Breaking news - Mansize Tissues

Not ridiculous. Would you buy “woman sized “tissues? No. Just don’t buy Kleenex and buy Aldi own brand and save money. It’s the 21st century in case you hadn’t noticed.

Only if they were big enough, but I don’t mind any size it’s the thickness that counts!

What has the 21st century got to do with anything other than ,that this patheticness is an insult to men & woman who have fought for our freedom, shameful

Have men and women fought for our freedom to have man sized tissues? Must have missed that one.

If you don’t mind any size why does it matter what they are called?

If they had quietly changed from man size to large would anybody have noticed?

I prefer pocket size. Atchoo?

I saw it on the news and people (men and women) were having a bit of a giggle about it.

I asked DH if he needed a man-sized tissue because his nose is bigger than my nose, but apparently that's up for discussion.

Bridgeit it is rather pathetic.

I admit it. I have a big nose and use man size tissue. Kitchen roll and toilet roll work well. Those little woman size ones just aren’t big enough for me so I’m fine with large tissues instead of man sized it makes me feel I’m not stealing his.

I bet though that there’ll only be medium and large size and no small size tissues.

I always found the description ‘man-size’ quite silly and funny, but it never struck me they should change it. I suppose they should. I’ve always used them anyway, because they are just a more sensible size than standard ones.

Is there a group who go round the country looking for things to be offended by ? I can't believe this is even newsworthy and here we are discussing it.

Barmy - or do they do extra large balmy

It’s not about being offended it’s about being logical. Why have mansized tissues? No reason. What’s wrong with extra large? You are being offended about a tissue being renamed “extra large”, so if you don’t like it don’t buy it. Simples.

Should we be worried that tissues are man-made?

I expect some women were involved in making them.

Have a look at 'Man who has it all' on Facebook and Twitter. The parody account of switching the words man and woman shows how much we take for granted in everyday life.

Where is it all going to end?

Just when I think I have read the most idiotic case of political correctness, along comes another one even dafter.

I honestly wonder just how many people there are who spend a lot of their time searching for something, anything, to be offended by.

Now being discussed on Loose Women (Ohhps sorry loose people)

It is obviously a trade descriptions violation. Surely the tissues aren't the same size as a man!

I think it was a play on the fact that men have man flu when actually all it is is a cold!!!!

Strange that the smaller ones weren't called "woman sized" and the little pocket ones "child sized". I think if people are offended by the bigger ones being renamed "Extra large" then they've got too much time on their hands.

What will Gentlemens Relish be called now?

Children's fairytales are now suffering ! Have folk got nothing else better to do than to twist and manipulate how we are " made " to view these innocent and harmless stories of old ?
In Sleeping Beauty where the prince kisses to awaken the sleeping girl-----is now looked on as an invasion and against her will !! Cinderella marrying a prince doesn't bode well either as it's looked upon her being reliant on her husband's income instead of her living independently !!
It's this sort of nonsense that has and will further create paranoia/confusion among many. No wonder we've got so many with mental health issues.

Perhaps we should no longer have ‘jumbo’ sized anything in case it offends Nelly the elephant?

Remember the tongue in cheek Yorkie ad ‘it’s not for girls!’

I'm sure it's all their do with marketing. Perhaps men didn't use or buy tissues as much at one time, so they started marketing them as Man Sized and using manly-coloured packaging; and now that this is well established, they realise that many women also like a large tissue when they have a cold, so they've rebranded them to widen the appeal of the larger packs.

Funny how it's never happened with toilet rolls - they missed a trick there. We could have had double toilet-roll holders, with His and Hers rolls, possibly colour coded. But too late now!