Fun In The Toilet (Sudoku Toilet Paper)

Member Name: benlepensive

Product:	Sudoku Toilet Paper
Date:	26/10/09 (35 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: hmmm the game

Disadvantages: a bit stiff paper

Winter brings few joys, except chilly mornings, frost on windows and the daily thrill of visiting the lavatory. With such short days, even the humdrum activity of going to the bathroom becomes a highlight of one's day. It is a sad fact of life that we spend many minutes in the bathroom a week, some people even spent hours. I have a long lasting memory of a schoolfriend's father marching into the bathroom with a newsaper wedged under his arm, obviously ready to embark on the mammoth task ahead. I am not sure I have ever brought the newspaper into the bathroom for amusement. Occasionally, I am joined by the cat or a flyer which has just come through the letterbox, but never substantial reading material.

It is therefore somewhat alarming that you can actually buy Soduku toilet paper. At first glance, the product is quite amusing. I have played the game and know how addictive and engaging it is as the best of times. But while you're answering the call of nature? You would have to go into the bathroom with a pencil, or assume there is one already there. I don't know about you, but I don't usually have a pencil in the bathroom.

There are a variety of different puzzles on the sheet, meaning that you could have several games in one sitting, if you were in there a very long time. (Just imagine, being in there an hour while your dinner part guests wait for you downstairs!) The thing that gets me though, once you have completed the game, you will then have to use your game to wipe yourself with, instantly destroying any evidence that you have actually completed it successfully. This means you can't really emerge from the loo and show your wife or friends how clever you are, unless of course...no let's not go there.

The toilet paper is obviously a novelty item, a bit like those stupid gadgets you get at Christmas; "Oh, thank you dear, you've spent thirty quid on a wind up granny." We all know the feeling.

The paper is not as soft as Andrex, it couldn't be if you needed to play a game on it, but I guess it is a little more fun. You can buy it online for a few quid, but I think I will stick with the real stuff. Before I end my review, if this worries you, then Melanie C claims to use just one sheet of toilet paper, per visit. Go figure that one out!

Summary: odd