Wet toilet paper anyone?

[Webdude]

Baby wipes for adults?

http://wire.ap.org/APnews/center_package.html?FRONTID=HOME&PACKAGEID=newstous&STORYID=APIS79KD9GO0

:p :p

[Jan]

Can you do a copy and paste job? That URL just takes me to http://wire.ap.org/public_pages/WirePortal.pcgi/us_portal.html :confused:

[jmiller]

Originally posted by Jan
Can you do a copy and paste job? That URL just takes me to http://wire.ap.org/public_pages/WirePortal.pcgi/us_portal.html :confused: Same here. :mad:

[Webdude]

Inventor: Kimberly-Clark Stole Idea

By DAVID KOENIG
AP Business Writer
Associated Press/ [13K]
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DALLAS (AP) — A Boston inventor has accused tissue giant Kimberly-Clark Corp. of swiping his brainchild — moistened toilet paper on a roll — and trying to clean up a potentially huge market.

John J. Marino says he's not taking the challenge sitting down. Instead, he's talking to his lawyers about a possible trademark-infringement case.

Kimberly-Clark, the maker of Kleenex, Huggies, Kotex and other paper and consumer goods, said Friday its product and Marino's are clearly different.

The spat hit the fan earlier this week when Irving-based Kimberly-Clark announced it would begin selling Cottonelle Fresh Rollwipes, a moistened toilet paper that unspools from a plastic dispenser like baby wipes on a roll.

``I first thought of that in 1993,'' Marino said Friday. ``I was changing my daughter's diaper with a baby wipe and I thought, 'Wow, this cleans a lot better than dry toilet paper. Why isn't there a moist toilet paper for everybody?' ''

Marino, an engineer, former Massachusetts state government official and entrepreneur, found investors who put up $6 million to produce MoistMates. The product hit grocery shelves in the Northeast in 1996, with a plastic dispenser that attached to the toilet-paper holder found in most bathrooms.

But the company, NuWay, ran into financial trouble and stopped production. With a patented reconfigured dispenser and different suppliers, a new company called Moist Mates LLC resumed production about four months ago, Marino said.

Sales have totaled less than $100,000, he said.

Marino said he approached Kimberly-Clark more than three years ago to see if the bathroom giant wanted to buy MoistMates.

``I actually recall one conversation I had with Tom Falk,'' Kimberly-Clark's president and chief operating officer, Marino said. ``He said, 'No, we don't have any interest in that area.'''

Falk did not respond to a request for comment. A spokeswoman initially said Falk did not remember talking with Marino, but later confirmed the conversation occurred and that Kimberly-Clark had been asked about buying Marino's company.

``We looked at it, but we had no interest because we had our own product under development,'' Tina Barry said.

Barry said Kimberly-Clark researched all the patents for wet wipes and dispensers, and company officials believe there are key differences between its product and MoistMates. For example, she said, Fresh Rollwipes will disperse, or break down into fibers, after flushing.

``MoistMates are flushable but not dispersible,'' she said. Marino responded that his product is biodegradable and meets standards for avoiding sewer and septic backups.

One thing both sides agree on: The potential market for rolled wet wipes is huge. Kimberly-Clark estimates sales could hit $500 million within six years.

``I think we have a big winner on our hands,'' Barry said.

[Chicken]

I'll take my TP dry thank you, not that anyone needs to know my preference for wet/dry TP. Although I must admit I've not experienced wet, I'm just thinking wet=cold and cold=not what I want in that region.

[Jan]

hahahahahaha :biggrin2:

Just imagine those in cold climates in mid winter :eek: :p

[MN-Carl]

Go to antartica ... I hear its cold there :rolleyes: :cool:

[Chicken]

Now if it had some sort of warming unit... no, no still dry I think.

[bigperm]

For anyone who hasn't 'gone wet' yet... please moisten some TP and try it. It feels cleaner, and fresher. I recommend it.

[jmiller]

Originally posted by bigperm
For anyone who hasn't 'gone wet' yet... please moisten some TP and try it. It feels cleaner, and fresher. I recommend it. How did I know you were gonna post something along those lines? :confused:

[Gayowulf]

if you want wet, you might as well go for a bidet. I hear its quite an experience

[Webdude]

I prefer the shells rather than paper. :o

[Jan]

You use shells instead of paper? :nervous:

[Webdude]

Remember the movie Demolition Man? :D

[Jan]

I can't say I even saw it much less remember it :confused:

[PyschoPath]

Isn't that what a bidet is for?

[bigperm]

Originally posted by Jan
I can't say I even saw it much less remember it :confused: She doesn't even know how to use the three seashells!

[Jan]

Originally posted by bigperm
She doesn't even know how to use the three seashells!
Ummmm.....no I don't. More information please? :confused:

[bigperm]

Watch Demolition Man.

I can't believe you don't even know how to use the three seashells.

[Jan]

I don't have a VCR....:cry2:

[bigperm]

You could probably find it on kazaa.

[Jan]

I don't used kazaa either......that sounds like it would be a massive download when it would be so much easier for you or Webdude to tell me what the heck you are talking about...:devious2:

[stu]

so.....

...anyone wanna wipe my ---? (__o__)

;) :biggrin2:

[bigperm]

Originally posted by stu
so.....

...anyone wanna wipe my ---? (__o__)

;) :biggrin2: Dry TP: (__o__)
Wet TP: (__o__)

[The Red Guy]

Originally posted by bigperm
Dry TP: (__o__)
Wet TP: (__o__) ROTFLMAO
But wet ones make me feel like a baby! :D

[sophie]

Originally posted by bigperm
For anyone who hasn't 'gone wet' yet... please moisten some TP and try it. It feels cleaner, and fresher. I recommend it.

You ever considered a job in marketing? :D