Toilet paper

RalphVa · Mar 14, 2020

To those of you using TP to wipe your butt and nothing else.
Quit.
Your aversion to not touching yourself "down there" is a big problem.
The dry TP will eventually rub the rectal skin raw and open it up to infection and possibly even cancer. Want to wear a bag for the rest of your life at some point?
There's water in the toilet basin. Raise the seat, sit on the commode, flush the crap out to get fresh water there. Use your hand to splash water onto your rectum. Then use the hand to really wash that rectum. When finished, just use a washable hand towel to dry off. No TP needed.
Been doing this for years (using TP to dry, not the wash cloth). Have not had a rectal bleeding problem since. Bleeding was caused by dry wiping until really really clean. Cannot stand the pain or itching of not being clean. Water will do it better.

Ralph

YanmarFever · Mar 14, 2020

RalphVa said:
To those of you using TP to wipe your butt and nothing else.
Quit.
Your aversion to not touching yourself "down there" is a big problem.
The dry TP will eventually rub the rectal skin raw and open it up to infection and possibly even cancer. Want to wear a bag for the rest of your life at some point?
There's water in the toilet basin. Raise the seat, sit on the commode, flush the crap out to get fresh water there. Use your hand to splash water onto your rectum. Then use the hand to really wash that rectum. When finished, just use a washable hand towel to dry off. No TP needed.
Been doing this for years (using TP to dry, not the wash cloth). Have not had a rectal bleeding problem since. Bleeding was caused by dry wiping until really really clean. Cannot stand the pain or itching of not being clean. Water will do it better.

Ralph

Ralph if we ever meet face to face please dont shake my hand !

John White · Mar 14, 2020

First it was a shortage of ammo, now toilet paper. If we keep printing up $$ soon we can use it for toilet paper.

Peter 315 · Mar 14, 2020

John White said:
First it was a shortage of ammo, now toilet paper. If we keep printing up $$ soon we can use it for toilet paper.

Ammo again, go look sold out at most places all the cheap stuff (9mm)

fried1765 · Mar 14, 2020

tractorErnie said:
Ralph if we ever meet face to face please dont shake my hand !

It is a custom in some Arab nations to not shake right hands for that very reason!

KennyG · Mar 14, 2020

fried1765 said:
It is a custom in some Arab nations to not shake right hands for that very reason!

No, they use the left hand in the bathroom, so shaking hands is OK.

dalola · Mar 14, 2020

This clearly falls under the category of TMI.....

MarkF48 · Mar 14, 2020

fried1765 said:
It is a custom in some Arab nations to not shake right hands for that very reason!

I was in Libya in the late 60's dismantling an airbase we had there when Gaddafi was taking over. There were facilities (basically a running water trench through an enclosed structure) where the citizens would take care of business and subsequently rinse their hands in large bowls of water which I assumed was changed often. I believe it was the religion that forbade them to allow a 'foreign' substance such as toilet paper to touch their body.