BS: stock piling toilet paper

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Jos
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 07:33 AM

I didn't like Izal - it smelt funny. I preferred Bronco as it had 'Bronco' written in the corner in nice curly writing.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 07:26 AM

Ha Raggytash, or perhaps they eat too many prunes?
Jos, we used to cut newspaper into squares and hang them on a nail for toilet paper, before Izal/Bronco shiny paper arrived. No 'soft tissue' for us then! (I seem to remember Izal had 'Now wash your hands' printed on each sheet.) Good for tracing paper and comb-and-paper kazoos.
In Greece, in the sixties, most little B&B-type 'pensions' were on septic tank systems, and one was asked to put used (!) toilet paper in a plastic basket beside the toilet. In that heat it absolutely stank.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Jos
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 06:58 AM

Last time people were buying up toilet rolls I overheard a woman on the bus complaining that there were none in the shops, but I noticed that she didn't take a copy of the free Metro paper, so she wasn't that desperate.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Raggytash
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 06:36 AM

I am surprised that people are stock-piling toilet rolls.

I would have thought that they still have enough from last time they stock-piled them.

I saw some people with a trolley load leaving the supermarket that would have lasted us two for over a year.

I can only presume they have VERY large families.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Jos
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 05:59 AM

Steve, shouldn't there be Rule 4:
Check that nobody else has used the same grassy slope for the same purpose recently?

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 04:18 AM

During the first lockdown, our local supermarkets (Tesco, Morrisons and Asda) wisely limited sales of any item to three only. I think this might have to be put in place again.
Our bathroom is tiny, so sadly there's no room for a bidet.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 04:13 AM

"i have a bidet"

Huh. Bloody show-off...

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Senoufou
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 04:07 AM

Didn't the Romans use a shared (!) sponge on a stick? And I've often wondered what Eskimos used to do in sub-zero temperatures when they only had an igloo for a home and no toilet paper.
You made me laugh Steve, "...first check for thistles.."
On holiday in Tunisia, we were intrigued when we found that the toilet beside the pool had no toilet paper, but on a hook was a clever little pressure-hose with a nozzle. Husband was ecstatic, me not so much...

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: The Sandman
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 03:56 AM

i have a bidet i use it for ashing my feet washing my bum ,it has hot and cold water,save trees use a bidet its cleaner and better for the environment

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: BobL
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 03:42 AM

Steve, slopes (grassy or otherwise) allow the possibility of a mishap which I discovered when camping off-site. Never put your toilet roll down on one!

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: DMcG
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 03:05 AM

I am not entirely sure if we are technically stockpiling toilet paper or not. For around five years, we have had a box of 48 delivered from a company that makes it from recycled paper. We got a box delivered by   the ordinary schedule in late January well before lockdown was mentioned, and have had another delivered since, again on the ordinary schedule. Since is not yet opened we currently have some 55 rolls. I would say it is not stockpiling because we have not altered our normal buying schedule in the slightest. However, I could see it being up for debate.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Dave Hanson
Date: 03 Nov 20 - 02:51 AM

I stockpiling whisky.

Dave

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 08:20 PM

I once read, many moons ago, that the voluminous consumption of popcorn resulted in "a clean break." My mind boggled then and it boggles now. Can it be true??

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Charmion
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 08:13 PM

Gents, this has been a very informative read.

I think I'll go away and forget I ever came here.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 06:43 PM

Washing one's *whatever* ass/arse... was a problem for years. Never been in a house with a bidet. But a few years ago I discovered Viva paper towels which can be used after TP by dampening them slightly. They are both soft & strong. I get ones with half-sheet perforations and can fold it over a couple of times. It has made a huge difference in cleansing. (It is not to be flushed! Sewage treatment plants don't like them)I have a small lidded container with a plastic bag beside the toilet which I empty once a week when trash is collected.)

   I have no idea what is available the UK, but it is a great luxury in my old age. Slightly more expensive than toilet paper, but I think I save in the long run by needing far less TP.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Bonzo3legs
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 06:40 PM

My wife has ordered bog rolls from Amazon, as Sainsbury's failed to deliver any yesterday.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 06:30 PM

My daughter told me that Truro Sainsbury's were out of bog rolls within hours of the rumour of the lockdown. Insane.

I don't think I'd feel that comfortable with a quick swish of cold water. Mind you, you're talking to a man who's been known to resort to the "grassy slope technique" in extremis. There are three rules here: first, check that no-one's around (important though not crucial). Second, check for thistles (utterly vital). Third, do not use the same piece of grassy slope for at least two weeks (advisory only). It's an exceptionally efficient concept. More details on request.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Senoufou
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 06:08 PM

My husband never uses toilet paper, he thinks it's rather a dirty way to deal with ones bottom. He uses a plastic jug of cold (!) water and slooshes it onto himself while crouched over the toilet basin. This is how most Africans deal with cleaning themselves, a quick sloosh.
My friend in Norwich rang this evening and she told me that Sainsbury's this morning had numerous empty shelves, so people have evidently been stockpiling.
We'll end up with ration books, which I remember in the early fifties.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 05:58 PM

I've only ever experienced bidets on foreign hols. I've used them for washing me feet and/or Jaysus boots. There's something about the thought of shooting a jet of water up the ould "Bournville boulevard" that doesn't, in theory quite appeal. I'll stick to using the bog brush over the bath (I'm a hard northerner, lest ye forget). But I'm open to having a go some time.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 05:55 PM

election: Americans start stockpiling guns as fears of post-vote 'civil war' rise

A gun shop owner who is getting "hundreds of calls a day" said new customers do not know how to go about buying a rifle or shotgun, adding: "They just want to buy guns. quote daily star

Panic buyers strip shelves of toilet roll and pasta ahead of ...
www.lbc.co.uk › news › uk › panic-buying-england-lo...
1 November 2020, 22:02 | Updated: 1 November 2020, 23:19 ... were low, mirroring the widespread stockpiling that took place ahead of the spring UK lockdown

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: punkfolkrocker
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 05:39 PM

Isn't Bidet the Democrat candidate..???

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Steve Shaw
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 05:33 PM

I thought a bidet was for washing my socks...Am I missing something?

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 05:17 PM

but it is possible to wash ones arse without using a bidet, are they washing their arses and shooting themselves in the foot?
the election will soon tell us, or are they getting ready to re elect a shit
Brits have been stockpiling toilet rolls during the earlier lock down that is a fact.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Donuel
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 04:19 PM

Its still an out loud laugh Sandman.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: Bill D
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 03:46 PM

2 generalizations..I have no idea what Brits are doing, but most Americans are NOT buying guns..
..and very few Americans have bidets.

Subject: RE: BS: stock piling
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 03:29 PM

Do the americans wash their arses in a bidet and then shoot them selves

Subject: BS: stock piling
From: The Sandman
Date: 02 Nov 20 - 03:27 PM

I see that the English are stockpiling toilet roll again, while the Americans are panic buying guns. Different priorities.
Quote Andrew McKAY