Next time you’re using a roll of toilet paper as a box-of-tissue stand-in, take this handy tip from reddit user FlintsDoorknob: Remove the cardboard tube from the middle of your toilet paper and pull up. Your roll is now a proper box of tissues.
For obvious reasons, toilet paper is often used as an alternative to Kleenex/tissues. Whether you’ve taken a firm stance against the lotion-y tissues or you just came down with a cold and don’t have any tissues on hand, toilet paper is the next best thing. But unlike a box of tissues, it wasn’t designed for the easy pull-and-blow. This simple little trick solves that problem.
Take your poor-man’s tissue paper to the next level with one of those decorative tissue box covers and your pet will never know the difference! (And yeah, I couldn’t find any decorative tissue box holders at my home. But that kitchen utensil holder is rather fetching!)
warcroft
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 2:25 PMIngenious!
Never considered this.
wes
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 4:01 PMthis has been used in Asia since as long as I can remember…..
vtl
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 7:12 PMIn vietnam they have plastic holders for bog rolls for exactly this usage.
It also doesnt work too well and you dont end up with a nice flat peice of tissue to use, its usually all scrunched/twisted up
tastyjuice
Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 10:41 PMWow. Never thought of this before. Only disadvantage is that it will be difficult to turn it back as a toilet paper roll if required (e.g. those situations when you run out of toilet paper rolls in the bathroom)
Jake D
Monday, December 5, 2011 at 12:15 PMBest lifehacker article I’ve seen in a while.
wooi
Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at 10:28 AMMy mum has been doing this to save money (Asian)