Pret-a-potty

So many other countries complain about the United States for one reason or another. We're too big. Too loud. We wear jeans. We're not classy because we don't sit in cafes sipping wine, reading Balzac, and smoking cigarettes. Well, guess what Europe. You've gone too far. We're glad you've taken our bathroom concerns to heart, but really. Is this necessary?

Black toilet paper is rolling in
We have now seen the lengths to which people will go to be indisputably chic: black toilet paper.
A home design innovation that is, ahem, already on a roll in Europe will be available in this country in January. Renova, a Portuguese paper producer, introduced black toilet paper a few months ago in cutting-edge hotels in Madrid; it is now on shelves at Monoprix, the Super Target of France.
"We are getting a lot of global feedback," says Jose Manuel Pinheiro, Renova's international brand manager. The company sells to consumers worldwide at http://www.wellbeingworld.com/. (The U.S. price is about $1.25 a roll if you buy a six-pack.)
The $6 billion world of toilet paper in the United States is currently a colorless business, thanks to regulations and consumer concern abut dyes. But colored toilet paper continues to be popular in Europe according to a spokeswoman for Procter & Gamble).
— Washington Post