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The Colors Collector Tissue Issue Halloween is usually a crazy time for us because we're steeped in pumpkin
carvings. We were just about to start carving an elaborate dance
pumpkin when we were contacted by Colors Magazine of Benetton who
wanted to interview us abour our tp collection for their special Collectors
edition. Their deadline was quickly approaching. How do you explain to
a magazine that distributes to 40 countries and 5 languages that it's
the wrong season - especially when you're hosting The Whole World Toilet
Paper Museum? So we agreed to answer some questions and email them pictures.
We took a day off from carving so that we could select some choice examples;
set up a series of lights and cameras to get the best possible pictures
with our amateur skills; sent them all off by email. It turned out
that a professional magazine is selective about the quality and types
of pictures they will use and ours just weren't up to their standards.
They wanted us to mail some of our collection.to Italy. It's an odd feeling to explain, but we started to collect toilet paper specifically because it has no inherent value. And yet we found ourselves extremely reluctant to part with some of our collection. What if something were to happen to them enroute? Couldn't they just go into their bathroom and photograph some of their own toilet paper as a representation? We eventually agreed to send some interesting sheets though not what we had originally planned to contribute. As you may have guessed they all arrived back at the museum safe and
sound.
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