History of Toilet Paper

[j.sabourn]

Some chosen facts of a list of 38 I have.
1. The. First recorded use of toilet paper was in 6th century China.
3. packaged toilet paper wasn’t sold in the USA until 1857.
4. Joseph Gayety, the man who introduced packaged TP to the US had his name on every sheet.
5. Global toilet paper demand uses nearly 30,000 trees every day. That’s 10 million trees a year.
7. It wasn’t until 1935 that splinter proof toilet paper was promised.
8. Americans use an average of 8.6 sheets every trip to the bathroom.
10. The average roll has 333. Sheets.
12. In the middle ages they used. Agompf stick.
13. Wealthy Romans used wool soaked in rose water. French Royalty used lace.
14 Before toilet paper things used:Hay, corn cobs, sticks, fruit peels seashells, knotted ropes.
15. 70-75% of the world doesn’t use , because it’s too expensive.
19. On the international space station it is sealed in special containers and compressed.
20... During desert storm , the US army used toilet paper to camouflage their tanks.
33. If you hang your toilet paper so you pull from the bottom you are considered brainier than someone who pulls from the top .....
36. When asked what necessity they would bring to a desert island, 49% said TP before food.

JS

[happy daze john in oz]

But of course for us normal people long before such inventions we made do with the local; news paper.

This of course did bring it's own problems, dark ink rings around the rear end, nothing to wrap the fish and chips in and then in the 80's nasty cases of adds was discovered.

[j.sabourn]

The trick with newspaper John was crumpling it all up beforehand then straightening, this maide it much softer and took most of the ink to your hands rather than the other end.
A couple more on the same subject.....
26... in 1996 President Clinton passed a Toilet Paper Tax of 6 cents per roll, which is still in effect today, Obama tried to triple that but the House wouldn’t. Pass it.
28. The most expensive toilet. Paper in the world is a Portuguese brand Renova.
17. Coloured toilet paper was popular in the US up until the 1940s.

JS

[Keith Tindell]

A good business idea for someone, each section of the TP to have a picture of well known politicians, oh what joys and pleasure could be had from that, kt

[Harry Nicholson]

1959 - Sailed with a chief R/O who had been through the war. He said TP was rationed to three sheets per visit. The maxim, he said, being: " One to wipe, two to clean, three to polish."

[Tony Taylor]

1959 - Sailed with a chief R/O who had been through the war. He said TP was rationed to three sheets per visit. The maxim, he said, being: " One to wipe, two to clean, three to polish."

Sailed with a Chief Steward who adhered to that very line (mid 70's) when we were running low ha ha!

[cappy]

Sailed with a Chief Steward who adhered to that very line (mid 70's) when we were running low ha ha!

###similar was one sheet fore to aft one sheet aft to forrard ...third sheet athwartships.....impossible with bronco.....bronco headed where it decided....lol cappy

[Keith at Tregenna]

The Great TP Shortage of '73

In the 1970s, major energy shortages resulted in virtual panic regarding gasoline. So, in 1973, when comedian Johnny Carson joked about a potential toilet paper shortage, people took him seriously, buying up all of the local supplies. Carson went on the next night, apologizing for causing a scare, but in some places the shortage continued for weeks.

Apparently, this Chinese invention of toilet paper never caught on in Europe at the time. Rich people used cloth or hemp to clean themselves. The poor used rags, leaves or their own hands. King Henry VIII had a designated "Groom of the Stool", and the job responsibilities were exactly what you think.

K.

[David Williams]

Im having trouble finding left handed toilet rolls !!!!!!!
Dave

[Stan Carter]

I find it really annoying when your fingers break through the paper.....
regards. stan.