The Commutative Property in Action

I don't buy cheap, one-ply, store-brand toilet paper. I buy the nice stuff. I want to feel like I'm wiping my anus with delicate rose petals.

(You should be thankful that this is what I took a picture of.)

I get Cottonelle Ultra Double. The "Double" is supposed to mean that it can suck up twice as much crap by surface area as "the leading Ultra brand", or twice as much pink KoolAid if the commercials are to be taken in earnest. (On closer inspection, it's actually the number of sheets that's doubled.)

Have I done enough product placement, you think?

Anyway, they've included this handy reference guide so that liberal arts majors, government employees and creationists can easily convert from double rolls to single rolls without the help of a scientific calculator.

Even though they didn't show their work, I think we can believe them when they say that one double roll is equal to two single rolls. 1 x 2 = 2 x 1.

They further extrapolate this by proposing that one triple roll is, in fact, equal to three single rolls.



Oh, now you're just showing off!