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'Toilet paper capital of world' prepares for exhibition
ANANOVA ^ | Story filed: 21:17 Thursday 18th April 2002 | Editorial Staff

Posted on 04/22/2002 11:11:13 AM PDT by vannrox

'Toilet paper capital of world' prepares for exhibition



A museum in Wisconsin is preparing to open an exhibition charting the history of the toilet and toilet paper.

Privy To The Past: Inside America's Most Private Room has a replica of a sponge ancient Romans used to share.

Green Bay's Neville Museum spokeswoman Marilyn Stasiak says the area is: "The toilet paper capital of the world."

The exhibition tells visitors about how corn cobs, leaves and newspaper came before modern-day toilet paper.

It also shows how toilet paper used to have splinters in it. Ms Stasiak told Ananova: "That would've been very painful."

She added: "We're expecting all kinds of jokes about the exhibition."

Green Bay's Northern Paper Mill is credited with creating modern toilet paper in 1902 but it wasn't until 1935 that toilet paper was advertised as "splinter-free."

The exhibition, which opens on April 27, is sponsored by Georgia Pacific, makers of Quilted Northern Bath Tissue.


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KEYWORDS: pride; strange; toilet; unusual
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1 posted on 04/22/2002 11:11:13 AM PDT by vannrox
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To: vannrox
If any Democratic congresscritters go there they will be absorbed.

-Eric

2 posted on 04/22/2002 11:19:16 AM PDT by E Rocc
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To: E Rocc
That comment sounds like a smear job! ;o)
3 posted on 04/22/2002 11:37:11 AM PDT by Icthus
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To: vannrox
it'a all a buncha crap to me...
4 posted on 04/22/2002 11:44:06 AM PDT by camle
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To: camle
"..it'a all a buncha crap to me..."

Boy....we're on a "roll" now!

5 posted on 04/22/2002 12:29:35 PM PDT by Icthus
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To: Icthus
now don't that stink to high heaven?
6 posted on 04/22/2002 12:30:22 PM PDT by camle
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To: camle
"..now don't that stink to high heaven?.."

All the up to the "White Cloud". (I know...I'm really reaching now). :o)

7 posted on 04/22/2002 12:32:40 PM PDT by Icthus
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To: vannrox
Doesn't matter how much paper they have,
one busload of women tourists and they'll run out.
8 posted on 04/22/2002 12:54:17 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: Icthus
oh sh!t
9 posted on 04/22/2002 12:59:21 PM PDT by camle
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To: damnlimey; Sir Gawain; Weikel
Special Guest
10 posted on 04/22/2002 12:59:28 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: Texaggie79

With special guest star:Domokun.

11 posted on 04/22/2002 1:06:12 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: camle
"Personal Foul"....repeat down.


12 posted on 04/22/2002 1:06:56 PM PDT by Icthus
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To: damnlimey
Call me old fashioned
13 posted on 04/22/2002 1:12:32 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: Icthus
repeat down?? as in sitting?
14 posted on 04/22/2002 1:19:52 PM PDT by camle
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To: Texaggie79
Call me old fashioned

Just an assumption on my part....but I'm pretty sure the cobs were meant to be used horizontally...not vertically.

Of course that might be a bit more painful if you're in to that sort of thing

15 posted on 04/22/2002 1:19:58 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: Texaggie79
I hope you plan on boiling that thing for more than 3 mins.when you're done
16 posted on 04/22/2002 1:21:09 PM PDT by damnlimey
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To: camle
LOL!
17 posted on 04/22/2002 1:21:30 PM PDT by Icthus
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To: Focault's Pendulum
And everyone always wonders why there's always corn, even though they didn't eat any............
18 posted on 04/22/2002 1:22:12 PM PDT by Texaggie79
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To: Texaggie79
And everyone always wonders why there's always corn, even though they didn't eat any...

......and let's not get into the digestive process.

19 posted on 04/22/2002 1:26:03 PM PDT by Focault's Pendulum
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To: Texaggie79
Corn? I don't see any corn......


20 posted on 04/22/2002 1:26:23 PM PDT by Icthus
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