Trendwatching says it's part of the consumer trend of "premiumization," whereby every product is available in "upgraded" form. Think premium vodkas, where you pay $10 more just to have a fancy backstory in a pretty bottle, and apply that mentality to every consumer good.
Renova... now you can talk out of your ass and wipe it at the same time!
]]>@JPINCLE: LOL! Holy crap, shit digits...thats feckin' hilarious.
]]>@ad8bc: Sheryl Crow poops?!?!
]]>@PerpetualCarouse: It's not noticiable to the people in a rap video either. But the people watching the rap video notice a difference in the bottle lable. That's why its featured there.
]]>Wow, Sheryl Crow, using one square of this at a sitting, could make one of these last a whole year!
]]>Meh, I only wipe with baby-seal pelts.
]]>Paying for quality is not the same thing as falling for hype.
]]>@americansplendor: you're not doing it right.
]]>As an aside, after reading articles about/seeing ads promoting the "Smirnoff is preferred in blind taste tests" angle, I decided to get one of those little airplane-size bottles one day. I figured maybe, just maybe, it wasn't as bad as I remembered.
Nope. Fuck Smirnoff. I'd rather drink nail polish remover.
Give me my Stoli on the rocks and Scott toilet paper and there won't be trouble.
]]>I don't think I'd want to walk around with my ass crack in day glo orange, and something tells me women would not want their vaginas to be tinged green or black.
]]>I bought this as a gag-gift last year. The paper's HEAVILY perfumed, must be the olfactive moment they are talking about. Don't buy it even for a gag gift, the perfume Burns!
]]>I'm curious about the interesting new colors that will result from wiping. Although everything will be umber or forest green i suppose. vibrant colors don't result from mixing with brown.
]]>@jpincle: I knew I was a devoted Quilted Northern customer for a reason.
]]>I would have considered buying a roll in brown just to screw with guests, but they don't even offer it. What crap.
]]>I keep thinking how much different the sketch would be if Tommy Chong asked Cheech Marin: "Does that warm mystery provide a olfactive moment? Does is have a voluptuous texture? Does it provide a definitive response on the palate? Good thing we didn't step in it."
I wonder why brown isn't an available color...
]]>Am I the only one who doesn't want a mystery occurring when they're on the toliet?
]]>How safe is it for premium (bleached) sphincters (so essential in these times)? Could it cause an embarrassing color run that would clash with my intimate wear?
]]>Mr. Whipple is definitely turning over in his grave.
]]>But, I think you mean you like a Belvedere dirty vodka cocktail. Martini = gin. We gin drinkers really need to advocate for a new word for the vodka version. I vote for "can't-handle-gin-tini" ^_~
]]>@12-inch Idongivafuck Sandwich: I too would wipe my butt with orange and blue toilet paper. As a FSU Alum, I find it appropriate
]]>basically, you pay a little extra for vodka that tastes better, and doesnt give you a splitting headache...
]]>Just the look on the person's face, when opening their gift and discovering it's colored TP =) Priceless...
Like my brother said : WTF
]]>$20 dollar bills are way more fashionable, more accessible, and the colr makes it easy to tell when you are done. Then again, if you are cheap, you could settle for dollar bills or normal paper. Or just take a dunp in a public restroom. BJs and Costco uses real nice quilted paper and they are always stocked
]]>heh heh. "It's really moist and truly gentle on the anus"
All toilet paper should be. And if it comes in lovely bright colors so much the better. I love it. It makes me feel special.
This is just another example of how rich people enjoy flushing their money down the toilet...
]]>Oh... by the way, I did at one point in my life purchase Cottonelle just because on the plastic, there was a cute puppy.
The puppy worked - the bears piss me off. I'm wondering how a parrot or perhaps a cow would make me feel about my next TP purchase.
]]>@TheSeeker: It can cause yeast infections and irritation in women, among other things. (same reason they don't have scented TP anymore, and you don't see scented tampons outside North America)
@lesbiansayswhat: I won't buy Charmin just because of those damn bears. Even if it's on sale.
]]>Am I the only one who thinks that the "ultra ultra" premium shitpaper, while it feels good to my finger tips, is a little too soft for my butt?
