Another one from the UK's Daily Telegraph.

(It's getting more like the Aussie version every day)

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics...k-loo-roll.html

Glow in the dark loo roll

Glow in the dark loo roll has been developed, in a bid to help consumers on any nocturnal trip to the lavatory.

The bizarre invention looks like a standard loo roll during the day, but gives off a florescent glow when the lights are turned off.

A single roll costs £4.99 on I Want One of Those, a website that specialises in selling light-hearted gadgets. This compares with a standard roll, which costs about a tenth of that price at between 45p and 55p, depending on the quality.

But it has been welcomed as more than a bit of fun by some people, who insist it might the be the answer to their prayers.

ChipChick, a blog dedicated to technology news for women, gives the loo roll a glowing review. "It is actually the most useful glow–in-the-dark product ever. If you plan on going camping, make sure you take a couple of these rolls with you. This way you’ll be properly prepared, should you find that the call of nature visits you in the middle of night in the cold dark woods."

It could also help people who visit the bathroom in the middle of the night but do not want to turn on the light and wake up someone else.

The rolls were invented by Daniel Blackman, who works in product development for Thumbs Up, a gift company. The loo roll contains phosphors, which sustains a glow after exposure to energized particles such as light.

The invention comes hot on the heels of Waitrose's cashmere loo roll, which claimed to offer the bottom line in comfort and went on sale earlier this month.

Next up should be glow in the dark bum guns.

I shudder to think what that processed paper does to the environment.....wouldn't a glow in the dark paper dispenser have been a better option (and cheaper as a one-off cost) ?

Isn't there some radioactivity with glow-in-the-dark substances? I don't fancy rubbing that against my rectum every day.

Sounds dodgy to me too!

I shudder to think what that processed paper does to the environment.....wouldn't a glow in the dark paper dispenser have been a better option (and cheaper as a one-off cost) ?

Isn't there some radioactivity with glow-in-the-dark substances? I don't fancy rubbing that against my rectum every day.

Be logical,no profit in one off sales.

Radioactive?

Use ya bum gun........... <deleted>....... if ya have one.

If not 3 Bros in Panmure have good ones, all chrome hose etc too.

going by your title here I was thinking of something entirely different and feeling a little saddened by the idea it was no more. Glad to hear its just about toilet paper.

going by your title here I was thinking of something entirely different and feeling a little saddened by the idea it was no more. Glad to hear its just about toilet paper.

In actuality, ya dissappointed......

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

What was that movie...80's I think.... where the guy had a glow in the dark condom and got caught in the middle of some dalliance with a woman....the scene showed a dark room with this glowing sausage bobbong around the room.

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

What was that movie...80's I think.... where the guy had a glow in the dark condom and got caught in the middle of some dalliance with a woman....the scene showed a dark room with this glowing sausage bobbong around the room.

The movie was named Skin Deep and featured John Ritter.......1989....Blake Edwards film....

Brilliant.

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

What was that movie...80's I think.... where the guy had a glow in the dark condom and got caught in the middle of some dalliance with a woman....the scene showed a dark room with this glowing sausage bobbong around the room.

Yah beat me to it, Harcourt. I was thinking exactly the same thing. That movie scene became a classic.

No need for glow in the dark paper. Most of us have night vision anyway, and most of us know where the toilet paper is located. I can get up in a pitch black room and still find my way to the bathroom. The ONLY problem would be when staying in an un-familiar hotel room, and even then you can always leave on a night light. When I'm camping in a moonless night I bring a small flashlight with me for emergencies.

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

So you can claim that the sun really does shine out of it.

going by your title here I was thinking of something entirely different and feeling a little saddened by the idea it was no more. Glad to hear its just about toilet paper.

You have to understand advertising / editing newspapers.

Only the first half-dozen or so words count in attracting attention.

Everything after that is just sage-and-onion.

I'm getting responses on threads that most people would pass - solely on skillful (semi-false) advertising.

going by your title here I was thinking of something entirely different and feeling a little saddened by the idea it was no more. Glad to hear its just about toilet paper.

You have to understand advertising / editing newspapers.

Only the first half-dozen or so words count in attracting attention.

Everything after that is just sage-and-onion.

I'm getting responses on threads that most people would pass - solely on skillful (semi-false) advertising.

BINGO! Humphrey Bear. You nailed it perfectly. It works for newspapers, magazines and forum topics.

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

What was that movie...80's I think.... where the guy had a glow in the dark condom and got caught in the middle of some dalliance with a woman....the scene showed a dark room with this glowing sausage bobbong around the room.

It reminds me of that episode where Del Boy (OF & H) gets the luminescent yellow paint and paints the restaurant and mum's tombstone with it. I seem to recall it also somehow ended up in the Peckham Springs mineral water?

So does the luminescence rub off? (The mind boggles...)

So you can claim that the sun really does shine out of it.

Gives new meaning to the phrase 'mooning'...

I have a large W tattooed on each butt cheek.

When I bend over, people that read it say, "WOW!"

Nah, phosphorescence is a phenomenon in which electrons temporarily store light energy by holding a higher-than-normal orbit around their nuclei for a a greater-than-usual period. When they jump back down the energy is released as light. The atom doesn't change and nothing is emitted except the light, so no radioactivity- not even free radicals.

Nah, phosphorescence is a phenomenon in which electrons temporarily store light energy by holding a higher-than-normal orbit around their nuclei for a a greater-than-usual period. When they jump back down the energy is released as light. The atom doesn't change and nothing is emitted except the light, so no radioactivity- not even free radicals.

party pooper

Nah, phosphorescence is a phenomenon in which electrons temporarily store light energy by holding a higher-than-normal orbit around their nuclei for a a greater-than-usual period. When they jump back down the energy is released as light. The atom doesn't change and nothing is emitted except the light, so no radioactivity- not even free radicals.

Yeah.....but in the old days, watch dials were painted with luminescent paint that was radioactive. I believe some toothpastes had radioactive componants too.....back in the day before they realised what killed Marie and Pierre Curie.

engrish please

Nah, phosphorescence is a phenomenon in which electrons temporarily store light energy by holding a higher-than-normal orbit around their nuclei for a a greater-than-usual period. When they jump back down the energy is released as light. The atom doesn't change and nothing is emitted except the light, so no radioactivity- not even free radicals.

Yeah.....but in the old days, watch dials were painted with luminescent paint that was radioactive. I believe some toothpastes had radioactive componants too.....back in the day before they realised what killed Marie and Pierre Curie.

yeah, when I was little my grandad always hooked his wristwatch on the bedpost before retiring and when I queried he said 'radioactive, it can kill ye...'

I've always removed my analogue, luminescent dial wristwatch before sleeping since then...