2:07 PM >> While on topic...

I just noticed in the bathroom that on a package of Charmin toilet paper, there is this quote: "A Charmin Clean, Now That Feels Good!" I may be alone in this, but that is a strange way to approach this topic. Also, the picture of the baby adds to the strangeness of how Charmin markets paper you wipe your butt with. Northern uses a cartoon of a group of ladies who hand-quilt toilet paper. I wonder if they know what their quilts are used for. I would be pissed off if someone did that to a quilt I took so much time to sew. Scott Brand's website has a man jumping out of an airplane while letting a roll of toilet paper unreel as he falls to the earth. While I realize they are pointing out how long their rolls are, all I can think of is size of the pile of crap this guy is going to be landing in. Another company, whom I cannot find at the moment, uses a family of cartoon bears to advertize their toilet paper. Apparently, bears want to "feel good" too.

At least somebody out there got it right. If more companies would face up to what their products really do without shame, the world would be a much braver place. Companies like ShitBegone understand that no matter how nicely you dress up your bathroom tissue with fancy perfumes, lotions, and patterns (what the hell are patterns doing on toilet paper, anyway, as if it were some canvas for art?), in the end it will end up performing one major function... wiping away shit.

For more information on the subject including an interview with the founder of ShitBegone, visit PoopReport. It turns out ShitBegone actually is considered art by some.