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Posted by Quintal on March 11, 2007, at 17:37:58
I just came across this video on youtube and it got me thinking. My grandma always swore by the hard stuff for getting you thoroughly clean - Izal medicated was her favourite if I remember rightly and there was trouble if her supply ever dried up, pages of the 'Northern Echo' would be torn out while on the pot, as a makeshift substitute I suppose - that pragmatic thriftiness characteristic of the war generation. Took a roll on holiday with her too just in case the hotel supplied that new-fangled soft stuff she couldn't fathom. I don't think she ever managed to use it without pushing a fingernail through the wetted material.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdu7KWSjYoE
Any truth in the idea that hard is better?
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Posted by Declan on March 11, 2007, at 20:03:36
In reply to Toilet Paper Poll - Hard vs Soft + Quilted, posted by Quintal on March 11, 2007, at 17:37:58
At the state school I went to almost 50 years ago there was toilet paper I remember well.
It was very hard, one side being shiney and the other rough, without effective perforation.
The shiney side was problematic.
The best I could work out to do with it was to repeatedly crumple it up and then make sure the shiney side was down.I suppose for me its like mattresses....you want them soft and firm in proportion.
Posted by Phillipa on March 11, 2007, at 23:03:28
In reply to Re: Toilet Paper Poll - Hard vs Soft + Quilted » Quintal, posted by Declan on March 11, 2007, at 20:03:36
You guys have got to be kidding? Toilet paper? Love Phillipa
Posted by Quintal on March 11, 2007, at 23:43:24
In reply to Re: Toilet Paper Poll - Hard vs Soft + Quilted » Quintal, posted by Declan on March 11, 2007, at 20:03:36
Maybe that's where I went wrong with the Izal? It had no perforation either as I remember, except when it came in a small box dispenser of individual sheets that she sometimes used to treat herself with.
Yes, I ran into trouble with the shiny side too, except with Izal both sides were shiny. I think my grandma kept a roll of the quilted variety for absorbency during bouts of looseness.
http://www.ciao.co.uk/Izal_Toilet_Paper__5602624
http://web.ukonline.co.uk/stephen.johnson/steve/izal.jpgIt's amazing what you can find on Wiki;
__________________________________________________Limited mobility
Those with limited mobility, or those with unusually short arms, such as commonly seen on people with achondroplasia, often find it helpful to wrap the toilet paper around a bottom wiper, which is a plastic instrument with a tong-like clasp at one end to accommodate the toilet paper and a long handle at the other to allow the person to reach his bottom. The person wraps the toilet paper several times around the clasp, and after wiping, can easily eject the toilet paper into the toilet without having to touch the paper. Folding bottom wipers are available, and can be easily stored or carried in a purse.
Fold or scrunch?
Another matter of personal preference is how to prepare the toilet paper for usage. The predominating methods are either to "fold" a number of sheets together, or to "scrunch" sheets into a loose ball, with "wrapping" the paper round the hand being somewhat less popular.[citation needed] The intensely private nature of the subject, coupled with the fact that the methodology is instilled at a very young age, means that a majority of the people are unaware that the difference exists (or have even thought about it), and may react with shock upon learning that their partner uses an alternative method.[1]
Anecdotal evidence [2] suggests that scrunching is more common in America, and folding more common in Europe, and that this difference informs the construction of toilet paper sold in the two markets.[citation needed]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper
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Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 12, 2007, at 9:12:13
In reply to Fold or Scrunch? » Declan, posted by Quintal on March 11, 2007, at 23:43:24
In my primary school we used to have this stuff that was like hard tracing paper which came in sheets from a box - is that similar stuff??
Posted by Quintal on March 12, 2007, at 9:38:18
In reply to Re: Fold or Scrunch?, posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 12, 2007, at 9:12:13
Sounds like it Meri. It's greenish with a musky chemical tang. I think they've moved on to more humane materials in primary schools since we were there though.
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Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 12, 2007, at 11:53:52
In reply to Re: Fold or Scrunch? » Meri-Tuuli, posted by Quintal on March 12, 2007, at 9:38:18
Yeah I know. I remember being excited at the prospect of secondary school because they had proper toilet paper. I think I was always a kinda scrunch gal myself.
Posted by Declan on March 12, 2007, at 15:11:55
In reply to Re: Fold or Scrunch? » Quintal, posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 12, 2007, at 11:53:52
I'm reassured to see we do not abandon our traditions lightly.
But I do worry that this may be something new?
In a box, Merri?
Nice to see some chemicals, anyway.
Posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 13, 2007, at 4:14:36
In reply to Re: Fold or Scrunch?, posted by Declan on March 12, 2007, at 15:11:55
Hey Mister!
> But I do worry that this may be something new?
> In a box, Merri?Nah, I think it was just Thatcherite scrimping. I think they have proper toilet paper in schools now. It was strange stuff through. Yep. Came in a box and even the dispensers where box shaped. Like folded up baking paper is the best I can do. It was hard, and totally non-absorbant. Who came up with this stuff?
Posted by Declan on March 13, 2007, at 19:01:52
In reply to Re: Fold or Scrunch? » Declan, posted by Meri-Tuuli on March 13, 2007, at 4:14:36
I'm impressed it should have been around so recently.
In the rush to get rid of the milk and the nanny state they came up with this?
Good to see the principles of the free market only extend so far.
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