Wednesday, March 3, 2010

TP anyone?

Simple pleasures, take them when you can get them. I know that being hospitable to guests is important, but really 3 ply? When we arrived at HAU I couldn’t understand what was so different about the toilet paper. But after a while I figured it out that it was 3 ply. Seriously, who needs that much comfort? The problem isn’t the comfort but the way it tears off. Sorry if this is too much for some of you. The two outside pieces rip of nicely. The middle piece has difficulty and tears into shreds. Which for someone who is a little OCD about her toilet paper, this was a challenge. The beginning of the week we received a new brand. Now I didn’t know that there were so many options for TP but, there are. This brand was just like crate paper, the type you use for streamers at birthday parties, but this roll was just white, not a fun color. Have you ever tried to rip streamers? It’s next to impossible. The perforations, which were almost non existent, didn’t help at all. Today they brought us yet another brand. I was skeptical at first, but at further examination it was one ply. What, one ply! I was thrilled. Not only was it one ply but it was thicker than the American one ply and soft. Finally a good roll. Oh the simple pleasures when living in Africa.

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