Chris Owen

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Packing for your cruise? Don’t forget the toilet paper!

In Accomodations, Planning on January 1, 2009 at 10:00 pm

toilet-paper…especially if you use Charmin, Angel Soft or some other equally plush brand.  

Every cruise line I have ever been on uses what must be called Rough And Ready Industrial Strength.  I think the purchasing departments have confused cruise passengers with Elephants.  While by too many trips to the buffet I may look like one,  by the end of the cruise I feel like I was drugged and violated in my sleep by an elephant.  

(Too graphic?) (this candid article is just one of the many bonuses you’ll find here that just don’t quite seem appropriate elsewhere in cyberspace)

I’m writing this because I always forget to pack toilet paper.  I remember this the first time I need to use the “facilities”.  Get prepared for that too.  Operating the facilities you’ll hear a sound much like that of a torpedo being launched from a nuclear submarine. Your business travels with lighting speed away to some unknown place.  

Actually,  I just thought of a good way of remembering to pack toilet paper as even more essential that Duct Tape or my George Foreman Grill 

I am going to bring a case next time.  I’ll just tag it and check it with a porter.  I checked, there are no rules about how much toilet paper you can bring with you.  Smuggling should not be necessary, at least for a while.

kool-aid-standThe plan is to set up a little table outside of the dining room then sell it to guests on their way back to the cabin. Who would NOT want to buy one?  I think no one would pass me by.   A good marketing strategy would be to wait until about the third night.  By then the need should be painfully obvious.    I thought I might also write my cabin number on each roll “Need More?  See cabin 8525 between 3 and 5 (well I don’t want to tie up my whole day)”  Actually if I could get the wife and kids to just walk around the ship everywhere they go with a roll in each hand that would probably do it.  (Think: adorable childen operating Kool-aid stand business) Imaging how popular they would be!  Why didn’t I think of this when they were in high school?  Think of all the money we could have saved buying their cheerleading junk- nothing says self-esteem on it more than someone who has a product that is in high demand.

I often thought “Why couldn’t I have invented this?” when using the facilities at home.  I think this might be the next best thing!

Do you have tips about such matters?  Please share them here?

Coming soon: Why its a good idea to bring children to fetch things for you