Loo role usage

[elgroucho]

I noticed Bob's question below, and it reminded me of an incident a week or two ago. A friend used my toilet for a number two and complained that there were only 3 squares of loo role left. It was good quality stuff mind, not your happyshopper type stuff, and an argument ensued. I said 3 squares was as much as I ever needed, my friend said he used up to 12 squares at a time. I thought that was excessive as one square can be used for more than one wipe, and therefore 3 is plenty.

How many do you use?

[Scullywoo]

Wow - the in's and out's (!!!) of one's toilet habits, what a wondering afternoon topic!!!

I can't believe you use one square for more than 1 wipe - eugh!!!  I use atleast 3 to 4 squares for no more than one wipe ever!!  Depends on one's drop size/state I suppose!

Happy wiping!

[Scullywoo]

That was supposed to be 'wonderful' afternoon topic - sorry!

p.s.  My boyf would also disagree elgroucho - once in a dilema at the work site loo's, he was already 'mission accomplished' to find there was no loo roll at all and therefore had to use his socks - most unpleasant and not recommended!!!

[natalie_1982]

I can't believe you only use one square, that's nasty unless you're actually using a quilt as opposed to quilted tissue.  I use a min 3-4 squares each time though depending on size / state I may fold and use again.

I can't believe I just printed that.  Ugh.

[luckystrike]

I too use 3 or 4 squares each time, and on special occasions, I throw a few in first to prevent splash back!

I've heard that soldiers can get by with one square in total - firstly, they tear a stamp-sized piece from the corner.  Then they wipe their brown eye with their hand, use the big bit of paper for cleaning their fingers, and the small square for under their nails.

As per natalie_1982, I'm horrified that I've written this.

[natalie_1982]

I am quite obsessive that if I use a public loo with the wall dispenser things that let you have one square at a time I have to have ten.  I don't know why but I have to count 10 squares of tissue each time.

[landie]

I suppose scullywoo that you use one side and retain same for the next time when you use the other side? Myself I use about twelve squares neatly folded and then the bidet.

[amarillis]

I use about 3-4 squares each time, although like natalie I always use more in public toilets - with the one-square-at-a-time dispensers I always use 6 (yes, I count out 6 squares, how weird).

I had a flatmate once who used copious amounts - we went through a whole roll of toilet paper every couple of days.

[ajcmum]

firstly, I can't believe you only use on square per wipe, and secondly, can't believe that you actually got into an argument about it!!!  No way is one square per wipe enough.  I never have, nor never will start counting how many squares I use

[SASHAGREEN]

i never really counted! i just ball up a bunch of toilet paper and wipe. the further my hands are from poo, the better!

[SASHAGREEN]

i just went to check i average about 12 squares!

[emmalee]

Our family wipe till its clean!!  Could be two, could be twenty two!!

[goldheart]

I dont count either, never have, just as many as it takes, just scrunch it up and use it....

I read in that Bravo 2 Zero that when they went on their mission they didnt take bog roll - it was extra space in their back packs. It said that if your squatting down you dont need to use the stuff... so I suppose it just falls out.

They had to bag their poo and take it with them as well, so they didnt leave any evidence of their presence!

Also, my friend is married to a Turkish man, he cant believe that us English dont actually wash our bums every time we go for a poo. Bidets are so common but not over here, funny when you think of them, they make alot of sense really!!

[l_h_kings]

I can't believe people poo away from home. The only place I can poo is in my own loo.

I use as many 'squares' as it takes.

My husband is very maticulous at folding the paper correctly. He has a poo time routine which involves two sheets folded along the perforation per wipe. Several of these are prepared in advance of wiping whilst the actual poo is being done.

Kind Regards.

[silly moo]

I'm def in agreement with your friend and shall say no more!

[flaming]

It's like one of those "how long is a piece of string" Qs.   I think it depends on the type of evacuation, which is dependent upon a person's diet.  Sometimes people could manage with a small amount of paper, sometimes with loads!  Lucky is the person who knows it's always going to be as expected and even luckier the person who can always do a "clean break".  I am a vegetarian and probably do not eat enough roughage and with IBS it makes it a big clean up job most of the time, whereas when I was younger it was the opposite case.

[flaming]

P.S.  Poo is only the end product after the marvellous food-processing plant we all rely on each day, for many years.   We EAT the food that it becomes when we have finished absorbing the nutrients. It is amazing how many enzymes and stuff are involved in keeping us going.

[PurplePixie]

I must use loads, I just start winding a bunch when I first sit down & keep winding until I'm all done!

My mother said that when I moved out,the toilet roll consumption in my parents house went down dramatically. I also like to finish with a baby wipe, just to make sure I'm completely polished!!

[funkychicken]

For the first wipe I use 3 squares, for each subsequent wipe I use 2 squares. Don't you people realise using loads of toilet paper isn't exactly good for the environment?? On the other hand using each bit more than once is quite frankly disgusting

[artee]

All I can say elgroucho, after all the other comments, is that you must be very dry, and since you are saving so much toilet paper, you could consider changing your name. 'Elhappo', 'wipe me not'....

[elgroucho]

Wow wow wow, let me say my statement in the question may have been ambiguous. I don't use one square per visit, I mean one square can be folded and used again in the same visit! Therefore a total of three  whole squares in one visit is quite enough.