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The Beatles' toilet roll up for grabs
Digital Spy.co.uk ^
| Tuesday, January 4 2005, 10:09 GMT
| by Daniel Saney
Posted on 01/04/2005 9:51:08 PM PST by weegee
A roll of toilet paper that was criticised by the Beatles is up for auction on Ebay.
The snubbed toilet roll was not received with appreciation by the members of the band, who noted with disgust that it was "too hard and shiny". Despite it giving them something to read during their visit to the toilet, they were also unimpressed with the fact that each sheet had "EMI LTD" stamped on it.
The toilet paper, which once sat in an Abbey Road lavatory, has been kept in a glass box since being auctioned at a 1980 Abbey Road sale, reports Femalefirst.
The item, whose opening price on Ebay is £40,000, comes complete with a note from manager Ken Townsend: "Most things went very smoothly with The Beatles at Abbey Road - but not this roll of toilet paper which they complained was too hard and shiny.
"They also thought it disgraceful that the management should stamp each sheet of paper EMI Ltd. The paper was immediately withdrawn and things became much smoother for staff after that."
TOPICS: Cheese, Moose, Sister; Music/Entertainment; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: abbeyroad; beatlemania; beatles; ebay; emi; puns; skiptomyloo; thebeatles; toiletpaper
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posted on
01/04/2005 9:51:08 PM PST
by
weegee
To: 537cant be wrong; Aeronaut; bassmaner; Bella_Bru; Brian Allen; cgk; ChadGore; Cutterjohnmhb; ...
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posted on
01/04/2005 9:56:08 PM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: weegee
I bid one turd the value of the item.
To: weegee
this roll of toilet paper which they complained was too hard and shiny. Thus inspiring some of the Fab Four's greatest hits:
A Hard Day's Wipe
Twist and Shout
Northern Wood
Paper-in-backside Writher
The Long and Winding Roll
To: Charles Henrickson
She Came In Through The Bathroom Window And Left Me A Crappy Roll Of TP With The EMI Logo On It!
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posted on
01/04/2005 10:16:50 PM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: Charles Henrickson
You neglected to mention their concept album:
Sgt.Pooper's
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posted on
01/04/2005 10:19:20 PM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: weegee; martin_fierro; mikrofon
Forgot one:
Roll Overly Woven
To: Charles Henrickson
Don't forget:
I Wanna Wipe Your Ass
and
Everybody's Got Something to Wipe Except for Me and My Monkey.
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posted on
01/04/2005 10:20:47 PM PST
by
Zeppelin
(If builders built the way programmers program, the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.)
To: weegee
To: Charles Henrickson
Why Don't We Doo-Doo in the Road?
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posted on
01/04/2005 10:21:36 PM PST
by
Zeppelin
(If builders built the way programmers program, the first woodpecker would destroy civilization.)
To: Zeppelin
To: weegee
To: weegee
Loo Sheet EMI with My Buns
To: Zeppelin
I Want to Squeeze Your Charmin
To: weegee; martin_fierro; mikrofon
John Linen and the Caustic No-no Banned
To: Zeppelin
I Saw It Sanding Derriere
To: weegee
To: Revolting cat!
Thus inspiring some of the Fab Four's greatest hits...
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posted on
01/05/2005 8:57:07 AM PST
by
weegee
(WE FOUGHT ZOGBYISM November 2, 2004 - 60 Million Voters versus 60 Minutes - BUSH WINS!!!)
To: weegee
Ah, the Fab Four!
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posted on
01/05/2005 9:13:04 AM PST
by
Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
To: weegee
Ah, the Fab Four!
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posted on
01/05/2005 9:13:07 AM PST
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Revolting cat!
("In the end, nothing explains anything!")
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