Barack Toilet Paper, The Perfect Holiday Gift
This item is real and was never intended by its manufacturer to be a gag. Rather, Barack toilet paper is a good that has been displayed on Hungarian store shelves for generations and has nothing to do with the former Senator from Illinois who currently resides in the White House.
Barack is the Hungarian word for peach (oszibarack) and apricot (sargabarack). We are not sure in this case whether the toilet paper in question is peach scented or apricot scented or whether this plays a crucial role in a Hungarian consumer’s purchase.
This particular 12-roll pack of Barack toilet paper was found in a Spar supermarket and costs a recession-friendly 700 forints (or roughly $4).
The meaning of President Obama’s first name in Hungarian was brought to his attention this April when he was in Strasbourg, France.
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