When I was young the biggest concern surrounding toilet paper was trying to squeeze it without Mr. Whipple catching you.
And that’s how we liked it.
Charmin, I feel like you need a friend. A real friend who will tell you the hard truths. You have spinach in your teeth. Yes, that outfit does make your bum look big. No, you can’t pull off that perm. Hon, that sweater just needs to go.
That friend.
So I’m telling you: stop it.
People don’t want to talk about toilet paper or what they want from their TP. Did they just talk about “skid marks” in that last commercial?! Yes, yes they did.
Here’s the most anyone ever wants to say about toilet paper. I made a list for easy reference:
1. We need more toilet paper
Vague references to “softness” and “absorbant” without really getting into the nitty-gritty details of toilet paper and its role in our lives, that’s what the masses want. All we need to know is that your product can help us take care of business at a good price point. If your paper is even just a bit better than the recycled, accordion-folded sandpaper found in our schools growing up, then you’ve got us as loyal customers. Call it a day, Marketing Department and go home.
You couldn’t leave it at that, though. Next you introduced us to the Bear Family. I thought it strange that bears were chosen to sell toilet paper, but carried on, I’m not a marketing expert.
But then you went too far.
I don’t want to think about random bits of toilet paper left on anyone’s (bear or human) behind. And now we’re discussingt if we like going to the bathroom? THE BEARS ARE TEXTING FROM THE TOILET.
Oh, Charmin, what have you done?
Where is your blue liquid?
What happened to quilted softness?
Who took over for Mr. Whipple?
Are we savages just squeezing toilet paper at will?
How did you get “skid marks” past the censors?
Do you even use a test group before you launch these campaigns?
Do you owe money to bears?
Please, Charmin, I’m begging you. Stop it. Or at the very least, bring back Mr. Whipple.
Tough Bananas 