"J. van Baardwijk" wrote:
>
> FRANKFURT, Germany (Reuters) -- Germans who like to read on the toilet no
> longer need to take newspapers in with them, but can instead turn to novels
> and poems printed onto toilet paper, a German publisher says.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/10/10/offbeat.tp.reading.reut/index.html
>
> I can see the future now! Publishers will release "budget editions" of
> novels on toilet paper so that even the poor can read the latest novels!
> When you reserve a room at the Marriott Hotel, you are asked who your
> favourite author is, so that the cleaning crew can put the matching toilet
> paper rolls up in your suite's bathroom! People with a dislike for a
> certain author will not flush the used paper but send it to the author to
> show their dislike! Bookstores will have special "toilet roll" sections!
>
> For obvious reasons, second-hand bookstores will not have such a
> section... <GRIN>
Actually, sometimes second-hand bookstores get the older editions of
stuff that have just had new editions released. So maybe they *could*
end up with unused rolls....
Julia
who didn't buy the 1998 edition map at Half-Price books because of
course it's missing the one critical bit of new road construction for
which she needs the new map anyway
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