Before toilet paper...

[Princeps]

Which hand do you use, people?

 

[Yoda Power]

The left, since you shake hands with the right hand.

 

[Julian Delphiki]

The right, since you shake hands with the right hand.

People suck!

 

[downtown]

In America, newspaper or the Sears catalog were used before TP became popular.

 

[Princeps]

The left, since you shake hands with the right hand.

I see, interesting. I don't use my hand, I use paper. I recommend it for you as well.

 

[Yoda Power]

I see, interesting. I don't use my hand, I use paper. I recommend it for you as well.

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I use paper.

 

[warpus]

People didn't defecate before toilet paper was invented.

We've evolved.

 

[Yoda Power]

But why was toilet paper invented in the first place then?

 

[Princeps]

People didn't defecate before toilet paper was invented.

We've evolved.

Yes, those good old days when you could still say "you're full of ****" with some meaning.

 

[warpus]

But why was toilet paper invented in the first place then?

Ahhh the age old question.. what came first, toilet paper or defecation?

 

[Yoda Power]

Ahhh the age old question.. what came first, toilet paper or defecation?

I think this thread has generated into a philosofical scale beyond it's prospect.

 

[say1988]

But why was toilet paper invented in the first place then?

To TP houses, obviously

 

[sydhe]

But why was toilet paper invented in the first place then?

Because everybody was getting constipated.

 

[MilesGregarius]

Just came across a July 2007 National Geographic article about Ötzi the Iceman that mentions finding a kind of moss, neckera complanata, in his possesion used by some peoples as toilet paper. Apparantly Ötzi was using it to wrap food in, so I guess they used it as plastic wrap as well.

 

[Dubai Vol]

You're not angling it properly, if done correctly it should go directly downward into the toilet.

It's not ME, it's other people who use public/shared toilets. They are always soaking wet all over the floor.

And I love my bidet, it's not the same thing at all.

 

[Mr_Fusty]

I know that the Romans used sponges and rags rapped around a stick. What we don't know is did every Roman have his/her own sponge or did they share?

 

[Rambuchan]

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

I could see it coming, but still

I though bidets were for washing your testicles in.

I thought they were water fountains for those with a thirst to quench



But seriously, I remember an incident years back when I was in Delhi. There was a beggar on the side of the road asking for money, as beggars tend to. I reached into my pocket and pulled out some cash and offered it over. But she curled back in horror and refused the money. Then I realised that I was offering it with my left hand....

 

[Stolen Rutters]

I could see it coming, but still

I thought they were water fountains for those with a thirst to quench



But seriously, I remember an incident years back when I was in Delhi. There was a beggar on the side of the road asking for money, as beggars tend to. I reached into my pocket and pulled out some cash and offered it over. But she curled back in horror and refused the money. Then I realised that I was offering it with my left hand....

I always wondered why some foreigners had issues shaking hands when my right hand was carrying something. Now I'm going to wonder if they are from a non-TP land, where one hand is a potential "sanitary issue"...

From now on, my foreign friends are getting a fist bump, just in case.

 

[Mr_Fusty]

What about tracing paper? I believe they still use them in British schools...

 

[Yoda Power]

But seriously, I remember an incident years back when I was in Delhi. There was a beggar on the side of the road asking for money, as beggars tend to. I reached into my pocket and pulled out some cash and offered it over. But she curled back in horror and refused the money. Then I realised that I was offering it with my left hand....

Bah, she didn't deserve the money then.