Posted on 10/02/2015 6:37:09 AM PDT by markomalley
When NFL team the New York Jets take to the field at Wembley on Sunday, the US players should feel right at home.
Nothing has been left to chance in preparing the Jets for their game against the Miami Dolphins - with the team even bringing their own toilet roll because the British variety is too thin.
An astonishing 5,000 items have been brought to the UK by ship for the six NFL teams who will play in London.
Among the items being brought to London, according to the New York Times, which spoke to Aaron Degerness, The Jets’ senior manager of team operations, are:
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
You think it’s funny.
Next time I go to Germany I’m bringing my own.
YOU try wiping with 80 grit sandpaper for a month.
Can any Brits tell us if they use thin toilet paper because of plumbing systems?
It has been a while since I have been there but French TP is awful..........when you could find it!
It has been a while since I have been there but French TP is awful..........when you could find it!
Isn’t worse if you are a old man?
I guess they don’t have a square to spare.
On the continent the bumwad is more like what we wrap sandwiches in, kinda like wax paper.
Section 7 Paragraph 3 Handbook for old men" the Government issues you when you turn 50.
"Everything was much better when I was young. Everyone and everything now sucks that I am old."
El Cheapo Deluxe hotel one-ply. Not thumbproof...
In much of Latin America, and I presume elsewhere in the world, the plumbing systems can't handle it all and folks place used TP in a conveniently placed waste basket in the bathroom.
I got used to the drill pretty quickly.
Yes wax paper, that’s what I remember!
Where’s Sheryl “One Square For Everbody For Everything” Crow when you need her?
The Jets are full of .......The Jets are full of.........
SINGLE PLY, DOUBLE PLY, HUT, HUT!!!
My father in law used to call English toilet paper John Wayne paper because it was rough, tough and didn’t take —— off of anybody.
It’s got to be better than the Venezuelan TP.What are they using now, leaves?
Never been to Venezuela but I will remember to take plenty of TP if I ever go there. Thanks for the warning.
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