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Jul 12, 2007 12:55AM PDT
No-touch toilet tissue dispenser debut

ROSWELL, Ga. (AP) - Richard Thorne grins as he waves his hand under a toilet paper dispenser in a women's restroom. The machine spits five sheets of tissue into his grasp.

A year in the works, the electronic tissue dispenser is being rolled out to the masses by Kimberly-Clark Professional as it seeks to capture more of the $1 billion away-from-home toilet paper market. The company believes most people will be satisfied with five sheets - and use 20 percent less toilet paper

But Thorne admits the company won't truly achieve a "touchless" bathroom until it develops a toilet that does the dirty work for you.


I won't have to do a thing, life is good.

Wink

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The thing is...
Jul 12, 2007 2:19AM PDT

... that often times 5 sheets are sometimes the same as 1 sheet when it comes to public restroom toilet paper. I have seen some where I swear you could read a news paper through.

I am glad they put a work around on it in case the batteries ran out.

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Don't tell Sheryl Crow...
Jul 12, 2007 9:54AM PDT

she'll want to scale it back to one sheet.

Does the thing run on biodiesel?

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lol... I used to run on biodiesel
Jul 12, 2007 10:08AM PDT

Had a bad onion ring addiction once upon a time.

Devil

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You were addicted to bad onion rings?
Jul 12, 2007 11:12AM PDT

Ooooh, how predictable!

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That made zero sense.
Jul 12, 2007 12:24PM PDT

Did prove you have no sense of humor though.

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It was a joke...
Jul 12, 2007 12:35PM PDT

Let me explain it. See, YOU said you had a bad onion ring addiction and I said, "You were addicted to bad onion rings?"

Get it? GET IT??? Ooohhhh!!

And that proves I have no sense of humor?

I'm LOLing out loud.

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The joke I got.
Jul 12, 2007 10:52PM PDT

The sour grapes reference to another thread was nonsensical. It's like someone suddenly kicking you in the knee, while you are having a conversation about what you plan to eat for lunch. You ask what that was for, and the fellow replies "that's for what you said to me last week". In the context of what I said it makes no sense.

I explain this, not for your benefit, but for others.

Say goodnight Gracie.

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Wasn't nonsensical...
Jul 13, 2007 12:05AM PDT

you just didn't get it. I thought my punchline was a very obvious one so I made the "predictable" comment. Since you claimed I was "predictable" I was affirming that for you. Kinda like when someone makes a bad pun and then follows it with a groan.

Nothing "sour grapes" about it.

I explain this, not for the benefit of others, but for you.

Gotta fire up the little gray cells, Grim.

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Grim, you're supposed to say
Jul 13, 2007 12:35AM PDT

"don't give up your day job" then he says ..... then you explain that......

all in all, a complete waist of thyme Wink

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Keep digging...
Jul 13, 2007 12:44AM PDT

You guys are freaking out about an innocent joke! Don't bust a blood vessel.

Just give each other a high-five and a pat on the butt and move on. Sheeesh!!

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It's all just a battle for the last word Jonah.
Jul 13, 2007 1:21AM PDT

I remember as a kid, how I tortured my little sister till she screamed for mom... and then ask "who me?' under my mom's interrogation. I stopped being self amused by that when I was around 10 or 11... mostly.

I get a chuckle from my interactions with Ed... mostly. Sometimes though, in his enthusiasm, he really reaches to justify a gambit. Then it just becomes a battle for who gets to claim the last word. He usually wins, just because it means that much more to him.

Despite his rationalization. His joke was funny but the annotation made no sense.

I got stuff to do today so I will rejoin the fray later. Have a good evening, and a good week end, Jonah.

Have a good day Ed.

Cheers

grim

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BS
Jul 13, 2007 1:39AM PDT

It's not a game. It's not a "battle" That is just baloney. I don't play games. You can have the last word. I don't care.

It was not a rationalization. It was the truth. Sorry you didn't get it. But I don't "rationalize". I don't "reach to justify a gambit." That is simply untrue. It doesn't "mean that much more to me." That is also untrue.

Okay, take the last word.

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RE: Okay, take the last word.
Jul 13, 2007 1:43AM PDT

Since Grim already gave it to you, and you didn't want it


I'll take it.


Yeah!!!! I finally won one.

