Sheryl Crow says you use too much toilet paper

[Clodfobble]

Originally Posted by Happy Monkey

Nobody uses one square.

I saw a military-style survival show on television once where the guy explained how you really do wipe with one sheet when conservation is key to survival.

1.) Fold sheet in half twice
2.) Tear tiny piece off the appropriate corner, such that when you open it back up there is a small hole in the middle of the sheet. (Save the little piece.)
3.) Stick your middle finger through the hole.
4.) Wipe once very smoothly, using the finger as a sort of squeegie.
5.) Pinch tightly around the base of the middle finger with the other hand and pull upwards, so that in removing the square of toilet paper you also remove the residue on the middle finger as you move up.
6.) Use the tiny piece from the center to clean under your fingernail.

He swore this was accepted practice among his colleagues. I don't think I'll be trying it.

[glatt]

Originally Posted by Clodfobble

6.) Use the tiny piece from the center to clean under your fingernail.

He swore this was accepted practice among his colleagues. I don't think I'll be trying it.

I've heard the same thing from a soldier once. I don't buy it. I think it's kind of like snipe hunting for civvies. How can it be sanitary to use a finger? If I were being shot at and had just one sheet, I'd simply not wipe. Things would get kind of crusty, but it would be better than the severe abdominal distress after eating rations with a dirty finger.

[monster]

Originally Posted by glatt

I've heard the same thing from a soldier once. I don't buy it. I think it's kind of like snipe hunting for civvies. How can it be sanitary to use a finger? If I were being shot at and had just one sheet, I'd simply not wipe. Things would get kind of crusty, but it would be better than the severe abdominal distress after eating rations with a dirty finger.

I was taught that in the scouts. But as Glatt said, if you were that desperate for wipeables, you probably wouldn't care. In the real world we need more.

[xoxoxoBruce]

Toilet maker warns its popular bidets may catch fire
Associated Press
TOKYO — Japan's leading toilet maker Toto Ltd. is offering free repairs for 180,000 bidet toilets after wiring problems caused several to catch fire, the company said today.

The electric bidet accessory of Toto's Z series caught fire in three separate incidents between March 2006 and March 2007, according to company spokeswoman Emi Tanaka. The bidet sent up smoke in 26 other incidents, the company said.

"Fortunately, nobody was using the toilets when the fire broke out and there were no injuries," Tanaka said. "The fire would have been just under your buttocks."

The company will repair 180,000 toilet units manufactured between May 1996 and December 2001 for free, she said. A manufacturing defect is thought to have led to the faulty wiring.

Toto has been a pioneer in high-tech toilets fitted with pressurized water sprayers — a standard fixture in Japanese homes.

The popular Z series features a pulsating massage spray, a power dryer, built-in-the-bowl deodorizing filter, the "Tornado Wash" flush and a lid that opens and closes automatically. Prices range from $1,680 to $2,600.

The model is not sold overseas.

How many rolls of toilet paper would you have to burn to make the electricity to power those bidets?

[BigV]

Originally Posted by monster

I was taught that in the scouts. But as Glatt said, if you were that desperate for wipeables, you probably wouldn't care. In the real world we need more.

It is a cautionary humorous urban legend in our scout troop too.

It was a joke, people. For all I know, she was trying to yank Karl Rove's chain. I read that he flinched and yelped "Don't touch me!" when she put her hand on his arm while making a point. If so, good job.