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Perhaps we should start listing viable alternatives to toilet paper. Allow me to start with...... (Original Post) Siwsan Mar 2020 OP
More of a mobile commode. NoMoreRepugs Mar 2020 #1
The magats have been hoarding portapotties too. C_U_L8R Mar 2020 #2
"Trump Dumps" lastlib Mar 2020 #14
He's Clogged Up Our Lives, Now You Want Him To Do The Same To Our Toilets? Me. Mar 2020 #3
Well, you can always just grab the garden hose and "power wash" it! Siwsan Mar 2020 #4
Someone yesterday suggested a CVS reciept. dewsgirl Mar 2020 #5
That would last for at least a month. zanana1 Mar 2020 #20
My purse used to magically fill will then constantly...🤣 dewsgirl Mar 2020 #21
If you see a red tie hanging below the stall wall... 5X Mar 2020 #6
I was thinking of this last night as we didn't "stock up" on tp.... Peregrine Took Mar 2020 #7
I remember the toilet paper, in England, when I first visited in the early 70's Siwsan Mar 2020 #8
I'm OK wirh corn cobs Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #9
Lol on the socks! MLAA Mar 2020 #27
What?!? Cirque du So-What Mar 2020 #29
I'm serious too, the single socks were seriously funny 😬 MLAA Mar 2020 #30
My staunch New England ancestors... Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #10
Just don't flush them down after use... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #11
Down here in poison ivy land, dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #12
Yikes! That would be like a reverse 4-leaf clover... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #13
It grows among all the real ivy in the yard, too. dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #15
So glad you discovered that menthol can work too.... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #18
Just to be clear dixiegrrrrl Mar 2020 #24
Yes, I did the same... WePurrsevere Mar 2020 #25
Butt plugs. LuckyCharms Mar 2020 #16
This sort of question popped up on Stonekettles' twitter today Nac Mac Feegle Mar 2020 #17
Gloves! Generic Brad Mar 2020 #19
May I suggest the Kentucky standard.... KY_EnviroGuy Mar 2020 #22
Who needs TP? If you have one of these, it's easy to keep clean Trailrider1951 Mar 2020 #23
I think it would be a way... tonedevil Mar 2020 #26
1 dollar bills will eventually work once the scalpers start selling. defacto7 Mar 2020 #28
Nah. As much as my asshole would like to be provided with asshole accessories... NNadir Mar 2020 #31
This message was self-deleted by its author geralmar Mar 2020 #32
What ever we choose, we have to remember to put in yellow envelope and bluestarone Mar 2020 #33

Siwsan

(26,291 posts)
4. Well, you can always just grab the garden hose and "power wash" it!
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:01 AM
Mar 2020

Of course, that's another alternative to TP, albeit with a little less power in that wash.

Peregrine Took

(7,417 posts)
7. I was thinking of this last night as we didn't "stock up" on tp....
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:22 AM
Mar 2020

then my husband said when he was a student in England in the '60's they always used newspapers.

After reading them they would tear them up into little strips. Everybody did it then.

Hmmm....doesn't sound too sanitary and would block toilets I suspect.

Siwsan

(26,291 posts)
8. I remember the toilet paper, in England, when I first visited in the early 70's
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:24 AM
Mar 2020

It was almost like a thin, brown wrapping paper! At one public building, I saw some that actually had 'Now please throw away' printed on it!!

Grasswire2

(13,571 posts)
10. My staunch New England ancestors...
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:38 AM
Mar 2020

...used strips of old toweling, I am told, each family member hung theirs on a towel rack and they were laundered every several days. We thought it creepy when we heard about it.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
11. Just don't flush them down after use...
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 11:48 AM
Mar 2020

That nasty non-profit biodegradable stuff belongs in the trash, not toilet.

Oh and I was taught in Girl Scouts (and DH in Boy Scouts) that certain types of leaves can be used instead of TP. Just make very sure you follow the "leaves of 3, leave them be" rule. That's the last place you want poison ivy, etc touching.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
15. It grows among all the real ivy in the yard, too.
Fri Mar 13, 2020, 10:58 PM
Mar 2020


Smart lil bugger.

I got attacked just once, lightly, and found putting Vicks Vapo rub, the mentholated stuff, on it stops all pain/ itch, and dries it out, fast healing. Of course a bandage or wrap over the vicks....

Which is a handy discovery because we have fire ants. It works great on those bites, keeps the blister from forming.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
18. So glad you discovered that menthol can work too....
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 04:53 AM
Mar 2020

I caught Fifths (similar to chicken pox if you're unfamiliar) from my darling grands and discovered that the only thing that soothed that horrid itching were products with a good bit of menthol in them like Mentholatum and Vicks. I went through jars of the stuff but thank goodness it worked and far better than any other anti-itch stuff.

I've always had Mentholatum around since it helps relieve some of my allergy symptoms and chapped lips but hadn't thought to use it on itchy spots until than. Now we use it on itchy bites and burning stings (incl stinging nettle), etc too.

We don't have fire ants this far north (yet) but I've filed it away now for use on those buggers if we get bit visiting friends or family down south. I'd heard those things are demon spawn if you have a run in with them so nice to know something helps, thanks!

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
24. Just to be clear
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:32 PM
Mar 2020

You have to apply it several times a day if you can't bandage the area. Bandages are changed, with more ointment, am and pm.

WePurrsevere

(24,259 posts)
25. Yes, I did the same...
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:00 PM
Mar 2020

I was a nurse before I became to disabled eons ago and still normally tend to err on the side of caution.

Nac Mac Feegle

(971 posts)
17. This sort of question popped up on Stonekettles' twitter today
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:44 AM
Mar 2020

The answer was:

Two words:

Lawn-sprinkler bidet.

Personally, I'd recommend oscillating.

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,494 posts)
22. May I suggest the Kentucky standard....
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 11:39 AM
Mar 2020


We get them shipped in from Iowa every month.........

Much cheaper than newspaper.

Trailrider1951

(3,414 posts)
23. Who needs TP? If you have one of these, it's easy to keep clean
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 12:10 PM
Mar 2020



Simply sit on the side of the tub and hang your backside over the tub. Take the shower head down from the bracket, adjust flow/temperature, and have at it. Helps to have a towel handy.

 

tonedevil

(3,022 posts)
26. I think it would be a way...
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 01:08 PM
Mar 2020

to put copies of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to their highest and best use.

NNadir

(33,552 posts)
31. Nah. As much as my asshole would like to be provided with asshole accessories...
Sat Mar 14, 2020, 04:46 PM
Mar 2020

...I really don't want it contaminated.

It's actually quite a critical organ, which has prevented me, from some extent, from being full of shit.

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