Naming Your Toilet Paper and Paper Towel Cardboard Cylinders
62Introduction
Here it is, the anxiously awaited hub from the runner-up to B. T. Evilpants' hub, Fun at the Cemetary in Rockinjoe's The Most Boring Hub in HubPages History,
Hi folks! Let me introduce my friends and me. BTW, you can thank Trish1048, (otherwise known as Queen of the cylinders for the purpose of this silly hub) since it was her idea. My name is First Thing in the Morning, of Scott Tissue fame, and I’m the head honcho here. I know, I know, you’d think one of the larger cylinders, like Mr. Bounty would be, however, I have to confess, when the election came up, I cheated and I won the honor. Please keep it under your uh, various paper wrappings.
Getting Started
Ok, let’s get started. Uhoh! I hear something! Yes, Queen of the cylinders is coming to rest on her royal throne. She does this every morning, and it’s getting to be a royal pain in the butt, if you know what I mean. Anyway, ya know what that means? I’ll be spinning out of control for a few minutes. I hate when she does that, it makes the hole in my head emptier than where it was left before. Not to mention, she keeps using up my paper robe, pretty soon, I’ll be bald! This calls for a plan of action, and it looks like I’m going to have to recruit my fellow cardboard cylinders for help.
photo by sxc.hu
photo by sxc.hu
Invitation
Let’s see, whom shall I invite? Yoo hoo! Cardboard cylinders, please gather round. We have to have a meeting. C’mon, c’mon, step it up, we don’t have all day. Oh good, here comes Mr. & Mrs. Bounty, oh, and a bunch of the Scott Tissue kids. Listen kids, you guys may not last long in this meeting, not the way the Queen of the cylinders spins us around. So fair warning, hold on to your paper robes, or you’ll find yourselves banished to the huge cardboard cylinder in the sky, and we don’t want that to happen. You’d be spinning out of control for all eternity.
Ok, ok, let’s get down to business.
Getting Started
Now, Mary Scott tissue, what do you think? For starters, don’t you agree that Queen of the cylinders needs to watch her diet? I mean, really, sometimes she’s barging into my abode with the commode four and five times a day, and that keeps our numbers dwindling, not to mention our little empty heads spinning.
Well, First Thing in the Morning, maybe since you’re the head honcho, you should be the one to tell her that. You could say hey fatso, uh, I mean Queenie, could you please lighten up on the prune juice? What do you think?
Oh my, Mary Scott tissue, don’t you think that’s a little harsh? After all, we don’t want her changing from Scott tissue to some no-name brand. That would put us out of business. Even though we last longer than the no-names, at the rate she uses us Scott tissues, we’d cease to exist in her house. You wouldn’t want that to happen, would you?
Well, First Thing in the Morning, I guess not. After all, she does keep us stocked pretty well, and I’d sure miss the company. But you’re right; we need to get Queen of the cylinders to come in here less often.
Hey, hey guys! Mr. Bounty here. Don’t I get to have any input into this discussion?
Well, of course you do Mr. Bounty. What do you suggest?
As king of Bounty towels, I see all we have here is my wife Mrs. Bounty and myself, and the Scott tissue kids. Why not invite the Wrapping Paper cylinders? They’re a fun group. There’s Christmas wrap, Birthday wrap, Baby Shower wrap, Graduation wrap, heavens, the list goes on and on.
Ok Mr. Bounty.
Yoo hoo! Gift wrap cylinders, please join us. As head honcho, (but please call me First Thing in the Morning), I would like your input to this discussion. What would any of you suggest to get the Queen of the cylinders to slow down coming into my humble abode with the commode?
Me, me, Birthday wrap here. I say threaten her with an outhouse. I bet then she would think twice about running into your abode to use your commode! She’d have to re-think her diet for sure, because I’m sure she wouldn’t want to freeze her ample butt off! Plus, you’d have the added bonus of the incessant spinning slowing down. Good idea?
Oh, my! Birthday wrap, I think that’s a brilliant idea. Any other ideas, cylinders?
Yes, yes, Baby Shower wrap here. I say tell her to come gather my friends, Baby Huey, Baby Cakes, and Pat-a Cake because I plan on inviting them to her house. She’ll then be so busy with diapers, she won’t have time to run in here and use you up. They make baby wipes too, so there would be no need to use up Scott tissue, or even Mr. & Mrs. Bounty. I’ll ask Mr. Baby Wipe (of Baby Wipes fame) to round up his crew of wipes to keep the Queen of the cylinders from using the Scott tissue bunch. Sound good?
Wow, cylinders, when they invented cardboard, you guys are the best. It’s a wonder folks can’t see the forest for the trees, cause you’re all here.
Voting
Ok, gang, let’s take a vote. Mr. & Mrs. Bounty, what do you say?
