10 November, 2012

Photo question #21

It's been ages since I did a photo question. Can anyone who doesn't speak Japanese tell me the difference between these W and S packets of toilet paper (aside from the colour)?

I'll post the answer in a couple of days.

10 comments:

KarenKTeachCamb said...

Can't zoom in on the photo enough, but is the W for "waffle" and S for "smooth" - talking about the texture of the paper?

Deb said...

Ummmm,wild guess.... S is for septic (tissue suitable for septic systems) and W is for seWer for use in systems connected to city plumbing?

simone r said...

Ideas:
1. One of them is for a Western toilet and one for a Squat toilet.
2. One of them is made from recycled milk cartons.

Is either guess right?

Caroline said...

I wondered if it had something to do with bidets (not sure what really but there seem to be a lot of high-tech toilets in Japan), but if I had only one guess, I think Simone's first one sounds good.

Wendy said...

Hmmm, nope. Creative guesses, but no one's hit on it yet.

A (slightly negative) hint: it has nothing to do with the type of toilet it is used in.

Answer coming tomorrow.

Ali said...

One is White and one is Stone coloured. :) ... OK, so I know that's probably not it, but it was worth a try.

Helen said...

The 'w' one has Washi in it?

Anthony Douglas said...

S = single ply
W = double (you!) ply

Deb said...

One is soy scented and the other wasabi scented.

Laetitia :-) said...

One is made from recycled paper and the other from non-recycled? No idea which would be which in that case.

I did get a smile out of Deb's answer though.