I've never re-rolled paper like that. I prefer cheap 1-ply for generic assholes, and I have also tried SamDamnit!'s favorite (Taco Hell napkins). Ever since I recently rigged up my GhettoBidet, I've had little use for paper. My parents buy Charmin, which I hate because it's too bulky and clogs the pipes.

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You might also hate Charmin because its parent company, Proctor and Gamble, is among the top animal mutilators in the country when dealing with unnecessary laboratory testing.

Charmin represents the worst of the selling market - a company that uses fluffy bear cartoons to sell a product that funds horrible and disgusting animals testing that has been proven to be behind the times and not necessary.

Personally, I prefer Soft-n-Gentle, because it helps the Green Bay Packers economy (check the side of the package - Wisconsin made). This makes me insane. But at least I hope it doesn't make me an animal mutilator.

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Daphne, you could never be an animal mutilator, maybe a flight instructor to cats but that's not so bad as they have an efficient crash avoidance system.

Good reporting Poopie, The easiest way to make three ply would be to mount another tp holder above your existing one, put single ply on the top and two ply on the bottom and each time you go to use it just grab them together ...quite simple.

Now, I for one think Northern is on to a great marketing idea. They will no doubt charge a premium for this product but will you the consumer actually spend less to keep you ass clean or more, my guess is more as peoples wiping habits rarely change except when down to the last few squares (And I Can't spare a square).

Northern is probably using only a fraction of a percent more paper to create this new idea, they will have just decided to roll the other layers thinner and add an additional layer, which will make it feel softer because it's the air in the paper that gives it the softness.

I think what we need here is a mass weighing campaign to see who gives more paper per roll by weight than by sheets and such as all that does is cloud up the issue. We'd need to also remove the weight of the cardboard tubes. Who's up for some paperweighing?

My suspicions are that we will find some single ply paper that actually weighs more per roll than double ply but the quality of the fibers used to create it are too inferior to be fluffed and rerolled to provide a reasonable two ply tissue without huge added expense. Possibly what we as a group can then do is provide a cost benefit analysis to the manufacturer indicating a capital investment in additional technology to overcome these obstacles and create a superior product which can be produced using less cheap fiber, therefore increasing the competition in supplies of two and three ply tissue causing a drop in paper prices for you the consumer.

These are the things which make North America the economic engine of the world, our quest for the best for the least cost, while creating technologies which can be sold worldwide.

Proctor and Gamble suck ass.

Bunga is right about the marketing aspect. I suspect that it will not cost more to produce, but will cost the consumer more. Personally, I don't see why the consumer can't just fold the damn paper over. That is what I do.
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The Emir of Crapistan

Exactly, SamDamnit!, exactly. I love the cheap stuff; I feel like it does the job better. By folding it, you can effectively make it as-many-as-you-want-ply. Some brands just have too much fluff, leave too much lint, don't feel like they wipe as well, and end up clogging the toilet every time, even if you use it lightly.

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Thanks Bunga. that's a better way to do it.
Then again, why stop at three ply? Why not get three or four rolls of two ply together on that set up? Think of it. It would be like wiping your butt with a fluffy, little chinchilla... oh so soft.

The idea of not having to fold toilet paper is one that would probably appeal to many a lazy folk. I would pay a little extra so as not to have to fold my toilet paper. Maybe I should hire someone.

By the way, I neither recommend nor condone the wiping of one's rear with a chinchilla.

Oh, I would never wipe my butt with a chinchilla.

A chinchilla PELT, maybe...

But not a chinchilla.

Now that I think about it, you'd likely end up with fur all over your butt and underwear. It's probably not a good idea, whether the critter is dead or whether it's alive.

Yes FP, but some of us wouldn't notice either way, since there's already "fur" there.

I'm sticking to GhettoBidet and patting dry with whatever kind is there. I don't care whether or not I ever get three ply.

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Well guys, you surprise me - 3 ply is just coming to the US of A!

But, it`s not common in the UK either.

But, if you`ld like to read my report on North Korea (Dave/moderators - I`m a retard when it comes to knowing how to give a link to my story), you`ll find a bizarre country, poor in every way apart from 3 ply paper in bugged hotel rooms.

Dapne, I never knew about the animal testing. I am intrested in more info. Where did you find this?

I usually use Seventh Generation TP. For those who don't know what it is, it is made of recycled paper.

If nothing more, I am doing my part to save our vanishing forests.
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