Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Yes, This is Somehow the Sixth Off-Brand T.P. Roundup.

Skyline Bathroom Tissue


Notable Features:
• Unnerving handwritten typeface
• Use of dark, dystopian city from "Blade Runner"
• Lack of color on label
Downside:
Treats the ass like a number.


Daisy Bathroom Tissue


Notable Features:
• Bold Red Label
• Tagline: "Feel the difference"
• Comes in "soft"
Downside:
As cheap and useless as Daisy from "Daisy of Love."


Mabel Clean and Soft 2-Ply Sheets


Notable Features:
• Pleasing, contemporary Colors
• Unexplained "L" Monogram
• Use of preppie argyle pattern
Downside:
Feels like wiping with Kanye's sock.


Seventh Generation Bathroom Tissue/Papier Hygiénique (submitted by Larry K)


Notable Features:
• 80% Post-Consumer Recycled Paper, so you're wiping with someone's old table tent
• Bleached (like your you-know-what)
• Contains an actual blurb from the Great Law of the Iroquois Confederacy (click on the photo if you don't fucking believe me)
Downside:
There's a reason a leaf is on the cover.


Livi Bathroom Tissue


Notable Features:
• Logo that resembles a leaf or a vagina
• FULL EMBOSS
• Fun to pronounce name
Downside:
Shows no mercy.


Unnamed Cloud-Wrapped T.P.


Notable Features:
• Shrouded in mystery
• Enigma wrapped in a riddle
• Reminds one of The Simpsons' opening credits
Downside:
There's no contact information in case you want to sue.


Greenleafe Reserve Bath Tissue


Notable Features:
• Extra "E" added for class
• Overuse of leaf imagery to really drive the concept home
• Is "reserve" for special occasions
Downside:
Blows.


Mor-Soft MS500


Notable Features:
• Terrible grammar
• Apparently upgraded from "400"
• Sounds like the name of a Sony audio component
Downside:
Turns out 500 is how many of the thin sheets you'll need to use to get it all.


Marcal Sunrise



Notable Features:
• VIRTUALLY lint free
• Will leave your asshole 95% free of lintballs
• Contains only a trace amount of annoying gray lint
Downside:
MOTHERFUCK, SOMEBODY GRAB ME A LINTROLLER.


Smart Soft 500 2-Ply Sheets


Notable Features:
• Modern typeface
• Clean label
• Soothing use of colors
Downside:
When they say "smart," they actually mean it hurts.


Heavenly Soft Bathroom Tissue


Notable Features:
• Label looks similar to the Wal-Mart logo
• Suspiciously downplays the word "soft"
• Promises an experience not unlike the Rapture
Downside:
Causes you to blaspheme like a motherfucker when using.


LRMGOBAO Tissue 2-Ply Sheets


Notable Features:
• Confusing, unpronounceable name????
• Possibly an acronym???????
• Hey, maybe it's onomatopoeic? Like that's the sound you make when using it?????
• And why the globe? Is that a foreign name, then??????
• I really don't know. Very confused.
Downside:
I dunno. You got me, man. As they say in my home country, "LRMGOBAO."

To further add to the confusion, here is a video about LRMGOBAO made by some middle school drama class (????????????).

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