“I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls…”

Paper towel rolls come in all different sizes. Some thick rolls can say “8=12” on the package, and this can be confusing. This comment was posted on X/Twitter by Howard Mittelmark on March 31, 2019, and this received over 3,400 likes:
 
“I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size.”
 

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Howard Mittelmark
@HMittelmark
I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size.
2:37 PM · Mar 31, 2019
   
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Hieronymus Bosch
@The_Private_I
I dream of a day when paper towels manufactures just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size…
6:47 AM · Aug 9, 2023
 
iFunny
Monti_Babson
28 aug 2023
I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size.
 
Bluesky
Standplaats Kraków
‪@standplaatskrk.pl‬
[Howard Mittelmark (@HMittelmark) on twitter: “I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size.”
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May 20, 2025 at 12:42 PM
 
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Nux
@mherlihy0816
I dream of a day when paper-towel manufacturers just say how many rolls are in the package, and not how many hypothetical rolls would be in the package if they were some other hypothetical size.
11:02 PM · Sep 27, 2025