The company added that its Coleshill Mill site was a "key operation" in the supply of branded toilet roll, facial tissue and wipers.

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It seems an unlikely selection, but my choice would be a 48-year-old from Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, who started his working life making ceramic toilet roll handles.

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Running out of toilet roll and having difficulty contacting a Chinese takeaway have been revealed as some of the 999 calls made to Devon and Cornwall Police in 2012.

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Here, a bewildering number of categories - from "biggest onion" to "best crocheted matinee jacket" and "best mini-landscape, in a tray, made of eggshells and toilet roll" - showcases the skill and ingenuity of the community.

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Some of the items were said to have sentimental value to their owners and could not be replaced, while other items included toilet roll and cleaning products which she then took back days later.

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"If every small item, let us pick for example, a toilet roll, although it's a perfectly legitimate thing to claim for and should be claimed for... nonetheless if the Barnstaple Bugle seeks to make something of it then that will happen, " he said.

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Outhouse races, held in towns and cities across the western US, let teams compete in their own portable potties, complete with four sides, a roof, a toilet seat and even a roll of toilet paper.

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On our desks, we had the essential supplies of the time: a bag of cookies, a pile of letters, an electric typewriter, a bottle of Liquid Paper and a roll of toilet paper.

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What seems like a ritual to others is really just practical, she says: Always do it in the same sink -- the process is "gross, but so good" she says in her iReport -- and always have a roll of toilet paper next to me.

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