# Toilet paper **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 5, 2008, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873 "2008-12-05T16:32:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/41 "2008-12-06T08:05:54Z")
Scott tissue or Kroger equivalent only. Any perfumes, additives, etc make me itch like crazy. Do you know how hard it is to be itchy down there? Yowza! ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/42 "2008-12-06T08:22:13Z")
> [@Hockey\_Monkey](#): > > Scott - too rough > Charmin - too soft and linty > Cottonelle - juuuuust right Cottonelle is all I use. I keep a roll in the truck and one in the car. When I pack a bag to travel, there is always room for good TP. Hell, you can trade it for lots of goodies in the Carribean or Mexico. It is like gold.Trust me on that. ---
**Author:** ![Merhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@Merhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merhouse)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/43 "2008-12-06T15:17:39Z")
> [@Gwyen](#): > > Am I the only Angel Soft fan here? Just rightm and fairly cheap too. Nope, though we may be a committee of two 😉 I was going to mention it myself! As for Scott, I really thought my father was the only person in the world who actually likes using it. He was astounded when I brought my own TP when I visit him (we’re far away, so, it’s generally a visit for a week or two, WAY too long to put up with Scott). ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/44 "2008-12-06T17:24:34Z")
I found a 6 pack of good toilet paper. I have it downstairs in the can she never uses. I feel like I am cheating but … I dood it. It will last me a while. When I was single I could buy butt wipe by the 6 pack. Now I gotta unload a trunk full when she shops.What the hell do women do that requires so much paper? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/45 "2008-12-06T19:44:09Z")
Another Scott man here. I don’t want fluffy toilet paper. Give me something with a little friction that grabs on to my shit and doesn’t smudge it all around with it’s soft, thick fibers. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/46 "2008-12-06T20:40:12Z")
Fifthing (or sixthing) the Scott (or whatever’s cheapest). It’s what I grew up on. The key to effective wiping is to _blot_, not to spread. I use a half dozen sheets of Scott and a single flushable wet wipe that takes care of any clingy bits on the crackhairs. My ex wife was a Cottonelle person. She’d go through a 12-pack of triple rolls in about three weeks. I, on the other hand, have gone through a total of two 1000-sheet rolls of Scott in five months. I started on my third a couple of days ago. You people wipe wrong. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/47 "2008-12-06T21:03:27Z")
Is toilet paper in other countries really that bad? I have just been to tourist places so they had the same stuff we do. ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/48 "2008-12-06T21:10:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Is toilet paper in other countries really that bad? I have just been to tourist places so they had the same stuff we do. Oh, yeah. I’ve had TP that made those brown paper grocery bags seem cush. It makes a nice writing paper, not TP. ---
**Author:** ![Lordviper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a8b319/32.png) [@Lordviper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lordviper)\ **Post date:** [December 6, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/49 "2008-12-06T21:44:48Z")
Lol. I don’t have a personal preference myself so long as it does the job and doesn’t require me to stick my arm half way up my ass to make sure its clean. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/50 "2008-12-07T00:45:48Z")
> [@gigi](#): > > Can I ask, does anyone here buy Scott Tissue and if so, why? I do. Everything else feels like I’m wiping my ass with a comforter. Might feel okay but doesn’t feel like it’s doing the job. Gotta get into the nooks and crannies. 🙂 Plus a roll of Scott lasts forever. With most other stuff, I can kill half a roll after a night of drinking. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/51 "2008-12-07T01:57:46Z")
> [@](#): > > What the hell do women do that requires so much paper? You don’t want to know. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/52 "2008-12-07T02:01:24Z")
Some people have nooks and crannies. I am learning things man was not supposed to know. ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/53 "2008-12-07T03:33:39Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > You don’t want to know. Is it that secretive/offensive? I thought the answer was simple - they use TP when they pee. And they pee a lot. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/54 "2008-12-07T03:55:24Z")
They got prostate trouble? ---
**Author:** ![CAT\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9dc877/32.png) [@CAT\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CAT_1)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/55 "2008-12-07T04:06:48Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > What the hell do women do that requires so much paper? You are joking right? Because even my husband, and I think my five year old son, know the answer to this. I will explain it all to you graphically if you want. BTW, I swear the hubby and son use just as much in one #2 session as I use all day, so it all equals out. p.s. We like the good stuff too. It is either Cottonelle, or Charmin here. ---
**Author:** ![black\_rabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f19dbf/32.png) [@black\_rabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/black_rabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/56 "2008-12-07T04:29:26Z")
Yeah, but I usually give the rim of the bowl a quick wipe when _I_ take a leak, so it should even out. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/57 "2008-12-07T08:20:52Z")
> [@amarone](#): > > Is it that secretive/offensive? I thought the answer was simple - they use TP when they pee. And they pee a lot. It was a joke. Sort of. And yes, we use it when we pee…but some women also wrap their tampons/pads in TP while disposing of them. My mother brought me up to wrap my used sanitary napkins in old newspapers (this was before pads came conveniently wrapped in their own disposal packets). Yes, I’m old enough to remember wearing an elastic belt to hold my sanitary napkins…we didn’t have self-stick pads in those days. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/58 "2008-12-07T16:26:48Z")
Yes, the wrapping of the feminine products. The toilet paper also gets used to: -clean off excessive blush or eye shadow -wipe off toothpaste smears in the sink -wipe off other spills in the bathroom -clean my glasses -blow my nose ---
**Author:** ![Qwisp](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qwisp/32/397_2.png) [@Qwisp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qwisp)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/59 "2008-12-07T17:41:44Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Charmin Strong, not Charmin Soft. Soft leaves lint, and feels slippery to boot. > > To the OP - donate it to a shelter or something, and go buy some good stuff. I accidentally bought the soft last time, it might as well be a different brand it’s not comparable. It’s gotta be the Charmin strong. I use less, no linting. Best TP ever. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873/60 "2008-12-07T17:42:46Z")
Isn’t it supposed to be bad to clean your glasses with toilet paper? I do it too ,but I think it is supposed to be bad for glasses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/475873.md?page=4)