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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 10:40:19 GMT
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Published: May 24, 2009
TOKYO (AP) -- In a country where ghosts are traditionally believed to hide in the loo, a Japanese company is advertising a new literary experience -- a horror story printed on toilet paper.
Each roll carries several copies of a new nine-chapter novella written by Koji Suzuki, the Japanese author of the horror story ''Ring,'' which has been made into movies in both Japan and Hollywood.
''Drop,'' set in a public restroom, takes up about three feet (90 centimeters) of a roll and can be read in just a few minutes, according to the manufacturer, Hayashi Paper.
The company promotes the toilet paper, which will sell for 210 yen ($2.20) a roll, as ''a horror experience in the toilet.''
Toilets in Japan were traditionally tucked away in a dark corner of the house due to religious beliefs. Parents would tease children that a hairy hand might pull them down into the dark pool below.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 11:29:43 GMT
How f'n bizarre. We had the traditional outhouse on the farm up until about 1965 or so,that was scary enough. My brothers and cousins would put "things" in there to frighten me.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 14:05:52 GMT
Anything that scares the shit out of you in such a place increases the efficiency.
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Post by Deleted on May 24, 2009 16:40:42 GMT
One can also be scared shitless.
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