Jul 1 2008Paper Shampoo: Because Liquids Are Sketchy

The last time I tried to fly I woke up on the floor beside the bed. And the time before that airport security confiscated my juice box. Needless to say my hair was unkempt. So how can you get some shampoo on your next flight without a hassle? Simple -- Paper Shampoo.
Paper Shampoo comes in boxes of 30 sheets and costs $12.50 for two packages. They dissolve into a lather whenever you add water (including salt-water, which is awesome because I do the majority of my bathing at sea). Plus they're mint scented. And if there's one thing I've learned in my 40-odd years on this planet, it's this: mint-flavored hair is fucking delicious.
Paper Shampoo lets you travel with clean hair without being branded a terrorist [dvice]
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Reader Comments
1. Ace - July 1, 2008 10:05 AM
Genius.
2. Russ - July 1, 2008 10:16 AM
"Hi, would you like a Listerine Pocketpak?"
3. Mysterious M - July 1, 2008 10:21 AM
tasty
4. guate6 - July 1, 2008 10:27 AM
Aye, just like the listerine pocket packs...except for your hair...I wonder if these are as edible though...
5. Julian - July 1, 2008 10:32 AM
they double as panty liners.
6. Momboelitist - July 1, 2008 10:43 AM
@5, I was under the impression that you were a man, not a gay man?
7. Julian - July 1, 2008 10:46 AM
@6. Was that a question? Personally I'm not gay but I'm pretty sure gay men don't use panty liners. Sorry dude, I don't really understand what your basis is for what you're implying.
8. whett - July 1, 2008 11:03 AM
8th
9. Adri Leya - July 1, 2008 11:08 AM
Actually, Julian, here's where I'll have to disagree with you. Gay men CLEARLY wear panty liners, but nobody really knows why they need liners for their panties. Scientists are still probing the first "gay man" they discovered on Earth and are trying to solve these unanswered questions. How could you be so goddamned ignorant, Julian??Pshaw. Props to you, Momboelitist, for keeping everything so, so real.
And to answer your question, no, I am not a gay man, but I am a large-breasted woman with the mind of a gay man. That is all.
10. whett - July 1, 2008 11:09 AM
so you are a lesbo
11. Adri Leya - July 1, 2008 11:10 AM
yes, because gay men like women.
12. Julian - July 1, 2008 11:28 AM
@9
I apologize for my ignorance but everything I read of your post was pretty much wiped clean after I read " . . . I am a large-breasted woman . . .". I would like to extend an invitation to you for some sort of date so you can further educate me about whatever it was that you were talking about. . . I live in NYC and am free whenever . . . I'm ignorant about a lot of things and need you to educate me . . . a lot. . .
13. Gwen - July 1, 2008 12:22 PM
@9 Sorry, but the Wikipedia info on Gay men is wrong Most Gay men do not use panty liners, however some of the catchers do, but they wear them in the rear and not more towards the front/middle as they are intended. You know, to keep the drippage down to a minimum.
@11 Actually, they do. Most gay men have more women friends than men friends.
14. Jumpin_J - July 1, 2008 12:25 PM
Now, now girls, you're BOTH pretty. Meanwhile I know the paper shampoo has been around for a while, but you'd think they'd make a conditioner too. But nooooo.
15. intermission - July 1, 2008 12:45 PM
dude i would need like the whole pack to actually wash my hair as its pretty long... you know LUSH makes solid shampoo bars that last way longer so this isnt really anything new. just silly
16. MCNewYork - July 1, 2008 1:21 PM
isn't it just soap then? thin soap?
17. Adri Leya - July 1, 2008 2:03 PM
@13@11, Ahh, Gwen, you seem like a smart girl, so in reading the whole exchange leading up to that, I think you know what I meant. Either way, I am extending a peace offering for us Geek Chicks to band together in harmony:
http://www.artbox.com.au/wholesale/CharacterPictures/RainbowBears/main.jpg
18. Momboelitist - July 1, 2008 2:45 PM
@9, I got your sarcasm but obviously nobody got mine. *Whoosh*
19. SmokingGirl - July 1, 2008 3:13 PM
I got it, Scott.
And I'll just stick with liquid shampoo. That is all.
20. Clinch - July 1, 2008 4:52 PM
What's next? Bacon flavoured spray on shampoo? (or shampoo flavoured spray on bacon?!)
But why would anyone buy this (other than obvious origami reasons)?
You can't bring shampoo on a plane? so what! you're not going to wash your hair on the plane are you? And chances are, wherever you're going they're likely to have shampoo there.
I shall file this invention under interesting, but pointless.
21. erin - July 1, 2008 7:01 PM
fighting on the internet is like competing the special olympics....no matter who wins, you're both still retarded.
This sort of reminds me of an oversized listerine breath mint, except your hair. Might be handy if you're a smoker.
God, I love muffins.
22. Joey - July 1, 2008 8:50 PM
I find it interesting that the only ones chiming in about what gay men use are (I'm assuming straight) women. Aren't there any gay guys out there who read Geekologie? If so, maybe they've avoided this posting on principle, since they wouldn't be caught dead using paper shampoo. Or panty liners. :)
23. Adri Leya - July 1, 2008 10:09 PM
aw, no fighting....it's all in good, geekologie funnnn. :-)