Izal toilet paper

[dave50]

Does anyone still use it?

[glenis]

do they still sell it ????? I havn't seen it in years

[tonyav]

It used to make good tracing paper and also good for playing that well known musical instrument the comb !

[Big Jenny]

Horrible shiny, scratchy stuff.

BJ

[Robinia]

winces at the thought....not me!

Apparently so glenis
http://www.mysupermar...ng_toilet_tissue.html

[Sipowicz]

A pain in the arse!

[LochNessMonster]

Only when I can be arsed ?

[Ann]

Shiny hard texture and horrid smell ....... stuff of nightmares!

[maggiebee]

Worked for a boss back in the 70s who would only buy Izal for the office. Said he couldn't stand the soft stuff sticking to his Yabbie. Haven't seen it in years but as Tony says, it made great tracing paper.

[heathfield]

The simple trick with scratchy old Izal was to scrunch it up tightly, rub it between your hands, then unfold it before using it. Voila! No longer scratchy! Its other advantage was that it was 'gas-proof'. This meant that bacteria couldn't pass through it onto your hands, so it was considered healthier than soft tissue - which can let those bugs through.

[craft1948]

My brother...............my poor mother used to have 2 toilet roll holders in the bathroom, 1 for his Izal and 1 for the regular stuff.

[gingejbee]

....however, it didn't disintegrate when wet and caused many a blocked drain / sewer pipe.

[Traci66]

Which is why heathfield, we wash our hands after using the bathroom.

[heathfield]

Sure we do, Traci. But remember that Izal was invented in the days of tenements and terrace houses with outside loos that lacked hand-washing facilities.

[TOWIE]

God no - my late father-in-law wouldn't use anything else, as he said his fingers went through the soft stuff.......{:o(

[Old_Geezer]

He was right. There isn't a good toilet paper sold. Soft stuff have one set of problems, the hard stuff a different set. Maybe next millenium they'll have worked out a better method of cleaning because it's clear it's too difficult for experts to work out at the moment.

[MichaelZZ]

I remember a colleague of mine being confronted by a "Big Issue" salesman and replying, "No thanks, mate. I've just bought some Izal."

[LoftyLottie]

It made very good tracing paper. If I needed tracing paper as a kid in the 50's I was directed to the loo (true)

[LoftyLottie]

I suppose Izal was a luxury at one time, after the experience of outside loos with newspapers cut up and hung on a hook!!