I thought I'd get another person's impression - I just took my little piece in to my DH and gave it to him and said, "What do you think that is made of?" He looked at it and said, "Paper?" I said, "Try to rip it." He couldn't. I asked, "NOW what do you think that is made of?" He played with it a little more and said, "Some kind of vinyl?"
I told him what it was, using probably too many words. His response was, "(pause)....neat?" LOL