Wearing my Miller’s T’Ale tshirt purchaysed from t’pub of the same name in Peel, IoM. fwiw. I mention this because I’m sat at the desk in the hotel room with a mirror in front of me displaying said text.
The next interesting fact that I think you can’t do without knowing this morning is that the toilet roll currently in use in the bathroom was made at 19:41hrs on the 20th July of this year (2024). In all my nearly sixty three years on this planet I’ve never before noticed this sort of information printed on the inside of the roll/tube.
This could prove to be problematic as I am quite likely to start looking inside the bog rolls at home and start recording the data. After all, the noting of the milkman delivery times is a pleasure no longer afforded to me. We shall see. Maybe this roll was a one off or specific to a certain manufacturer.
There didn’t appear to be a batch number so I guess the manufacturer is not overly concerned about the need to monitor batch to batch quality variations. The other thought that sprung to mind was the fact that when it comes to loo roll when we use it we just unravel it. When it is made the strips of toilet paper need to be rolled onto the cardboard tube. This is clearly done by machine otherwise how would they achieve the uniformity of roll.
There may have been a period of time in the past where this was done by hand. Would have been quite a skilled job to get right. A well rolled bogroll could fetch a premium. Perhaps a rich person’s treat to themselves. Who knows? I’m speculating here.