Monday, November 13, 2006

Tissue

In the continued interest of supplying the most accurate information on tissues (bathroom or facial), I have found the Trader Joes brand tissues are smaller per tissue than the Albertson's brand (8.5" x 7.7" for Trader Joe's; 8.6" x 8.4" for Albertson's). This results in a per-tissue area variance of 6.79 square inches favoring the Albertson's brand. Significant to say the least. However, the Trader Joe's brand includes 175 tissues whereas the Albertson's "Whisper Soft" brand which is being used in the current study only includes 160 tissues. This results in a total area of 11,558.4 sq.in. for the Albertson's brand, and 11,453.75 sq.in. for the Trader Joe's brand. Certainly less significant. Both tissues are 2-ply, and both tissues feel similar to the testers already raw nose. The advantage, to this tester, will have to go to the Trader Joe's brand due to the fact that it uses 100% recycled paper with 10-25% post-consumer content. Plus, how often do you really use a tissue all the way out to its extreme edges. Not too often, I would submit.

I'm home sick today.

14 Comments:

At 12:26 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

great stuff. fascinating.
but what's the average length of a vole's incisor?

 
At 9:08 PM, Blogger pablo said...

African or Euorpean vole?

 
At 12:59 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Asian, Mr. Smartypants.

 
At 9:30 PM, Blogger pablo said...

The water vole, genus Arvicola of west Asia, the Asian mountain vole, genus Alticola, or the central Asian root vole, genus Microtus?

 
At 9:53 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

you are a very annoying man. a vole is a vole is a vole. period.

 
At 2:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

hey,
What's with all this vole talk. What's a vole anyways?

 
At 2:17 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

A vole is a big fish from Michigan.

 
At 11:36 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought a vole was a stringed instrument from Nepal...?

 
At 3:56 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey, Leave me alone!

 
At 6:57 AM, Blogger pablo said...

Hi Mr. Vole, I'm glad you're here; how long are your incisors?

 
At 9:07 AM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

1.7 centimeters.

 
At 11:15 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

in other news: remember when ed.g.pc used to update his blog?

 
At 1:28 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Hey- That wasn't me.

 
At 2:48 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

I guess you finally realized that your life isn't interesting enough to sustain a blog, eh?

 

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