Toilet Paper!

[davieG]

A nice tasteful poll for you!

The Facts:

THE HISTORY OF TOILET PAPER:

Obviously, toilet paper hasn't been around forever. We can be pretty sure that those living before the late 19th Century weren't able to drop by their local quickie mart mega stores to pick up a case of Charmin triple-ply, or Cottonelle flushable moist wipes. Rather, the innovation of the roll of toilet paper is a very modern product and convenience, in which today, has arguably become a household commodity.

So then, how did we go from nature's fruitful leaves to the multiple choices that we are bombarded with every time we enter the tissue section at the grocery store today?

Evidence seems to suggest that original material used in place of toilet paper ranged anywhere from leaves and sticks, to cobs of corn, or linen. It is believed that although the earliest form of toilet paper on a roll wasn't introduced until 1880, people made do with many various items that stemmed from their environments.

With a little over 6 billion humans living on earth, that calls for the daily production of 83,048,116 rolls per day with no days off and no vacations, 30.6 billion rolls per year and 2.7 rolls per second. Strangely enough, that's 80% greater than our daily consumption or use of salt, 63% greater than our average use of milk, and 84 billion more people served annually than McDonald's fast food restaurants. Yet, still we often times remain oblivious to toilet paper and take advantage of the convenience it provides for us.

Each time we reach for the "cotton-saviour", an average tear of 5.9 sheets is ripped from the roll. 44% of people wipe from front to back, and 60% look at the paper having just wiped, 42% fold, 33% crumple, 8% do both fold and crumple, 6% wrap it around their hands and at least 50% of people have at one time or another wiped with leaves, or something foreign to toilet paper (8% hands, 1% money).

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You might ask - where do they get these facts

[Cobbo]

Fold nice and neatly then smother in brown stuff for a tasty, decorative finish.

[Cat Burger]

Here's an interesting fact for you, until about a year ago I used to stand up to wipe my arse. One day I just thought, 'what am I doing?'

[Newcastle_Fox]

Leave a sponge beside the toilet and use that, saves on buying expensive toilet paper

[john_lcfc]

im not going to read this thread anymore its just wrong..talk about something else like what product you use

ANDREX!!!!

[Steven]

I use a goose's neck.

[Knighton Matt]

Here's an interesting fact for you, until about a year ago I used to stand up to wipe my arse. One day I just thought, 'what am I doing?'

I still do it's the way forward.

[Anish]

Here's an interesting fact for you, until about a year ago I used to stand up to wipe my arse. One day I just thought, 'what am I doing?'

LMAO!!

[Benji]

LMAO!

who the hell wraps it round their hand? own up 6% infact, the 8% who use their hands!

i've heard about the standing up obsession cat_burger, it was one of our topics once at coll and someone said it, weird stuff

[andyh1884]

I knew a guy at uni who could only have a dump if he was naked.

[holly]

I knew a guy at uni who could only have a dump if he was naked.

i no someone who does that aswell, he says he gets to het up doin it clothed