Looking at that ISS templated link, what I find a shame is that all of a sudden, mess members are exposed to prose lifted from a Wetherspoon menu. There is no sense of understanding the audience.. not even an attempt to fit in around them. Knowing the price of something such as tradition is one thing - understanding the value of it is another.
I like the Waddington mess, I'm sponsoring the Man V Food (I think!) Halloween nosh up next month. The military chef is getting stuck in with far more passion than I experienced on my plate at a supposed 4 star venue yesterday.
Anyway, talking of paper, what about the old toilet roll? As recently as the late 80s ("as recently?!!"), the issued highly glossed, slick article seemed to be treated with something that should be applied to the keel of ocean going vessels. NOTHING stuck to it.