elvis toilet paper? what?
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the image now the context:
The Koffee Pot Restaurant
(Elvis' Toilet Paper)
He didn't have time to play "Hunka Hunka Burnin' Love," and for that
matter, it really wasn't the sort of "performance" that his fans would
consider memorable, but Elvis Presley did once leave his mark in
Central Virginia. It happened in August of 1976, when his band's plane
was headed to Roanoke for a concert but got diverted to Lynchburg. On
the way out of Lynchburg, the band stopped briefly at a small
Timberlake Rd. diner known as the "Koffee Pot" (shown left in a
vintage photo before the giant coffee pot on the roof was removed).
The band stopped at the restaurant not to eat, but for Elvis to use
the bathroom. He was in a great hurry to make his Roanoke show, but he
took the time to autograph one of the toilet paper rolls and to add
his famous "Takin' Care of Business" logo. Picture to the right is
this unusual and undoubtedly unique memento which the shop still
proudly displays today.
UPDATE: "Elvis has left the building!" At least, the toilet paper roll
bearing his signature is no longer on premises at the Koffee Pot.
Owner Estelle Meadows recently disclosed that the toilet paper has
been loaned to a year-long travelling exhibit of Elvis memorabilia
which will be visiting forty-two cities around the country.
and now the site where you can scroll and find the information along
with other tid bits.