# On the crapper: how many wipes? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 20, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362 "2010-11-20T20:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/21 "2010-11-21T22:02:35Z")
I have a [bidet attachment](http://sanicare-bidets.stores.yahoo.net/acehsbidet.html) on all the toilets in our house, so I just “wipe” once to blot dry, and that’s it. Clean as a whistle. If I have to poo somewhere other than my house? I dunno, 100,000 wipes? I never feel clean with just TP. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2010, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/22 "2010-11-21T23:47:41Z")
Well, however many it takes to get clean. A couple times with tp, and I use flushable wipes for the last two, so I voted four. ---
**Author:** ![iamnotbatman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/858c86/32.png) [@iamnotbatman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamnotbatman)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/23 "2010-11-22T02:50:11Z")
Interesting how often wipes have come up in the comments. It sounds like a good idea, for me at least, but I had no idea it was common. There is probably a bit of a selection bias in this data set though. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/24 "2010-11-22T04:03:04Z")
People are choosing zero? Some nasty mofos on this bitch. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/25 "2010-11-22T13:57:45Z")
[Til it Shines.](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdtAH_Aknnc)😉 ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/26 "2010-11-22T18:39:29Z")
Jesus Christ! Some of you people must have silken, lavender-flavored, sparkly anuses of cotton candy (band name). It’s a butthole. What’s with all the baby wipes and bidets? Does it stink from outside your pants? No? Then move on. ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/27 "2010-11-22T21:33:09Z")
Sometimes the TP’s clean after the first one (the “where the hell did it go” shit). Sometimes I have to flush repeatedly just from the wads of paper that keep coming back with the same racing stripe down the middle just so it doesn’t clog and overflow (the “when’s it gonna stop” shit). On a normal day, I’d say three is pretty standard. First one gets the bulk of it, 2nd takes care of the residuals, third is the safety. ---
**Author:** ![BigBertha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/d78d45/32.png) [@BigBertha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigBertha)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/28 "2010-11-22T21:39:12Z")
Its usually in the morn, so I bathe afterwards. Theres those rare moments where all is clean and I don’t have to. ---
**Author:** ![Cubsfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Cubsfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cubsfan)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/29 "2010-11-22T21:47:24Z")
> [@BigBertha](#): > > Its usually in the morn, so I bathe afterwards. Theres those rare moments where all is clean and I don’t have to. I don’t get this. You take a shit and don’t wipe? How do you know if it’s all clean then? Shitstainers! ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [November 22, 2010, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/30 "2010-11-22T23:58:07Z")
> [@Walmarticus](#): > > Jesus Christ! Some of you people must have silken, lavender-flavored, sparkly anuses of cotton candy (band name). > > It’s a butthole. What’s with all the baby wipes and bidets? > > Does it stink from outside your pants? No? Then move on. Some of us are on intimate terms with other people, for one thing. Some of us don’t like to have shit on us regardless of intimacy with other people. Why would you NOT use a bidet if you had it available? I mean it’s just a handle I turn while I’m sitting on the toilet, then I blot dry and I’m done. And I know I’m actually clean., for ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2010, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/31 "2010-11-23T00:04:57Z")
My policy is that two consecutive wipes must come back white. Usually, this takes about 4-5 wipes. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/32 "2010-11-24T06:00:40Z")
Some people put zero? Eeeew!!! Seriously, wipe until it’s clean, people. (Until your toilet paper has no residue) Ugh, I’m sorry, but between this and the bathing thread, Doper hygiene is really starting to gross me out. ---
**Author:** ![Walmarticus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Walmarticus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walmarticus)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2010, 6:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362/33 "2010-11-24T06:34:19Z")
> [@OpalCat](#): > > Some of us are on intimate terms with other people, for one thing. Some of us don’t like to have shit on us regardless of intimacy with other people. Why would you NOT use a bidet if you had it available? I mean it’s just a handle I turn while I’m sitting on the toilet, then I blot dry and I’m done. And I know I’m actually clean., for If I’m with a lady friend, I’m not going to splurge on the tp, I’m going to take a shower. I suppose I’d use a bidet, but mainly so I could conserve tp. My asshole smelling like poo is the last thing I’m worried about. That’s what I pay it for. I’m not going to stop wiping if corporeal poo solids still remain, of course. I stop when the tissue has reached a shade of ecru. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/on-the-crapper-how-many-wipes/561362.md?page=1)