![]() Susan Blackmore, who uses the example of hotel toilet paper folding to illustrate the use of memes, pointed out in the 2006 Darwin Day Lecture before the British Humanist Association that even a remote guesthouse she visited in rural Assam in India folded the first sheet on its rolls of toilet paper. The practice is followed by hotels all over the world, according to Stephen Gill, a British photographer who published a book of pictures of folded hotel toilet paper from various nations. Extent Folded and sealed toilet paper with cover, Hotel Monasterio 2009 The practice has been considered an emblematic example of a meme copied across the world from a hotel to another, until it became common. Toilet paper folding is also known as "toilet paper origami" or "toilegami". More elaborate folding results in shapes like fans, sailboats, and even flowers. Commonly, the two corners of that sheet are tucked behind the paper symmetrically, forming a point at the end of the roll. ![]() The common fold normally involves creating a triangle or "V" shape out of the first available sheet or square on a toilet paper roll. ![]() Hotel toilet paper folding is a common practice performed by hotels worldwide as a way of assuring guests that the bathroom has been cleaned. Common practice performed by hotels as a way of assuring guests that the bathroom has been cleaned Toilet paper with folding ![]()
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