Toilet paper

Grayling, I met that lady in Barcelona too! I remember her giving me only two sheets, I was horrified! She must have been making a mint!

On visiting toilets in many countries when I was working I learned to take my own loo roll! Inset toilet bowls into the floor and sprays for cleaning oneself were not my scene - and these days I would be unable to hover at all and I'd certainly not be adept at handling a spray hose in the right place!!!

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How did we ever survive that awful Izal (??) paper? Shiny on one side and therefore utterly useless, and it was the only product available. I don't recall when soft tissue type loo rolls came into being.

Why did they make it shiny on one side? Was it to strengthen it?

The toilet paper in hospitals drives me nuts... either wedged into the holder so tightly that you pull out a whole wad, or so loosely that they flutter to the floor - where they usually remain for the rest of the day on a ward where people have had abdominal surgery and can't bend down to pick them up, and the nurses are too busy to even notice. Along with accumulated cardboard sample pans containing, well - 'samples'.

The thinking is apparently that patients will use less if it's not on a convenient roll. Judging by the amount of paper on the toilet floor last time I was in the Gloucestershire Royal (a misnomer if ever there was one), the 'thinking' got it wrong.

I know someone who was horrified to find that the toilet paper in the postnatal ward she had just arrived in was the hard stuff - not the best. perhaps, when you're a bit tender. She went home the same day! I suppose it's one way to prevent bed blocking in a maternity hospital, but it seems a bit drastic.

dogsmother, I always take my own (without the hahaha) as I avoid the ones I'm allergic to!

I was amused to read that the late Queen Mother still carried on using Izal toilet paper, contained in a brown box.

And recycled toilet paper always makes me think it has been used the same way before 😨

I was an NHS nurse all my working life. When I first started as a 16 year old nursing cadet in 1960, I remember every sheet of toilet paper in the hospital having Government Property stamped on it. It was the hard shiny variety as well, if anyone was thinking of stealing it they must have been hard up. A lot of the patients had their own, the soft type, brought in.

I eventually ran out of the enormous box of Who Gives a Crap loo roll I inadvertently ordered, and bought Andrex while waiting for a new supply to arrive. There was a roll of aging Andrex at the bottom of the loo roll basket. Comparing the two Andrex's I can say that not only is Andrex now thinner but also the sheets are smaller. It was a relief to get back to WGaC!

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As I had my ileostomy 34 years ago, have not had to wipe my arse since then. Obviously still use loo paper for my wees, and also need to it clean my bag each time. Just normal re-cycled loo paper does me fine. I do carry some with me all the time,just in case any public toilet I use does not have any. As I tend to empty my bag each time I go to a loo, it is important that I can clean it properly so need toilet paper for that.

Bum washer would be of no use to me, but I have found the newly installed 'comfort height' loo in my en-suite is an absolute blessing.

Those who had the hard shiny Izal were lucky. We had old newpaper hung on the back of the door...

We had to use Izal because my stepsister and auntie both worked there, and brought the stuff home.

As long as there is some, I don’t notice the toilet paper.

As a child, many years ago, we used old newspaper as toilet paper.My friends outside toilets also had news paper.Why outside toilet ? ! The bathrooms had a bath and a furnace to heat water,no sink. When brushing teeth, the kitchen sink was used! My aunt's loo was outside , in a shed and she used its contents in her vegetable garden. When visiting Aunt, my mum would remind me not to have a lettuce sandwich if offer one.

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It was a relief to get back to WGaC
Having just “discovered” this, I totally agree!
No details why (TMI) but infinitely preferable to any I have used before.

always gets me that in hospitals they give you coloured sandpaper. worse thing for ladies is rough coloured paper so makes you wonder why!
learnt over the years always pack a few loo rolls when going away as apart from the type often it a measly amount too

In future, take your own.

Bronco and Izal. Horrible, slithery stuff. I had a primary school chum whose parents had an outside loo (bench type & no flush but a bucket) with the ubiquitous squares of newspaper hanging on a piece of string.

What beats it though, was an old boif had a flat in The Admiralty. Each sheet of Bronco was stamped with "Government Property"! What? Did they want it back?!

Good quality toilet rolls are desirable. We camp in Europe so always pack toilet rolls as often no rolls and no toilet seats. As a household we have been converted to Wype - recommend it to feel clean.

Costco toilet paper is, in my opinion, the best.