Why Everyone Should Patent Their Ideas

A few years ago, in 1996 to be exact, I was changing diapers. Having to use these "wet nap" thingies allowed me to witness first-hand their supreme wiping abilities, thus prompting me to wonder: Why don't these things come in adult size? Why must we make do with dry paper that often requires several sheets to do the job, when one wet towelette could just as easily do? Sure, there would be the small problem of it being un-flushable, but either a. scientists would find a way to make it biodegradable or b. it would create a whole new industry (or a refurbishing of, if it already existed) for bathroom garbage cans that someone trap odors of what lurks inside.

I propose this idea to my friends. I call it the Moist Toilet Paper. I offer the lemon-scented or unscented version, aloe or no aloe version.

Needless to say, they all thought it was stupid or the nicer ones thought it was just funny. OK, I shelfed the idea.

Lo and behold, about six months later, I leaf through a drug store flyer and see Cotonelle's Moist Towelettes. For the bathroom. For adults. And there's a 50 cent coupon to boot.

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