Spill the beans... on how to minimise loo paper use

TBeckett100

Having said this, kitchen towel is wonderful. Lovely and large.

OnceTwiceThreeLotsOfSB

In 2008, I bought a dog.


Now after doing a poo, I simply place my hands against a wall; lean forward slightly with my legs spread wide and call for Rupert to come along and earn his biscuits.

dextakid

I buy cheapest two ply toilet paper.

Get it home and split the plies.

You then get two rolls for the price of one.

Also, don't throw used kitchen roll away, hang it out to dry on a string line in the kitchen and you can re-use up to at least six extra times. Doesn't work in the tumble drier as it tends to stick to the inside of the drum.

Yum Yum!

For the ultimate Toilet Roll saver ..... Don't buy them! Just plumb in an old Shower Head and pipe next to the pot, and use accordingly. One used sheet of kitchen Roll is generally enough to dry relevant parts.:beer:

jrgodfrey

Lidl sell 4 ply toilet rolls and you can get away with using ONE sheet at a time.
When buying paper rolls of any type squeeze the roll from the centre to the outside of the roll, Many rolls are puffed up with air so cheap rolls squeeze a lot, Good solid rolls do not squeeze a lot.
Hope that helps!

Vladimir1720

dandelionclock30 wrote: »

Disgusting, I bet your towels stink. How filthy and tight can a person get? Some people on here are not right in the head.

Thanks! You managed to decide that I was both a miser as well as filthy... I'll rise above your infantile BS, however.

The practice of washing yourself after defecating has got nothing to do with being cheap and everything to do with being clean.

What's actually disgusting is the fact that you don't wash yourself after defecating and walk around with a small amount of faeces around your anus until your next shower. Do you really think that you get it all when you just wipe with paper? Come on, most adults have hair down there, some is left behind! I bet your underwear stinks.

My towels don't stink. What a stupid thing to say! I WASH myself with water and soap, the towel is just for drying. I have a towel which I use only for "round the waist". It is probably perfectly clean anyway, but FY-Fing-I, I wash my "waist" towel every 3-4 uses.

Vladimir1720

KxMx wrote: »

You obviously don't realise most people wash their hands with soap and water after flushing... :rotfl:

No, you obviously didn't understand the point I was trying to make.

The point is, since everyone would NOT be content to wipe faeces off their hand with a piece of paper and call it clean, then why does wiping with paper suffice for your anus?

Is it dawning on you yet that you are walking around with little pieces of faeces around your anus and between your !!!!-cheeks? Or are you so blinded and in denial about the fact that you'd rather poke fun at me? Whatever suits, really...

Hedgehog99

I keep two rolls on the go at once: Andrex Puppies on a Roll for normal use, cheap recycled stuff for prevention of "splashback".

Vladimir1720

TBeckett100 wrote: »

If life comes to counting loo roll sheets then I'm afraid you should have applied yourselves more at school

THIS!

It's worth remembering that the bacteria in faeces will easily travel through 7 layers of your standard paper and end up on your hands, seeing as most of us use less than 7 layers. If you're wiping, then folding, then wiping again it's most likely smeared all over your cheeks, too. Unhygienic? Yes, I think so.

Not to mention that once you have thoroughly coated your hands in bacteria and possibly particles of poop, you go to turn on your tap and wash your hands. How well the average hands are washed is questionable. But that aside, once you've washed your hands, you go to turn off the same tap that you turned on. Congrats, your newly washed hands are contaminated again.

And to think that someone further up the thread was trying to make ME out to be filthy...

U've_been_framed

TBeckett100 wrote: »

Having said this, kitchen towel is wonderful. Lovely and large.

Never put kitchen towel down your loo. It contains :eek:wet strength resin to stop it from breaking down in water. It will block your pipes up in no time at all. :eek: I used to make the stuff and it wasn't unusual for it to block the system up despite all our best efforts. We had to go in with shovels and dig the stuff out.

candygirl

BlueDeb wrote: »

Go on holiday to India...where you will most probably eat curry every day whilst there....... (!!) then use a public toilet where they give you one super thin sheet of paper (for a price) to use....!!! When you get home, you will realise that you can manage with less sheets and you won't want to go back to using reams of paper every time!! Worked for me!!

Didn't work for me:eek:also those jugs n buckets made me gip:eek: