How nerdy is it to save cool Kleenex boxes?

I have this really cool Kleenex box with an astronomical theme–Sun, Moon, shooting stars, yadda yadda, in my office. I just used the last tissue.

Now, knowing that I was low, I went to the grocery store and looked for a new box with the same design, but they don’t have it.

How incredibly nerdy would it be to save the box and put new Kleenex in it? Before you say, “Why, not nerdy at all! People make those plastic-canvas covers for their Kleenex boxes!” realize that this would involve carefully prying the box open, sliding in Kleenex from another box, and then carefully gluing the box shut again. Or maybe I could make it close by using Velcro tabs. . .

On the plus side, when shopping for a replacement I did get a really cool decorative Kleenex box that I call the “Kleenex Box of Sith[sup]TM[/sup].” It’s these kind of holographic diffraction-grating things on it, and it’s black. If you stare at it, it seems like it’s kind of sucking you in. It was in a display with similar boxes, all in bright cheerful holiday colors, and it looked as out of place as Darth Vader at an Avon convention. Of course I had to take it home with me. :slight_smile:

And, uh, since I have the “Kleenex Box of Sith[sup]TM[/sup]” I’d have to save my astronomical Kleenex box until after the “Kleenex Box of Sith[sup]TM[/sup]” is used up, and I might want to save the “Kleenex Box of Sith[sup]TM[/sup]”, too. . .

Ah, me, my life is so difficult.

If you like the box, keep it. But don’t silverfish eat cardboard and paper?

I don’t think it’s nerdy at all! Also, if they have a design you like, buy as many as you can lay your hands on, those suckers disappear.

Read the bottom of your atronomical box. I just found out
that they’re putting little tidbits on this line of boxes.

Have it laminated.

Geez, Violet, I hope I don’t turn into some crazy old lady living with eight hundred cats in a house stacked to the ceiling with old Kleenex boxes swarming with silverfish. . .

Zyada, thanks for pointing that out! Believe it or not, I’ve never looked at the bottom. It says,

There’s your Science Fact for the day. Ten points for scientific accuracy. Minus two for sentence fragments. (Must get out of essay-grading mode!)

The Kleenex Box of Sith[sup]TM[/sup] doesn’t have a tidbit, just everything in both English and French. Did you know that “Disponible temporairement” means “Available for a limited time” in French? and “Seul KLEENEX vous donne un mouchoir aussi doux dans un emballage aussi épatant!” apparently means “Only KLEENEX gives you a tissue this soft in a package this stunning!”

Hee. Advertising copy is funny.

Some day (if not this very day) some eBay bidder might want these boxes! :slight_smile:

Pokadyne:

You are on the bleeding edge of nerd-dom. Well done. I think if you kept a praying mantis on hand, your silverfish problem would be solved. Now as long as your eight hundred cats don’t eat the praying mantis, you’re in business.

Chrome

What GrizzRich said. What you could do is spread or cut it apart, have it or the parts laminated or some other preservationary (preservative? preservatory? whatever) process, and assemble it back together in a more permanent way. I don’t think it’s nerdy at all. OK, I think it’s nerdy, but not in a bad way. In a good nerdy way, like those crafty shows you see on Home and Garden network, or that gay decorator guy with the pointy head.

If you cut it apart, then put it back together with just a little extra space at the corners, it should just slip over the regular boxes. Maybe some ribbon or paper to form the joins?

if that’s nerdy, i don’t even want to know what you’d think of me saving my s.o.'s cigarette tins.

what? they smell good!

I have that very Kleenex box sitting on my nightstand.

My tissue box story:

I have redecorated my living room in what I think of as a “library” theme. I really wanted an actual library, but in a one-bedroom apartment, this was my best alternative. As part of my decorating scheme, I started purchasing tissue boxes (not Kleenex-brand) with pictures of bookshelves. Unfortunately, these were difficult to find, and I started worrying that they would eventually be discontinued and I’d have to use tissue boxes which would disrupt my decor. Then I discovered that they sell tissue box covers with the same library book design. So I purchased one, and now it doesn’t matter what my tissue box looks like, all I see is a lovely stack of books with tissues coming out the top.

Of course, this kind of thing can get out of hand.

Ok, here’s the rule of thumb: if you save just that ONE box, you’re cool. Once you get to double digits you have entered “crazy old person with a hundred cats” zone. Between, it grades into… thus at 2, you’re starting to edge towards nerdiness.

I have a small box of tissues with an “old books” theme- keep it on the bookshelf- refills as needed. But… I only have the one. OK?

you could use the box to store other things, not just kleenex. i find they do rather well at containing plastic bags.

Does saving the box with a hundred cats on it put you in that zone too? I have two or three Puffs boxes that I keep refilling from new boxes, because they are printed with lots of cats.

Wow, I wonder that same thing too. I had one of those shooting star/moon boxes and I cut off a lil piece of it because I thought that it was so cute. I also have a purple Kleenex Box of Sith and I refuse to use a Kleenex unless I absolutely have to because I can’t find them anywhere, it’s actually my second box. My boyfriend thought I was such a freak for wanting to keep the first one. LoL…at least I know I’m not alone.

You don’t have to take the kleenex out of the new box. Just take a utility knife and cut out the bottom of the box, then slip it over the new one as a cover. (not that I’ve ever done this myself, mind you)

As a teacher, I never through out kleenex boxes. They make such great tools for a variety of craft projects.

Play building bricks: cut the top out of one, slip the bottom over the top of another. Glue together, cover with butcher paper and decorate. You can also use shelf paper, but butcher paper is cheaper. These are excellent for teaching students to visualize hidden blocks in volume problems.

Valentine’s day mailboxes: Cover with butcher paper and decorate.

Halloween goodie collectors. Use construction paper to make a handle.

Personalized pencil boxes (small ones only).

Add cardboard wheels and you have a car.

Cut out the top, paper the bottom with pale blue construction paper. Draw in grass, trees, etc. Add figures in the foreground, and you have a quick and easy diorama.

WHERE DID YOU FIND IT???

Um, sorry. It’s just that I thought I was the only one. I found purple, red, blue, green, and yellow Kleenex boxes like this at Target this past spring, and I haven’t seen them since. I saved my red, blue, and green ones, but I foolishly allowed my children to have the yellow and purple ones, and now they’re all squished. I hadn’t thought of refilling them from the bottom, but that’s what I’ll do now.

I really, really want a black one now.

Thanks, SpoilerVirgin! Great link!

Sorry, InternetLegend, I can’t give you any hot leads. It was just at the grocery store, and it was the only black one in the display. There amongst all the festive blues, reds, yellows, and greens, a little box of dark, seething evil.

Uh, maybe it’s actually supposed to be purple. It does look kind of purplish in some light, and that would be more in keeping with the general theme of holiday cheer. Awfully dark for purple, though. Maybe it’s the product of some sinister testing at Kleenex Labs, and was never intended to reach the market, like that carburetor that gets a thousand miles to the gallon.

this kleenex box of the sith… is it black with a kind of shiny holographic pattern on it? because my local kroger has like 6 of them, and i’d be glad to pick some up for anyone willing to pay the $2.99 plus about a buck to mail it. i spring for them myself, in the spirit of christmas and all, but i’m all broke and stuff.

anybody want one?

I have the blue holographic Kleenex box. I think it’s awesome. A couple of weeks ago, Target was just bustling with premature Christmas glory. They had these Kleenex boxes in Christmas colors–red, green, gold, silver. Christmas? Bah humbug!

However, nestled among all these boxes was the blue one. I thought “Aha, blue will look great in my bathroom at any time of year!” So, I bought it.

Once I got home, I started thinking about this Kleenex box. I came to one startling conclusion. What does royal blue generally signify in the palette of “holiday” colors? Hannukah, of course. I suddenly realized that I bought Hannukah tissues. Target had ordered that one box for the one Jewish family that lives in my town (I exaggerate, but not much. I am sure there are more Muslims around here than Jews–does Ramadan have a “color”?) and here, agnostic that I am, I’ve bought their box of Kleenex just because it looks good in my bathroom. Maybe I should feel bad about this. Naaaaah.

Turns out that my sister bought a silver box for her bathroom. Her bathroom features a lot of shiny chrome, so it looks awesome in there. I think that they were selling the black boxes for Halloween–who buys special tissues for Halloween, anyway? The black ones are cool. I don’t know who bought the orange ones, though.