Toilet 2.0- update

Ah our foray into the exciting toilet-based device market continues! Okay perhaps there has been a tad too many poop-centric posts recently, but this is fascinating (seriously!)-

A toilet-paper dispenser that limits the issue of tissues.

"Most people will take the amount given," says Richard Thorne, director of the company's washroom business. Waxing philosophical, he adds, "People generally in life will take what you give them." (what a great title, Director, Washroom Business)

Kimberly-Clark turned to focus groups and years of internal research to determine just how much is right. (internal research, hehehee, no pun intended)

Americans typically use twice as much toilet paper as Europeans — as much as an arm's length each pull, Thorne says. The company decided the best length is about 20 inches — or precisely five standard toilet paper squares, though the $30-$55 machine can also be adjusted to churn out 16 inches or 24 inches, depending on the demand. (Americans are fatter, possibly resulting in great poop quantity, and have a greater, uh, surface area to wipe. Ok I think I just grossed myself out)