Alpoesque musing

[Capt. James H. Callahan]

Does anyone believe this? Looks like a plain roll of TP to me. I think they are peeing down our back and telling us it's rain 🤪

JHC

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

I’ve had some large rolls that would not fit in my tp holders. Somewhere on the package should be some numbers.

[Capt. James H. Callahan]

Their "regulars" must be those little 2 inch baby ones we used to take backpacking.

JHC

[Texas Lizard]

Rebrand it and make it fluffy....Increase price....Begin to wonder...Might have to save all those Christmas junk mail....Drill a hole and hang it up....

 

Texas Lizard

[Wallaby Jack, SASS #44062]

34 minutes ago, Texas Lizard said:

Rebrand it and make it fluffy....Increase price....Begin to wonder...Might have to save all those Christmas junk mail....Drill a hole and hang it up....

 

Texas Lizard

 

    ......... always the eternal constant ..........  🙃

[Seamus McGillicuddy]

Would you prefer corn cobs or the Sears catalogue?
 

Seamus

[Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474]

Sears Catalogue please.

Dried corncobs, while effective have...............................drawbacks.

[bgavin]

I look for the lowest number of sheets per roll.
This indicates the strongest material and least likely to fall apart.

Costco seems to offer the best pricing.
I also notice some rolls are wider than "standard" which poses a problem in some mounts.

[Alpo]

13 hours ago, Cold Lake Kid, SASS # 51474 said:

Sears Catalogue please.

Dried corncobs, while effective have...............................drawbacks.

When Daddy was growing up he spent summers on his cousin's farm. 1930s. Outhouse. And corn cobs.

 

He told me that there was a bucket of red corn cobs and a bucket of white corn cobs. The procedure was wipe with two red ones, then wipe with a white one to see if you needed another red one.

[Cypress Sun]

13 hours ago, Seamus McGillicuddy said:

Would you prefer corn cobs or the Sears catalogue?
 

Seamus

 

Sears catalogue.

That way I can "Read 'em and wipe."

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

On 10/3/2024 at 6:42 PM, Seamus McGillicuddy said:

Would you prefer corn cobs or the Sears catalogue?
 

Seamus

We never stooped to that.  We had burlap tote sacks.   They were washable and  reusable.  Made getting a "red a$$" take on an entirely new meaning.  

[Alpo]

On a survival board I was on years ago, they were talking about what to use when there was no longer any toilet paper. Phone books. Leaves. Corn cobs.

 

And somebody come up with what I thought was an excellent idea. Washcloth in a bucket of water. Wash yourself clean, then ring out the rag and leave it for the next person. Lot more sense than trying to make something disposable.