We say the outhouse idea. We can laugh ourselves silly when she has to make a run for it out to the back 40, hehehehe. But, we’d be here for her in case she has an accident, after all, we aren't totally insensitive. Not to mention, we are the biggest in the bunch, next to Gift Wraps.
Ok, Baby Shower wrap? Your vote would be?
Oh, duh, First Thing in the Morning, weren’t you listening? My vote would be for the babies of course. It was my suggestion, after all. Sometimes you’re too full for your own britches. Maybe Queen of the cylinders does need to spin you around a little more often. Sorry, sorry, just kidding.
Ok, as head honcho here, I’ll be the tiebreaker.
Hmmm, let’s see. Babies? Outhouse? Well, I have to say, I love the outhouse idea. It’s too funny and I can picture it now. So, outhouse it is. Sorry, fellow cylinders, but the vote is in and it’s final. Any parting words for your head honcho?
Parting Words
Yes, yes! Baby shower wrap here. Head honcho, you run a great meeting. Mr. & Mrs. Bounty here, ditto, head honcho. Well done.
Gift wrapping gang? Any parting words?
Yes, yes, Baby Huey, Baby Cakes and Pat-a-Cake here. We didn’t even get to vote, so all we have to say is waaaaaaaaaaaa! Your meeting was fixed!!! Just wait till we grow up into Graduation wrap! In the meantime, we hope the Queen of the cylinders wipes you out, if you get our drift. Hahahaha!
In Conclusion
Enter Queen of the cylinders.
Oh, no wonder I couldn’t find you guys. Hangin out with the Scott tissue bunch, again! I’m not surprised really, I’ve always known you guys were partial to brown-nosers, uh, I mean brown, oh, you know what I’m saying!
Well, we’ll see what tune you guys will be singin when I make the big switch, and it won’t be pretty. Let’s see, there’s the Viva crowd, the Northern Cloud bunch, oh yes, and the Designer Gift Wrap crew!
Hahahaha! Lesson? Don’t mess with the Queen of the cylinders!
Outhouse Joke
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Comments
Wow! You're quick!
Aww thanks Joe! Somehow I couldn't do boring, at least I don't think it's too boring. Time will tell :)
LOL. That's pretty smart.
Hi foxility,
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Boring? No way! And I miss you! Come back soon for lasagna! Yeay!
I was so absorbed in reading, I nearly came unwound at the end, Trish! The non-boring boring hubs are rolling right along. I wasn't bored though, so I guess I'm still the champion.
I guess you just can't be boring, no matter how hard you try! Thanks for this morning's phone teaser. I was looking forward to the ending, and you didn't disappoint. Love the 'tit for tat'. You go get 'em, Queenie.
Oh, and that outhouse video. Stellar! Give your named cylinders an inch and they'll take mile. They'll set you up to walk right into one of their meetings after your own outhouse adventure. They'll move the shed. :)
Very good, and not boring at all, but fun to read trish, well done :)
thanks for this Trish - not boring --- you will have to try harder to be that!...
hi Anne,
I'll be back at the end of the month :)
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hi B.T,
Yes, undisputed champion you are! Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Hi Sally,
Oh boy, I never thought of that, and that means I'm really in trouble, as I have two sheds! I won't know if I'm coming or going :)
Thanks dear friend.
I tried Misty, it just didn't come out as boring as I would have liked.
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hi ajcor,
Yes, boring didn't quite work. I got a few thoughts in my head and it took off. Oh well.
Thanks for stopping by and commenting.
Trish! Congratulations on being runner-up! Wow, you turned this into something quite funny, and funny is never boring. When I got to the part about the gift paper wrap cylinders, I chuckled out loud! I was thinking this would be a tough one, but you made it look effortless. You're a cylinder genius. :D
LOL, hi Pam!
Thanks. As you can see in my comments, it seems I failed miserably to make this boring. I couldn't help it. A sentence or two popped in my head and I just ran with it. Glad you got a laugh out of it though :)
Cylinder genius,,hmm, perhaps I could add that to my work resume?
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting.
OMG we have so many funny people here how can anything be boring??? There was one tissue though you made feel very soggy...and was Kleenex tissue..she is always standing by...Great job sweetie...and not too bad being next to BT Evilpants Hay? G-Ma :o) Hugs & Peace
Hi G-Ma,
You know, today when I was watching tv I saw a commercial for Puffs Plus and Kleenex. And I thought, oh darn, maybe I should have included the square cousins LOL.
It is an honor to be in such stellar company as B.T. Evilpants :)
Glad you liked it, and thanks so much for your kind thoughts. Hugs to you too :)
ROBFLMAO (that's rolling on the bathroom floor laughing my ass off).
Hi Mighty Mom,
It seems as I succeeded in failing the assignment LOL!
Glad you got a laugh out of it though!
Thanks so much for sharing the laughter :)
You've failed miserably in the boring department. In fact, it was funny, HIGHLY creative and fun to read! Next, you'll be writing scripts for Speilberg! This is practically Shindler's' List as it is! Ha!
