Tearing Toilet Paper off Not at the Perferations.....

[Genome]

What's all that about then?

DNA

 

[Jim Thompson]

What's all that about then?

DNA

You have to have a pet cat to see how that's done ;-)

...Jim Thompson

 

[Pig Bladder]

What's all that about then?

DNA

You have to be smarter than the toilet paper.

 

[Charles Schuler]

What's all that about then?

Chew a string until it is wet, lay it across the paper at the desired tear
site, wait one minute or so, pull gently ... voila!

 

[Mike Harrison]

What's all that about then?

DNA

Never mind that, what's with the numbers printed inside the cardboard tube in the middle...

 

[Abstract Dissonance]

Never mind that, what's with the numbers printed inside the cardboard tube
in the middle...

Don't have anything else to do when taking a dump?

 

[Robert]

What's all that about then?

DNA

I remember reading an old Sci-Fi story in (IIRC) the magazine Analog from
the 50's.

It contained a character who realized one day that since the toilet paper
tore more easily where the perforation wasn't that he could make a material
stronger and stronger by removing more and more of it.

He eventually had a transparent infinitely strong material that was made of
nothing. (Well a Mathematician would claim there was an infinitesimal amount
of material left or a set of measure zero but we're mostly Engineers around
here).

Robert

 

[Deefoo]

Don't have anything else to do when taking a dump?

Read some years ago in some newspaper:

A guy in England always used the same brand and type of toiletpaper that
advertised the number of leafs per roll on the packaging. One day he decided
to count the leafs on his new roll and discovered that he had less than the
promised number. He checked rolls from several batches and found them all
too short. He took the manufacturer to court, won and got a twenty or thirty
year or so damage payment. (The story did not mention how he proved he
always used the same toiletpaper.)

Shows you can make money when taking a dump.

--DF

 

[Michael A. Terrell]

Never mind that, what's with the numbers printed inside the cardboard tube in the middle...

That is the date (in a proprietary code) when it changes from just
being scratchy, into 80 grit sandpaper. ;-)


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida

 

[6d6out]

Is that how aerogels were developed?

 

[Michael]

What's all that about then?

DNA

Mebbe the culprit was in a hurry to get back to the desk? He/she would be one
of the seven (7) individuals on this planet who does not have a cellphone, so
should be easy to identify. ;-)

 

[Paul Hovnanian P.E.]

Reminds me of a story about an aircraft designer.

Some time ago, a Soviet design bureau was having some problems with the
wing structures on a newly developed bomber. Occasionally, under load, a
wing spar would crack, leading to the loss of the aircraft. After
unsuccessfully trying several fixes, the engineering staff consulted
with a famous engineer, now retired.

Upon reviewing the accident reports and structural data, he recommended
drilling a row of holes through the spar at the point of likely failure
in order to relieve the stress.

After his solution was tested and confirmed as successful, a younger
engineer asked him what method he used to arrive at the fix. He replied,
"Some problems are too complex to be solved by analysis and must be
solved by analogy. Everyone knows that Russian toilet paper never tears
at the perforations."

 

[Joseph2k]

Mebbe the culprit was in a hurry to get back to the desk? He/she would be
one of the seven (7) individuals on this planet who does not have a
cellphone, so
should be easy to identify. ;-)

Now that is is just silly, i personally know at least 12 persons that do not
have cell phones, there must be much more.