I love making presentations because I typically learn something new. Recently I spoke at The Cypress of Raleigh which is an upscale retirement community. My topic was the history of toilet paper. After the presentation, a distinguished-looking gentleman approached me and introduced himself. He was the retired manager of a paper mill in New Hampshire that produced paper products including toilet paper. He wanted to share a letter with me.
The letter was from a couple of students at Michigan State University and was dated April 16, 1971. They were complimenting the paper company for producing a great toilet paper and stated they had found a new use for the toilet paper. In their own words “This dynamic new use is a sport called “roll flushing” in which an entire roll of your tissued is unrolled and simultaneously flushed down a toilet.” The goal was to accomplish this in the shortest possible time.
This student and his roommate held the MSU record of 1 minute and 20 seconds. That was the fastest time at MSU and possibly the world. They were asking the paper company if they could constitute the official “roll flushing” team for the paper company.
I had never heard of roll flushing, so I learned something new.
