# Thoughts on Bathroom Tissue **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 15, 2024, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609 "2024-02-15T17:00:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/41 "2024-02-15T20:12:17Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > What is the worst product you’ve used, either poor quality or emergency equivalent? Back in the late 70s or so, the toilet paper at school (and in a lot of public toilets) in England was not soft at all. It was like thin greaseproof paper or tracing paper on a roll - crackly and dry, and with no absorbency or surface softness at all. It was necessary to crumple and unfold it repeatedly to make it usable. It was printed with ‘council property - now wash your hands’ ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/42 "2024-02-15T20:37:17Z")
Good lord, how Dickensian. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/43 "2024-02-15T20:44:21Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > > > Paper towels often allow you to “choose a size” for small spills. > > I like these because I often use paper towels while cooking, such as covering or wrapping or going under food I put in the microwave. The half size paper towels are often ideal for that. Yes. I love the half-sized sheets. I probably use the half-sized sheets twice as much as two-sheets-making-up-one-full-sized sheet. I only used wipes when I was desert camping. Using wipes for washing hands was saving water for more critical needs like drinking water. Do they still make colored TP? I don’t see it anymore. When I heard the dyes were bad, I stopped using them any way (like decades ago). I like my TP soft, but not too soft. Scented TP is stoopid. > [@Yosh99](#): > > Scott toilet paper once had a commercial that used the “Atholl Highlanders” as the theme song. One of their marketing people must have been a piper and had a sense of humor. Well, their name _is_ Scott. I remember an old TV ad for Scott TP that started with a “Grrrrrreat Scott” voiceover. > [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > The roll in the bathroom was one-ply, brown color, and seemed almost deliberately, maliciously extra-scratchy. A friend of mine from high school wrote me a letter from France during her after graduation trip abroad on French TP. Light brown, and, er, crisp. > [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > My grandmother had a toilet paper holder, a porcelain doll with a wide skitrt, in the vicinity of the toilet so that no one would ever know she occasionally pooped. My maternal grandmother made crocheted versions of these. Like dozens of them. Thankfully, we lived half a continent away. ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/44 "2024-02-15T20:44:38Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > No love for lavender? Perhaps “buttered popcorn” is the ungendered scent of success. There is no such thing as a scent that everybody likes. Just as there is no such thing as a food that everybody likes. There’s not much to be done about the latter other than try to have choices available; but the scent issue is easily dealt with. At least, for toilet paper. Unscented versions of many other things are way too hard to come by. I don’t go to town very often and live in a house with what at least ought to be extra storage space. I keep stocked up on a lot of things. If you read the labels thoroughly, you can generally figure out how much toilet paper you’re getting. Two ply will go further than one ply. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/45 "2024-02-15T20:49:22Z")
I think the purpose was to discourage use of the toilets. Certainly I figured out pretty quickly to make sure I went at home before school, or hung on until home time. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/46 "2024-02-15T21:21:17Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > Some leaves are edible. If you know how to forage. Absolutely, why else do you think we regularly have E-Coli outbreaks from eating spinach? ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/47 "2024-02-15T21:43:03Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > It was like the opposite of Charmin: neither soft, _NOR_ strong, and in local contexts, not even all that cheap. The worst of all possible worlds. On top of that, our rooms were bugged. I went to pick up my colleague one morning and she complained that the maid service had stolen her toilet paper. When she went back for lunch, the toilet paper was sitting on the bathroom counter. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/48 "2024-02-15T22:20:46Z")
> [@Dr\_Paprika](#): > > What, no scented toilet paper? (See mandouche.). I suggest lavender, which anyone can enjoy. Out of curiosity, I recently bought some Northern toilet paper with lilac and vanilla scented tubes. I love vanilla scent but it’s really not that noticeable so I can’t say that it elevated my experience. [Quilted Northern® Ultra Plush® Sweet Lilac & Vanilla Scented Toilet Paper | Quilted Northern®](https://www.quiltednorthern.com/toilet-paper/ultra-plush-with-scented-tube) ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/49 "2024-02-15T22:49:10Z")
_Enlightenment?_. That’s a pretty fancy word, unless you are moving pounds of product. Or using one of the Japanese ones with noise masking music, floral scents, coffee making skills or temperature and vibration control. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/50 "2024-02-15T23:08:44Z")
Wash. Yes…wash your leaves(spinach, turnip, kale, etc.) Grow your own. Easily done. If you forage in the woods, well use your imagination what may have slept, peed or pooped on it. Again, wash. There’s an old saying: “Don’t poop too close to the house” If you wanna poop in the woods use leaves to your hearts content. I’ll not be doing it. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/51 "2024-02-15T23:46:46Z")
An American Heritage dictionary definition from a quick Google. **quilt /kwĭlt/** (noun) 1. A coverlet or blanket made of two layers of fabric with a layer of cotton, wool, feathers, or down in between, all stitched firmly together, usually in a decorative design. 2. A thick protective cover similar to or suggestive of a quilt. 3. Anything that is **quilted** ; esp., a quilted bed cover, or a skirt worn by women; any cover or garment made by putting wool, cotton, etc., between two cloths and stitching them together; also, any outer bed cover. ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2024, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/52 "2024-02-15T23:48:55Z")
So “quilted” seems like a pretty fancy schmancy term to me. The definition neglects to include bathroom tissue. But maybe the two layers are separated by a caramel centre (eventually). ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/53 "2024-02-16T00:10:06Z")
No, it’s actually the two plies being run through a roller with a design on it, so that the paper is tacked together in spots that repeat the pattern. QN was my go-to TP (I still have 2 12-packs in the garage) until Covid, when all they had was Cottonelle. I have come to greatly prefer the latter. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/54 "2024-02-16T00:19:56Z")
I used to use Quilted Northern and sometimes the lilac scented. Now I prefer Cottonelle because its better for panty lining. People have thought me weird for going through one roll in 2 days but I wipe more than once, then use some for pantylining. Also its cheaper than buying tissues so it goes quickly. I remember colored toilet paper but it seemed to stop up the toilet more than white did. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/55 "2024-02-16T00:37:03Z")
I wish 1 roll in 2 days was all we used. Lemme count: 2 permanent boys. (Boys with large bathroom needs). 2 part-time girls, they prefer my bathroom other than the downstairs 1/2 bath. (Don’t blame them). Pair of twin toddlers who like to waste paper. And sometimes Mom forgot the baby wipes. And they are just now potty training. (They are visiting frequently) 2 grown men. Not even gonna go there. 4 women of various ages and needs of toilet paper. In-comprehensible. And … Son-of-a-wrek. Omg! that boy won’t do. I suspect some days 5 rolls are used. Usually 3. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/56 "2024-02-16T00:39:35Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > Do they still make colored TP? I don’t see it anymore. When I heard the dyes were bad, I stopped using them any way (like decades ago). I like my TP soft, but not too soft. Scented TP is stoopid. Hmm, you’re right. Maybe it messed up the septic system. They used to make colored Kleenex also, haven’t seen that for a while, though I buy mine at Costco. Cary Grant liked the colors so much that he decorated his bathroom to match one. Then Kleenex announced they were discontinuing it. He complained, and they sent him a railway car load of them. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/57 "2024-02-16T02:48:09Z")
I double my usage of toilet paper by using both sides of each sheet. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/58 "2024-02-16T03:18:35Z")
I think that’s…ER .umm…ok, not sanitary at all. Are you serious? ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/59 "2024-02-16T03:51:02Z")
I go a step further. Separate the two plys and you get FOUR usable sides per sheet! ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2024, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thoughts-on-bathroom-tissue/997609/60 "2024-02-16T04:21:11Z")
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