>>>In today's politically correct speech, it'd be "pre-owned umbrellas"... which are probably as valuable as pre-owned toilet paper.
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>>Well, you have to admit that 'pre-owned toilet paper' is far less disturbing than 'used toilet paper'.
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>Yeah, just like "pre-owned cars" sounds like someone did you a favor by breaking them in, taming them and grooming them for you, while "used cars" is overshadowed by doubt.

But the bottom line is that the fact that something was pre-owned, doesn't necessarily mean it has been used, so getting back to the toilet paper...