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Toilet paper dispenser
| Origin | Winter Camp XIII (1989) |
| The Story | Back in the day, we had a contest for latrine sitting. The latrine was outside and generally you didn't want to be there any longer than you had to. The contest was tracked on a clipboard where one noted the time on the seat and number of sheets used. Sometimes people provided additional notes. The categories were predictable: most time spent, least time spent, longest total visit, shortest total, and minimum number of sheets used. The game went on a few years with occasional accusations of cheating that were mostly intended in good humor. Then, Mark Bollan--> reported a visit with zero sheets which was fewer than Jeff's. Jeff cried foul but Mark--> said he'd used the tube since there was no paper. Jeff was less than satisfied with this answer. For the following year, there was a complicated system involving computerized signons and the toilet paper dispenser appeared. The dispenser was a motorized tool built by Doug Wilson which rolled out toilet-paper between two typewriter platens when a button was pushed. This put an end to any question about the number of sheets used as the rotation of the device was reported to the computer and the sheets were counted exactly. |
| Veracity | Pretty sure it's true. |
Last updated by Steve D. on 2021-09-06 20:54:32.
