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If you build it, they will go: Students make toilet paper pyramid

Robotics team captain and program leader Maxton Herst throws the top toilet paper roll off of t ...
Robotics team captain and program leader Maxton Herst throws the top toilet paper roll off of the world's largest toilet paper pyramid on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Bullock Creek High School's Robotics team built the world's largest toilet paper pyramid and are selling the toilet paper back to the community for a discounted price as a fundraiser for the team, in Midland, Mich. (Kaytie Boomer/The Bay City Times via AP)
People involved in the Bullock Creek High School Robotics team prepare to take down the world's ...
People involved in the Bullock Creek High School Robotics team prepare to take down the world's largest toilet paper pyramid on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Bullock Creek High School's Robotics team built the world's largest toilet paper pyramid and are selling the toilet paper back to the community for a discounted price as a fundraiser for the team.(Kaytie Boomer/The Bay City Times via AP)
People involved in the Bullock Creek High School Robotics team prepare to take down the world's ...
People involved in the Bullock Creek High School Robotics team prepare to take down the world's largest toilet paper pyramid on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Bullock Creek High School's Robotics team built the world's largest toilet paper pyramid and are selling the toilet paper back to the community for a discounted price as a fundraiser for the team.(Kaytie Boomer/The Bay City Times via AP)
A view of the world's largest toilet paper pyramid on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Bullock Creek High ...
A view of the world's largest toilet paper pyramid on Monday, Jan. 6, 2020. Bullock Creek High School's Robotics team built it in Midland, Mich., and are selling the toilet paper back to the community for a discounted price as a fundraiser for the team. (Kaytie Boomer/The Bay City Times via AP)
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The Associated Press
January 7, 2020 - 7:52 pm
 

MIDLAND, Mich. — It’s not what the Egyptians had in mind but it worked: A group of Michigan high school students made a pyramid out of toilet paper — 27,434 rolls.

It took 16 hours for students to assemble the pyramid at Bullock Creek High School in Midland County. They are hoping to be recognized by the Guinness Book of World Records and sell the toilet paper as a fundraiser for the 20-member robotics team.

“There was a lot of excitement when we got to the last few layers, but the final roll at the top was actually pretty anti-climactic,” Maxton Herst told MLive.com. “Every single roll you place, you want it to be in the correct spot. It was just kind of mind-numbing work.”

Herst got the idea three years ago after seeing a similar pyramid on YouTube.

The students built the pyramid during holiday break. The robotics team began to dismantle the pyramid Monday, the first day of classes after the holidays. Rolls of the two-ply toilet paper were placed into 96-count boxes for purchase.

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