Maybe some people (those that Charmin Super Mega Ultra target, no doubt) shave and moisturize their bums, but we just don't do that in Suburban Cleveland.
With the really expensive stuff, I usually end up with an unwelcome finger up my ass, which royally pisses me off.
Quilted Northern - the perfect balance of comfort and durability. No unexpected shit-digits, no sandpaper, just clean bliss.
]]>So THAT's where the Bill of Rights went!
]]>When I ever I see something like this, my face hurts.
And I also think of those stupid Angelsoft commercials and how annoying the fat angel is and how I'd like to smash his face. :)
]]>I would buy this in orange...and blue if they offered it. (Silly Gator fans will buy anything in Orange and Blue)
]]>Farrah Fawcette got ger ass-cancer from this paper.
]]>Reminds me of my trip to India a while back. We exchanged a bit of money at the airport. My $50 turned into stacks (seriously... like a rap video) of tattered, brown bills stapled together with a dozen or so rusty industrial staples. The staples made it difficult (not to mention hazardous) to pull off a few bills at a time. When we got to the hotel, they offered to trade us for newer, unstapled bills. These one were white with orange and green artwork printed on them. It was then that we realized that the brown bills were just really, really, really, really, REALLY dirty. At the same time we were also taught the "clean hand, dirty hand" rule. I carried hand sanitizer with me for months after that trip.
Money is nasty, nasty stuff.
]]>Definitely a special occasion item though
]]>But Lulu.com has a more expensive option: they'll take all your rejection letters from publishers and print them on custom tp!
]]>I'm a sucker. I bought a roll in black. Be back in 15 to let you know about the olfactive moment.
... Belvedere dirty martinis are THE BEST
]]>Please. This is SO upper-mid class. Everyone knows the superwealthy don't excrete, not since they discovered that top-secret surgery you can only get in Gstaad.
I've said too much.
]]>@edrebber: that's because loading TP on the spindle is for poor people. when you can afford super premium toilet paper, you pay someone to load it for you (and to wipe your butt), duh.
]]>Remember why they got rid of colored toilet paper? I recall that it was found related to colon cancer.
Good thing people will pay extra for it. Who needs a colon?
Never been a fan of punctuation myself.
]]>Please somebody hear my cries.
]]>"A warm mystery in every single olfactive moment"...um, gross. warm mystery poo-stank?
and i have to say that my all-time favorite vodka is Monopolowa--its $10 for a liter at trader joes, and come in a generic-looking bottle, but it's wonderful! it is made in austria in the traditional style with potatoes, not grain like most vodka is nowadays. in fact i think i'm going to go home and indulge in a monopolowa and soda with lime...yummers
]]>Now that is PREMIUM baby!
]]>@lesbiansayswhat: I. hate. those. bears.
]]>I thought it was bad to wipe your ass with colored TP?
]]>I remember, as a kid, colored TP back in the 70's and always wondered why it was discontinued. What's unhealthy about dyed tissue paper? Does it leach into the anus? So if I run out of TP,I shouldn't use the Puffs? Should I use a loofah?
]]>I thought only plain old white was healthy for wiping your parts. The dyes in colored TP are irritants.
Also, the black TP might make it hard for you to know when you're done. I'm just sayin', it might not be a good idea.
]]>I would never buy this... I only wipe my ass with Louis Vuitton.
]]>("A paper full of pleasure"? What do these people think we're DOING with the-- er, on second thought, don't answer that.)
]]>Well, 6 rolls for 5 euro...not sure how much "the good stuff" costs in euro over there, but here, when it's not on sale, the good cottonelle costs about a buck a roll. The look and name of this stuff may seem premium, but the price probably isn't that ridiculous. I was expecting 4 or 5 dollars a roll.
But I gotta say, the $10 difference between Smirnoff and Grey Goose is very noticeable. As is the $10 difference between Mr. Boston and Smirnoff. Sometimes, paying a premium actually gets you something premium.
]]>Say NO to the fancy upsell!
]]>Pooing isn't fashionable.
]]>It'll be a cold day in heck before I spend 5 bucks for a roll of designer TP.
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