Wider Toilet Paper Roll

After changing the toilet paper roll I noticed something new. I've already mentioned
how the roll had gotten shorter, but I had no idea it's now wider too. I'm sure not
every toilet paper manufacturer is shortening their rolls and making them wider. The
company that is doing this should feel bad about trying to get over on the customer.
I would rather pay more for my toilet paper, than be tricked into believing that I'm
getting the same product that I've always been buying.


Below you can see how much bigger the toilet paper roll has become. In photo
1 the original sized roll can only set on top of the spice container, but in photo 2
the spice container fits easily inside of the roll. 

Wider Toilet Paper Roll Poem

After changing the toilet paper roll

I saw something new.

The roll looked a lot wider than it used to.

First it's shorter now it's wider,

I wonder what's next.

Thinking about this has me so perplexed. 

For the company that wants to trick 

someone like me...

Eventually the deception will be seen.

Are You Wearing Chemicals?

Recently, while I was out with my mother and sister, we saw the bottom of a shoe-
box that had a warning. It said that the chemicals in the shoes may cause cancer,
birth defects, or reproductive harm. I researched this, and I read that the state of
California enacted California Proposition 65 in 1986, to protect their residents
from harmful chemicals. I don't live in California, but I'm glad I was able to still be
warned about the harmful chemicals. I wonder why every state doesn't enact the
same warning.

It's not only shoes that can contain chemicals that may harm your body. Products
made with vinyl or imitation leather may contain harmful chemicals too. Try to be
cautious and read the tags if you decide to purchase any of these items:

* belts
* wallets
* purses
* jewelry
* clothing

Spotted Tomato

I needed a tomato for a recipe and I found one that was red and looked perfectly
ripe. When I got home, I took the price sticker off and there it was... a rotten spot!
Someone had intentionally put the price sticker over the rotten spot. At the store,
I examined the tomato and thought I'd made a good choice. From now on, I think
I'll peek under the price sticker before I decide to buy the item.

Spotted Tomato Poem

I needed a tomato for a recipe.

I found one that looked perfectly ripe to me.

I removed the sticker...there was a spot.

Something was wrong with the produce I'd bought.

With stickers on produce you must be aware,

there just might be a spot under there.

Bon Bons, Laundry Sheets and the PRC

Coconut Bon Bons

Have you ever heard of the company Windy Acres? I ate some of their coconut
bon bons and they were the best I've ever had. The package contained brown,
white, pink, and yellow bon bons, and each color had a different flavor. If you
like coconuts you'll love these. According to the Windy Acres website, they also
sell hard candy, candy bars, beef jerky, gum, and even honey.

                                       
Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets


If you haven't tried the Purex 3-in-1 Laundry Sheets yet...go out and buy them now!
They are detergent, softener, and anti-static all in one. Not only do they go right 
from your washing machine to the dryer after the load is done, but they make your
wash load smell good for weeks.

What Is PRC?                                   

I can't help it...I love reading packages. One of the elements of the package that
interests me the most is where the product is made. I bought a product that said it
was made in PRC. What is PRC?... the People's Republic of China. PRC sounds
more important than MADE IN CHINA, but to me China is China.

              

Products Shrunk

Lately I've noticed several products I've been buying for awhile have shrunk. I
don't know why some companies have become so greedy that they want to give
customers less of their a product.

This toilet paper roll has gotten smaller. It's missing about 1/2 an inch. Yes...I
noticed 1/2 an inch.

My smoked cashews were 9.25 oz., now they're 8 oz. Not only did the can get
smaller, but the lid is a different color. I guess the lid color change was supposed
to throw my eyes off the size.

For me, what gave this sausage away was its length. I was cutting it into four even
pieces for a recipe, when I noticed that about 1/2 an inch was missing per piece.
This smoked sausage was 16 oz., and now it's down to only 14 oz.

Products Shrunk Poem

Some products I've been buying have shrunk.
In fact, it stinks just like a skunk. 
My toilet paper roll was tall,
but now the roll is kinda small.
The smoked cashews I buy every week,
they're missing 1.25 oz...now that stinks.
When I cut sausage the other day
some length was missing to my dismay.
I smelled something oh how it stunk;
It's just my products, my how they've shrunk.