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Toilet Maker Warns Customers Not To Wipe The Seats With Toilet Paper
Christmas Gift From 1978 Found Behind Wall of Illinois Home
By Ben Hooper
Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Complaints about scratches on toilet seats manufactured by Japanese company Toto led the firm to issue an unusual instruction to con- sumers: don't wipe the seats with toilet paper.
A series of posts recently went viral on social
media complaining
about recently-installed Washlet bidet toilets made by Toto quickly ending up with scratch marks and dis- coloration on the plastic resin seats.
A company spokesperson explained the Washlet seats are made from plastic resin for a reason.
"We use the current resin considering its resistance to detergents and its ability to
be molded into complex shapes," the spokesper- son told the Mainichi Shimbun.
The representative explained that repeatedly wiping the seats with toilet paper causes tiny scratch- es that can expand over time and trap dirt, leading to discoloration.
The company urged cus- tomers not to use toilet paper to wipe off the seats, recommending they instead use soft, damp clothes with diluted kitchen detergent.
The Toto representative said the company is researching alternatives to the plastic resin that might be more resistant to scratches, but "there are no plans to change the materi- al at this time."
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By Ben Hooper
Jan. 8 (UPI) -- Christmas came about 46 years late for an Illinois man who was performing renovations at his childhood home when he found a present that had fallen behind a wall in 1978.
Tim King, 53, owner of T.King Construction Services in Lombard, said he was renovating the bath- room at his parents' house when he found something inside the wall.
"We took out a medicine cabinet before we drywalled and I thought, 'I'd better just look in there to make sure nothing's back there,'"
King told People.com. "And then there it was!"
King discovered a wrapped Christmas gift that had been intended for him to open on Christmas in 1978. He said his parents used to hide gifts in the home's attic, and this one must have fallen into a crawl- space without anyone notic- ing.
King opened the gift in front of his parents, revealing a set of now-vintage Matchbox toy airplanes that his mother had no memory of buying.
"So I have one sister, and my mom has always been very picky about getting us the exact same amount of gifts," he said, "So we've been joking that I've been screwed out of one present for 46 years."
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