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From: lbo@ihnss.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.misc
Subject: Re: Toilet-Paper
Message-ID: <1638@ihnss.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 22-Aug-83 10:12:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 22 10:12:17 1983
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Dave Olson pointed out that if the paper is mounted coming out over
the top, then small children can spin the roll and "create a massive
pile of unspooled toilet paper."  This phenomenon is not limited to
children - cats have been known to do this too.  My parents once had
a cat that did this.  I don't think that he did it entirely for
amusement, though.  You see, he only did it to the roll in the downstairs
bathroom, which was mounted on the wall not far from where his
litter box was kept.  He pulled on the T.P. each time he had
finished doing his business, and at no other times, as far as we
could tell.  (He seemed to use it to clean the litter particles out from
between his toes.)  I suppose that he figured that's what toilet
paper is for, and considering what humans use it for, maybe he had
a point.

We got him to stop by placing a roll of T.P. on a shelf within reach
of a human with need, instead of mounting the paper in its official
holder.

With all this interest in toilet paper, should we create a net.scatology?
[:-) --- go get your dictionaries, boys and girls!]

				Lew Oberlander
				Bell Laboratories
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