Good job, but you need to take boring lessons! This one's a charmer!
thoroughly absorbing
trish, your silly! I kind of like that. I'm a Scots kind o' guy myself, cleaner on the tush, ya know? Queen of Cylinders? That cool and it's going to make a good title for you when you get the rest of the muses in here. I came over to read some and kind of muse ya a little, sort of a teaser. Don't pay no 'tention the the others though. See ya, and it's a real funny piece of work there, you can threaten CR with the outhouse, cleaning tha is. ha, ha you been properly mused dear
Christoph! You are so silly :)
Spielberg? Schindler's List? ha is right LOL. Not to mention, a charmer? Did you mean to say Charmin? I totally forgot about Charmin, I suppose because I use Scott brand.
Anytime you want to coach me on boring, you know where and how to find me :)
Thanks, King of Charm, for these wonderful comments. I always enjoy when you visit my musings :)
C.C.! What a wonderful idea! He just paid me a visit here and I never even considered that. I will have to inform him of his new doodies, uh, I mean, duties :)
Thank you kind sir for stopping by to bestow me with my very first proper musing. I thoroughly enjoyed it!
Teresa,
Thanks for taking time to read this and leaving a comment. Glad you liked it.
Trish: Did I read that correctly? You wan't me to give you boring lessons??? I'm boring? Is that what you're saying? Well! I never!
Oh! no, no no!! I didn't mean to imply you're boring, all I meant was that you seemed to notice I wasn't, plus you said I need to take boring lessons. Since you apparently can spot boring and know what it is, I thought you'd be the one to show me how to do that. If I'm mistaken, you have my deepest apology. Lead me to a boring writer then so I can take notes :)
You know, I'm shocked actually that you could possibly think that I would ever sully your name. Geeze! I came to you because I find you to be an amazing writer. With that said, I felt you would be the one to know how to write in any style, boring or otherwise. So, I'm joining Sally in being your number one fan :)
Apology accepted?
Aw, heck. I was just goofing. That was a total joke. Maybe I need to work on my delivery. You see...I was AAaaactiiiiiing. Actually, over-acting. I knew you weren't saying that. Peace on earth and on HubPages.
I knew that, silly! :)
Haha Trish what a scoop, what vivid imagination.This will give me something to ponder on next time I visit the rest room.
Hi Blondepoet,
As you can see, this was supposed to be a boring hub, but once those first few thoughts took hold, this is what happened. It's funny you mention something to ponder in the restroom, because everytime I finish a roll of toilet paper, all I can think is gee, maybe I should make characters out of these :)
Thanks so much for stopping by and commenting!
Spin away, sister!!! They wouldn't like it at all at my house. My 3 year old thinks it's funny to put the end of the paper in the toilet and flush. The spinning amuses him.......
That's funny! Definitely an inexpensive way for a child to be entertained :)
I used to have a cat that loved shredding my toilet paper. Probably would have thought he was in heaven if I let him have a roll of paper towels!
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
Oh!! My cat does that with the paper towels. I thought he was paying us back for thinking he was a girl and naming him "Tinkerbell". Maybe it's a feline thing??
You could be on to something there LOL,,,cats are definitely funny creatures :)
Thanks for stopping by again!
A favourite party game in our house is the Egyptian Mummy game. Yes, you guessed it. The mummy's wraps are toilet paper, and the first one to completely wrap their partner is the winner. That'd have your rolls in a spin for sure!
Hi Amanda,
That sounds like great fun! Did every inch of the body need to be covered? And what did the winner get, a lifetime supply of toilet paper? LOL
Thanks for stopping by and commenting!
paperwork, paperwork, it never 'ends' LOL tooooo funny!!! =))
Ain't it the truth? there's no escaping it, at work, at home, geesh!
Nice to see you Marisue, thanks for commenting :)
yes, I'm lost among the boxes in my house, cardboard everywhere and I did not know I had this much stuff. eeeeeeeek! I hate packing!!
Hi Marisue!
I don't envy you! I don't know which is worse, the packing or unpacking. However, the bright side is it's a good opportunity to get rid of excess baggage. Then you can start all over LOL
I remember when I had to move here. Downsizing is the pits! It came to crunch time and I had this huge dumpster. I still had the shed full of boxes, and since I was running out of time, I closed my eyes and threw the boxes in, unopened. I have no idea what I may have thrown away, but apparently I didn't need it. In fact, I couldn't begin to even tell you what was in them. What a nightmare.
In some weird way, I would like to move again. It's really the only time the house gets cleaned out from top to bottom :)
Thanks for stopping in!
This was a interesting read.
How I came to find it:)
Thanks
Hi Matt,
Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for stopping by and commenting :)

























rockinjoe says:
11 months ago
You've certainly wiped up Hubpages with this one! Nice job, Trish!