Before toilet paper...

[Yoda Power]

... what did they do? I honestly don't know this.

 

[TheLastOne36]

... what did they do? I honestly don't know this.

IIRC in India you only eat with your right hand only because you wipe your bottom with your ... left hand... (or the other way around. I forget)

 

[Quildavyr]

Taking a bath,I think.This way makes everyone to bathe at least one time per day.

 

[Mirc]

@ the answers so far!!

Lol, it's good to live in a country where there are still people living in isolated villages.

Your answer is:

Spoiler :

Leaves. They are everywhere and they are great for this purpose. I've done it a couple of times, while backpacking in the mountains.

Millions of people still use them every day.

I still can't really believe how people could not know this.

 

[Pannonius]

@ the answers so far!!

Lol, it's good to live in a country where there are still people living in isolated villages.

Your answer is:

Spoiler :

Leaves. They are everywhere and they are great for this purpose. I've done it a couple of times, while backpacking in the mountains.

Millions of people still use them every day.

I still can't really believe how people could not know this.

And it's eco-friendly.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

But it's not leaf-friendly.

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Water works as well, Romans used it and a sponge.

 

[Verbose]

Your left hand will serve you beautifully!

Clean your as with your hand and then clean the hand. No problem.

 

[cthom]

looking round the ruins at ephesus we went up to the ancient toilets. we were told the citizens would use the running water which went around the floor to wash their backsides.

 

[warpus]

Toilet paper? WTF?

Goddamit, gotta pick some of this stuff up.. been using leaves all my life.

 

[Catharsis]

Toilet parchment.

 

[sydhe]

And before that, toilet papyrus.
And before that, lots and lots of scented herbs. And leaves and sand (in your hand a lot).

 

[Tee Kay]

Water + your left hand. Simple, really.

 

[say1988]

And before that, toilet papyrus.

Don't forget about the toilet tablet before that.......and people say one ply is rough.

 

[sydhe]

Water + your left hand. Simple, really.

Or, if you're in the desert, sand.

 

[demokratickid]

Toilet paper? WTF?

Goddamit, gotta pick some of this stuff up.. been using leaves all my life.

What Leaves? I got to find them! Been using my hand all my life!

 

[ArneHD]

I saw an episode of "How it's made" about toilet paper, they said that the Vikings used wool and that French kings used silk.

 

[Sir Matzee]

Water works as well, Romans used it and a sponge.

Right!

But romans did it in public

 

[Yoda Power]

Thanks, my life is now enriched.

 

[TheLastOne36]

I saw an episode of "How it's made" about toilet paper, they said that the Vikings used wool and that French kings used silk.

Silk? ain't that a bit expensive? I mean even for the king? Let's say you go twice everyday, That's alot of Silk. France must've went bankrupt! And it's not just the king, but the Royal Family as well....

 

[Sir Matzee]

Silk? ain't that a bit expensive? I mean even for the king? Let's say you go twice everyday, That's alot of Silk. France must've went bankrupt! And it's not just the king, but the Royal Family as well....

That's the why french revolution started in France