With aging comes loss. Loss sort of sucks. Spouses die, parents - for the most part- are long gone. Animals leave us for the Rainbow Bridge. Hair goes. So does balance. And so does giving a shit what others think of us (but I digress) But no one could have prepared me for losing the cardboard inside the toilet paper roll. Seriously, who the hell decided to kill that thing? Scott and Kimberly Clark . (a lovely couple)
It must have caught the news anchors and reporters off guard too. The story of the cardboardless toilet paper roll made the national news (I'm not sure if it was covered by Fox because this time it wasn't Obama's fault). Where once there was a perfectly round opening supported by dull brown/grey cardboard, there is now a squarish hole...considering that my TP holder is round I foresee some issues. Think about it. Instead of a nice smooth rolling motion, we will soon be experiencing kerplunck kerplunck kerplunck. How special is that? I suppose someone will soon invent a square holder and we'll all be rushing around eager to own one or two of the trendy holders. But, can they make a square spring? And do we care?
This is supposed to be about reducing waste...now there's irony. Less waste when wiping away the remnants of your waste. Clever.None of this is wasted on me. No sireeee. And the first place to sell this product - why none other than Wallymart! It's the American way...and probably the only American made product in the store.
In celebration of the cardboardless toilet paper,and I suppose, in honor of the role the cardboard tube has played in our lives,someone built an Eiffel Tower out of the tubes.No joke...I saw it on the news. I believe it was built in front of the paper company's building. I am still trying to figure out where an Eiffel Tower built of toilet paper cardboard fits into all this. I am totally missing the connection.
But I will miss those little buggers. I gave them to all my teething puppies to chew up. My son and I used to make pretend instruments out of them. I used to slip them over curled cords to keep the cords from curling over each other.I had a Westie who would run and hide if I made a farting sound by blowing into the tubes. It was funny. I did it often. And if you give me a minute I'm sure I can think of other things I've done...oh yeah I recall having a...never mind. Forget it. You don't want to know. And I grieve for the people on Pinterest who have dedicated many many many many pages revealing multiple uses for the cardboard rolls..things like.wreaths, stamps, totem poles, wall art, building blocks. What will these people do? Will there be a black market where crafters can score some board?
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