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Anomalies of French life: pink toilet paper

For some reason, toilet paper in France is pink.

For lo, it is written.

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25 November 2005 in Anomalies of French life, France |

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you can also get some white one... and you can get some pink in the US. At least the asses here look nice...not fat. Maybe the US needs to get down with the pink stuff.

Posted by: Laza | 25 November 2005 at 21:40

I never noticed that. Fun!

But is it as soft and multi-layered with quilted patterns like in the US??

From Sedulia:

No, it tends to be thin and tear badly.

Posted by: La Dauphine | 26 November 2005 at 17:08

Re: "Maybe the US needs to get down with the pink stuff." based on your photo I would say you are in the realm of chubby cheeks yourself. Is this the pot calling the kettle black? In any case our chubby checks have t paper with aloe vera and vitamin E (Cottonelle), and promoted by adorable teddy bears, albeit also with chubby checks...get down with that!!!

Posted by: gorae | 01 December 2005 at 16:12

Pink and roughly (pun intended) the quality of fine sandpaper, n'est-ce pas? I've been to Switzerland and Germany and it wasn't any better there, either (except it wasn't PINK).

From Sedulia:

Actually it's no longer like sandpaper in France-- that was before my time!

Posted by: The Bold Soul | 01 December 2005 at 16:32

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