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Napkins
Season 6, Ep. 24
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To fold or not to fold?
On today's episode of the sleep podcast The Insomnia Project we cover all we can about the hard working and often thankless napkin.
Marco describes 3 folds, the fan fold, the roll up and go fold, and the classic rectangle fold. The discussion veers into towel art but then comes full circle with napkin rings and paper napkins.
All the napkins you can handle and more on today's episode.
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