# Throwing paper towels into the toilet

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 17, 2007, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926 "2007-08-17T12:40:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jayn\_Newell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Jayn\_Newell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jayn_Newell)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926/21 "2007-08-17T21:00:48Z")

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[QUOTE=Gary T]  
That might actually work. But the nightmares it could induce…  
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“Mommy! The potty is trying to eat me!”

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**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926/22 "2007-08-17T21:20:16Z")

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[QUOTE=Myglaren]  
Which is why they put them in the cistern - so the management wouldn’t see them.  
Forgot to add that my daughter has a toilet with a macerator (garbagulator] attached. The waste pipe is only a 2" bore so the macerator is essential.  
It is reasonably quiet.  
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That would be handy if ever you have a python or rat coming up the pipe.

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**Author:** ![Myglaren](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f1d935/32.png) [@Myglaren](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myglaren)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926/23 "2007-08-17T21:23:14Z")

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I dread to think what is inside it but will find out tomorrow - I have the toilet to replace, my son in law put a hammer through it while trying to fit a new seat.

Perhaps he thought he should nail it on.

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**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926/24 "2007-08-17T21:43:52Z")

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What, you’ve never heard of [water hammer](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_hammer) before? 😉

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**Author:** ![Mathochist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c89c15/32.png) [@Mathochist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mathochist)\
**Post date:** [August 17, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/throwing-paper-towels-into-the-toilet/415926/25 "2007-08-17T22:09:08Z")

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[QUOTE=Harmonious Discord]  
That would be handy if ever you have a python or rat coming up the pipe.  
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Also useful for airplane bathrooms. You know… for the snakes.

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