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aw shucks Grim,
Jul 12, 2007 12:53PM PDT

mrs edH says "i had a really bad headache last night"

edH says "don't worry dear, tonight you may have a really good one"


jonah "wondering how ed slept on the couch last night" jones

Wink

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Don't quit your day job...
Jul 12, 2007 12:59PM PDT

Unless this is your day job, in which case...

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Response
Jul 12, 2007 10:54PM PDT

He's a volunteer here

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It was a joke...
Jul 12, 2007 11:11PM PDT

let me explain it... see, YOU said ...........

nah, you're not worth the time or the energy

you and your ilk are starting to remind me of the school bully, love to dish it out, but gets 'em in a twist when it comes back at 'em...

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I KNOW it was a "joke"...
Jul 12, 2007 11:57PM PDT

that's why I said "don't quit your day job." Standard response in showbiz when someone bombs. It wasn't funny. It was lame.

I didn't get anything in a twist. And YOU of all people have no business calling anyone a bully.

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Most people would read that as a PERSONAL ATTACK
Jul 13, 2007 3:03AM PDT

by a "moderator" who made a "deal" to quit "moderating" and posting in SE who then renegged on his own "deal" as soon as the conditions of his "deal" were met.

Now this "moderator" without integrity is busy engaging in PERSONAL ATTACKS.

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it's very simple
Jul 13, 2007 5:11AM PDT

A: edH isn't "most people", he knew it was a "joke" he just didn't think it was funny

B: your constant regurgitation of rubbish is becoming both annoying and tedious, i think it's time you met the 3Ks Keep it nice or Keep it to yourself or Keep out

thank for your consideration

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You would think the dispenser and toilet could make
Jul 12, 2007 2:28AM PDT

a more accurate estimate of the number of sheets needed by having devices that scan and sense strategically to analyze the users need. It would be a matter of plugging in the right data. Perhaps requested sheets beyond the allowable could be at a cost or require override from management. Happy

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In that case...
Jul 12, 2007 9:30AM PDT

it could just power down when it detects Middle Easterners since the default setting is 5 sheets more than they use now... Devil

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Not to get too gross
Jul 12, 2007 10:06AM PDT

but was thinking the seat could detect the user's weight.....before and after....As well, other indicators of need might be gender and total time required to complete the task at hand. I can almost imagine the meeting discussions in listing the criteria and variables that could change the number of sheets that might be needed. Devil

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(NT) BTW, how long were you a federal civil servant?
Jul 12, 2007 1:46PM PDT
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I'm guessing......
Jul 12, 2007 2:38AM PDT

..... it means 5 connected sheets,

Ladies' rooms at one time had a metal box that "dispensed" individual sheets, like a Kleenex box (but the paper was more like parchment paper). But often a whole stack would come out, with most ending up on the floor.

I like the public toilets that turn on the water by passing you hand under the spout to wash your hands.

But that auto-flusher that is supposed to work when you back away doesn't always work.

This new gadget seems to be best suited for he workplace or home.

Angeline
Speakeasy Moderator

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And if you wave again you get five more.
Jul 12, 2007 1:58PM PDT

At least that's how the paper towel version works. (There is a 3 or 4 second delay before the sensor resets.)

Those old ones were, of course, counterproductive as well as unconscionably nasty. I'm surprised they lasted as long as they did.

The auto-water and auto-flush gadgets save mucho water at very low installed cost (in new construction).

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I haven't seen any......
Jul 12, 2007 9:04PM PDT

..... of the auto-dispenser ones for paper towels.

I agree re: the water savings.

Angeline
Speakeasy Moderator

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Just today- wouldncha know it-
Jul 14, 2007 3:02PM PDT

I encountered one in the changing (family) bathroom during our summer Convention. It was at a brand new convention facility, and the changing room was small, with only one auto towel dispenser. It didn't work, and had NO Plan B provision. Happy

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Waving
Jul 13, 2007 4:14AM PDT

Whether we wave, pull, crank, or pull out Kleenex-style, I just wish they'd install the damned things lower on the wall so the water doesn't run up your arms to your elbows before you can get at them!

The latest I've seen now are high-powered dryers. They are quick, but so powerful they just about rip the skin from your bones.

Cindi

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Powerful hand dryers
Jul 13, 2007 4:43AM PDT

Thats because men stand and need to be dried off clear down to their shoes. Happy