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October 29, 2009
Great Question
Exurban Jon asks:
With all the advances in scientific knowledge why has no one designed a manlier Kleenex box?
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Your Say
The patterns on the box? Don't think about them.
The design? It dispenses tissues. It works.
'It works' is man enough.
Posted by: Mikey NTH at October 29, 2009 4:54 PM
Provocative question, indeed!
Posted by: Milwaukee Mike at October 29, 2009 7:58 PM
It's quite simple really, women spend most of the money.
Posted by: Brian J. at October 30, 2009 7:42 AM
They are getting less femme; there are a few I have no problem placing on the table by my husband's easy chair--blue denim, green apples, chess sets.
Mostly I look for those earth tones; they seem to do the trick.
Actually, I buy those same not-too-femme boxes for myself, too: I have to be in the mood to femme out. And for some reason facial tissues don't do it for me.
Posted by: Joy McCann/Miss Attila at October 31, 2009 12:47 AM
Kleenex marketed a more "manly" tissue box perhaps 25-30 years ago. And the box and tissues were larger too. As I recall, one of the box designs looked like a treasure chest or cask.
But in my own bathroom right now (which I do NOT share with my husband) is a Kleenex tissue box that has skulls on it. Not what I'd called manly maybe, but not feminine either.
Posted by: Deborah at October 31, 2009 8:31 PM