Sunday, June 01, 2008

Dont make it a big tissue

At the risk of being read as completely clichéd, i ask you, have you ever had an annoying cold when your nose kept flowing like one of those irritating tiny holes in the roof? have you ever eaten a meal with your bare hands and not found a single source of water to wash your hands with? Or when u really want to get that stain out of the glass, and you cant find a decent enough cloth to get a hold of, yet a cloth that qualifies as a rag to wipe it off?

i sound like a dubbed russian commercial yes, whats the point i am getting at?-> Tissues. tissues are a god send. its a substitute for so many things.to the aforementioned problems(albeit only a small glimpse into the wonderful uses of tissues) when u have a cold, u could blow into a handkerchief and then really keep folding it over and over till u find a spot un-smothered, OR...u could use a tissue for each use, and throw the damn thing out. thats the end of that problem. next time u want to blow, use another tissue that was as easily available as the previous one.
You need to wash your hands, and u cant find a wash basin, you certainly dont want to use a water bottle to rinse your hands in the grass. What comes to the rescue? a tissue! wipe your hands, and then keep the used tissue in a small 'throw away when u get home' bag. or find a waste paper basket and throw it in that.
easy huh?
tissues are easy and more clean solutions to water and cloth pieces. You could wipe the stain off the table and just throw the dashed thing out, without having to clean it over and over.
The most common claim is that Foreigners (to india) are the only people who use tissues. If you are an indian u will use water like everyone else. Thats not true.
the only case where i can agree that using water is better than using tissue paper is in the loo. thats mainly because our food is more with gravy and wet. their food is by and large dry food.
but in all other places that is fathomable to my mind, tissue surpass all other forms in terms of clean efficient disposal, or clean efficient usage.
you never have to worry about cleaning is over and over as you would do with a rag cloth, or handkerchief on a day of a real bad cold. you dont have to worry about finding appropriate sources of water to wash soiled hands.
Whats more is that you even get Cold Tissues, or scented tissues! the moment you feel hot u just whip out one of them cold tissues and wipe your face and hands...viola! you will begin to feel much better.
If all of that is not reason enough, picture this, you have your boss's family over for dinner, and his kid spills some drink on the table. you cant bring yourself to soil that absolutely new towel you bought, and the one cloth you usually use for wiping is over due on its cleaning schedules.
dont embarrass yourself-> use TISSUES!
PS: had i had a tissue brand to name, i would do i gladly, already this is like a commercial for them:)

6 comments:

NEx'''® said...

hey u cant wipe sweat with tissues....

and if u r really sweaty they tear and then cleaning them is an issue...

u can carry tissues in ur pocket...
and if it gets wet due to the rains or any such reasons... it spoils the whole damn place..

and more...
will come later....match has started...

Nikhil said...

WOAH! of course you can wipe sweat...i mentioned cold tissues! they are well made. unless of course the sweat are like razor sharp edges!

NEx'''® said...

abey nahi....
already it is wet ... and if u r really really sweating and u have hair .. those tissues also tear...
they might make u feel temporarily cold or fresh...but u wont feel dry...

those tissues along with a towel are a lotta fun though...

biggest issue is prolly their best feature of non-reusability...
its better of to carry a towel than to carry a pocket full of tissues....

Akshay said...

I am inspired! I am going to start using tissues as soon as possible!!!
There is only one problem : for me carrying a pack of tissues is a little un-cool. So taking them out in front of a crowd is a lil bit of an embarrassment in itself. If your brand could come up with some solution to this? [:-Wicked Smile]
But yes, using tissues certainly has its merits as u mentioned. I particularly liked the last example,i went like, "oh my god!, what would i do now!" [:-wicked smile again]

Siddharth a.k.a. Plasmabhai said...

What do you u pick up and give to the girl in a bid to talk to her....tissue or her handkerchief???
If u pick up a tissue, which is anyways supposed to be thrown then ho gaya tera intro babe ke saath!!!

buddy give a thought about the trees which are being cut in the manufacture of your damned tissues!!!!

U have to see "An Inconvenient Truth" if u have already see it again!!!

Nikhil said...

i didnt understand the girl bit. and on the same count of saving trees, stop using papers. stop using money. plant more trees yes....but save trees like this???
And tissues are way more hygienic.