# Egyptian Cotton...wah?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-cotton-wah/64405>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [May 5, 2001, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-cotton-wah/64405 "2001-05-05T02:01:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![minty\_green](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f6c823/32.png) [@minty\_green](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/minty_green)\
**Post date:** [May 7, 2001, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-cotton-wah/64405/21 "2001-05-07T21:42:09Z")

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:eek: And to think, I wrote my master’s thesis on Catch-22!

Obviously, I’ve been reading way more SDMB than Joseph Heller lately. Oh well, Milo _Minderbinder_ is still the first thing that pops into my mind whenever I hear the words “Egyptian cotton.”

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**Author:** ![exchicagoan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/0ea827/32.png) [@exchicagoan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/exchicagoan)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-cotton-wah/64405/22 "2001-05-08T05:42:50Z")

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Hate to be a drag kids, but----the Egyptian Cotton wash cloths, towels etc. that I bought at TARGET are thicker, softer, more plush, etc. than “Cannon” could ever be. The visable difference is obvious.  
BTW—They were made in Canada.

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**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\
**Post date:** [May 8, 2001, 10:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/egyptian-cotton-wah/64405/23 "2001-05-08T10:36:17Z")

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**Shirley Ujest** : I have one of those public speaking hangups 😉 . That, and I never finished my history degree 😃 .

- Tamerlane

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