted in the official press release:

“We’ve got that whole organizing-the-world’s-information thing more or less under control,” said Google Co-founder and President Larry Page, a longtime supporter of so-called “dark porcelain” research and development. “What’s interesting, though, is how many different modalities there are for actually getting that information to you – not to mention from you.”

The Installation Instructions includes illustrated step by step instructions for self-installation, or offers professional installation service with free bathroom delivery.  It even offered a TiSP Help Group for online help.

Whether you choose to pull an April Fools Day Prank online or not, I hope you enjoyed these funny pranks!

Here is a funny gift idea for your 1st wedding anniversary! Did you know that the first anniversary gift is traditionally a gift of paper, symbolizing the strength and connection of the interlaced threads that make it up.

Since no one uses stationery anymore in the age of e-mail, novelty toilet paper is a great personalized anniversary gift for your paper anniversary. Or if you’re feeling practical, you could just get them a case of toilet paper or recycled paper towels from ToiletPaperWorld.com. Don’t forget the Kleenex for the tears that may ensue from your thoughtful gift.

What other funny gift ideas do you have for the paper anniversary?

Thanks to FlatOutFun for the funny toilet paper gift idea!

For those who have been following The Cottonelle Roll Poll, Team Roll Over has been announced the official winner! Cottonelle found that 72% of Americans prefer to roll OVER while only 28% of Americans roll under.

A related Cottonelle survey of 1,000 Americans, offered insight into toilet paper behavior. Some of the fun facts include:

• Those who prefer hanging their toilet paper over are more likely to have flipped the direction of the roll at a friend’s home. 27 percent of “overs” admitted to this shocking bathroom behavior!
• Those who prefer to roll over also seem to be more observant and neurotic about their toilet paper roll direction. For instance:
  • “Overs” are most likely to notice the direction the toilet paper is hanging (74 percent)
  • “Overs” are more likely to be annoyed when the roll is the “wrong way”, under instead of over (24 percent)

Whether you prefer to roll over or under, get your Cottonelle toilet paper on ToiletPaperWorld.com today.

Check out some of these hilarious ad campaigns from JWT Advertising Company out of Australia.  I can’t stop laughing! These are SO true!

Tori Spelling has teamed with Cottonelle Toilet Paper to help promote their national survey “How do you roll?”. Tori and her husband Dean went to ABC studios on wednesday to help celebrate the birthday of Thomas Crapper. Glad to see ToiletPaperWorld.com isn’t the only company who honors this great inventor!

Thanks to Zimbio for the picture.

Yesterday was the birthday of Thomas Crapper, who is given credit for inventing the toilet! A plumber in the mid 1800′s, Crapper held the patent to the first “flushing toilet.” In honor of his birthday, we are having a big sale at ToiletPaperWorld.com on the top brands of toilet paper!

For more information on Thomas Crapper, view our recent blog post.

Here at ToiletPaperWorld.com, we are very animal friendly. Often times our employees bring thier dogs to work. So when I saw this great idea for a “no-kill” mousetrap, I just had to repost it! We have had problems with mice before in my house and I have resorted to using the more traditional traps, but this one is safe and easy.

1. Get a toilet paper tube and crease two lines to form a flat sided tunnel.
2. Put a treat on one end of the tube: A cracker and dab of peanut butter works great.
3. Get a tall (at least 20 inches) bucket. A trash can works well.
4. Balance the tube precariously on the edge of a table or counter with the treat hanging directly over the tall sided receptacle.
5. The mouse will scurry to the treat (they like tunnels) and fall into the trap.
6. Then you can release the mouse far from your house!

Thanks to LifeHacker.com for the idea!