06-23-2009, 08:47 AM | #1 |
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Books on toilet paper?
The NYT had this story today. A Japanese company is publishing books on toilet rolls. Flush it away when you've read it but isn't the ink dangerous?
http://themoment.blogs.nytimes.com/2...hroom-reading/ |
06-23-2009, 08:56 AM | #2 |
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Cool! Though, I don't read japanese...
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06-23-2009, 09:57 AM | #3 |
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The Japanese have a long tradition (?) of printing reading material on toilet paper. If you are studying the Japanese language, you can get toilet paper printed with the kanji alphabet characters to help you study at any hour of the day. Also, Hello Kitty toiliet paper.
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06-23-2009, 10:23 AM | #4 |
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We've plenty of printed toilet paper here too, but never a book.
We do have sudoku though... http://www.hebbeding.nl/product/37/s...letpapier.html |
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Better print books on toilet paper than use ebook readers for wiping...
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I bet you could only get "crappy" novels.
Or, if you were the author, and you were forced to eat your own words, you'd be a potty mouth.... |
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It will never be a success without page numbers and a back light. Oh and folders we need folders.
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06-23-2009, 01:20 PM | #11 |
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06-23-2009, 01:35 PM | #12 |
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Unfortunately in order to get published on toilet paper your book has to be either Number One or Number Two on the bestseller list...
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06-23-2009, 02:36 PM | #13 |
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Some books seem to have been written with this medium in mind.
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Amazon Toilet Tissue
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