strange subject i no lol but it is a monday

btw i use 1 a month

Lol I'm always ranting about the amount of loo roll we go through... (There's only 2 of us and we're out most of the time!)

I'd say we go through 2 or 3 rolls a week, which is ridiculous for a couple! :o

I usually have some nice 'roll, such as this scented stuff or Andrex quilts, but with the current over-use, it's going to be smartprice when I go shopping later! :rolleyes:

A very unusual poll this one, not one I can answer because Mr V's other 'arf does the shopping for such things in this household. I shall slip the question into our dinner conversation this evening as casually as possible in order to gain the necessary info and vote.

One thing though about the poll, it has '1 a week' and '4 a month', surely these amount to the same? Perhaps this needs attention Panda, otherwise your vitally important research could be fundamentally flawed and open to suggestions of ballot rigging which in turn could lead to total anarchy within the Sheffield Forum due to a feeling of disenfranchisement within its general population and suspicions that you are gerrymandering the statistics for your own dubious ends. .
:loopy:

Originally posted by daverity
A very unusual poll this one, not one I can answer because Mr V's other 'arf does the shopping for such things in this household. I shall slip the question into our dinner conversation this evening as casually as possible in order to gain the necessary info and vote.

One thing though about the poll, it has '1 a week' and '4 a month', surely these amount to the same? Perhaps this needs attention Panda, otherwise your vitally important research could be fundamentally flawed and open to suggestions of ballot rigging which in turn could lead to total anarchy within the Sheffield Forum due to a feeling of disenfranchisement within its general population and suspicions that you are gerrymandering the statistics for your own dubious ends. .
:loopy:

i realised my mistake as soon as i tried to vote maybe one of those kind mods could edit my poll to make sure no dirty deeds can take place:o :o :o

Originally posted by panda79
i realised my mistake as soon as i tried to vote maybe one of those kind mods could edit my poll to make sure no dirty deeds can take place:o :o :o

I've altered it to 3 a month - if that's not the alteration you were thinking of then let me know :)

you forgot to include an option for "other" with a facility to explain what that other might be :D

Originally posted by panda79
i realised my mistake as soon as i tried to vote maybe one of those kind mods could edit my poll to make sure no dirty deeds can take place:o :o :o You shouldn't have admitted it was a mistake. You could have said you did it to catch people out!

I put in 4 a month now my votes been altered. It's a loo roll conspiracy, is nothing sacred any more?!:D

I hate toilet roll in the US, there are so many different types to choose from it is bewildering. You could spend a whole day in the loo paper aisle and still not know which one to buy!

Originally posted by tulip
You shouldn't have admitted it was a mistake. You could have said you did it to catch people out!

I put in 4 a month now my votes been altered. It's a loo roll conspiracy, is nothing sacred any more?!:D

I hate toilet roll in the US, there are so many different types to choose from it is bewildering. You could spend a whole day in the loo paper aisle and still not know which one to buy!

i tend to buy the tesco super soft toilet roll or if im feeling flush(ho)ho) ill go for the andrex , when i was married my ex insisted on having the most exspensive one bit silly really as they all do the same job:)

I used to work for a paper company in Bolton that used to make loo rolls and we used to supply Tesco, we didn't supply any other stores so I suppose that made Tesco our sole agents! :hihi:

There needs to be a separate poll here for men and women. One of life's little mysteries concerns the vast acreages of loo paper used by members of the fair sex. What do they do with it all?

Originally posted by LordChaverly
There needs to be a separate poll here for men and women. One of life's little mysteries concerns the vast acreages of loo paper used by members of the fair sex. What do they do with it all?

What a load of tosh! My other half is the one with the loo roll addiction, not me!

Me and the kids use more than 4 a month so I always buy the jumbo packs.

I think they are taking it away and selling it on the black market or something. When I am on my own a toilet roll lasts a very long time ;)

Dragon

Originally posted by LordChaverly
There needs to be a separate poll here for men and women. One of life's little mysteries concerns the vast acreages of loo paper used by members of the fair sex. What do they do with it all?

Living with two males, I know who it is who uses all the loo roll up and it isn't me! :hihi:

We go through quite a lot, usually about 2-3 rolls a week, but then we don't buy tissues (cheapskates :D )

Where's the 'Don't know, I steal my toilet rolls from work' selection?

Originally posted by Eleri
Living with two males, I know who it is who uses all the loo roll up and it isn't me! :hihi:

We go through quite a lot, usually about 2-3 rolls a week, but then we don't buy tissues (cheapskates :D )

Ration it to one sheet per visit, and tell them to use both sides!

Originally posted by 40summat
Ration it to one sheet per visit, and tell them to use both sides!

ROFL! :hihi: I just told em that the more they use, the cheaper and nastier the rolls will get ;)

I have absolutely no idea!

Loads, especally after a vindaloo ;)

The cat usually manages to destroy one a week, and I use it for cleaning my bike/computers. Plus its normal duties, I'd say erm, a shedload...

Joel

Go at work then you use b*gger all!!
Weekends can be a pain in the a*se tho.....lol

Better to use toilet roll than the curtains :hihi: :hihi: :help:

wots this LOL all about?

lol

at work last week i was the relief cleaner for the week ........theres 15 toilets over 3 floors and i had to change the toilet rolls and towel roll machines.........i went through 1 and a half packs of toilet rolls (soething like 24 rolls i think, not sure) no sooner have you added some, you go back an hour later to clean the toilet and theres empty tubes scattered around agin :( lol

Remember back when toilet paper was like greasproof paper ?
it couldn't soak up anything, made a crackling noise too when you used it, wonder who came up with that idea back then ?

well anyhow it was better than using cut up newspaper, second thoughts, i think the newspaper was better !

It's usually 2 a week in our household.

We use the supermarket soft version but will get Andrex if it is on special offer. Dunno if it is any better.

Though the amount we use goes up huge amounts when my beloved has a man cold. Why can't he use the super soft tissues with added moisturiser? Using loo roll on my nose makes it very sore and red.

We tend to go through about 3 a week,

On a slightly different note I once knew of a Independant Pub chain that tried to get all the managers to keep loo roll behind the bar and make customers ask for it, because he said they were using to much.:shocked:. Luckily they all refused.

Originally posted by poppins
Remember back when toilet paper was like greasproof paper ?
it couldn't soak up anything, made a crackling noise too when you used it, wonder who came up with that idea back then ?

well anyhow it was better than using cut up newspaper, second thoughts, i think the newspaper was better ! A sadist invented 'Izal' toilet paper:loopy: horrid stuff, they used it in schools:mad:

Originally posted by panda79
i tend to buy the tesco super soft toilet roll or if im feeling flush(ho)ho) ill go for the andrex , when i was married my ex insisted on having the most exspensive one bit silly really as they all do the same job:) Yes, I hate coloured loo paper, it's such a silly idea to me. I have a friend who has a phobia about using the coloured paper. She carries white toilet paper when ever she's not going to be at home just in case. I asked her why she wouldn't use coloured paper but all she would say was "it puts spots on your bum"!

Mr tulip said since the thread was about toilet roll I should ask if anyone knows what 'ass gaskets' are? I'm not sure they have them in puplic loos in England though:)

Originally posted by tulip
Yes, I hate coloured loo paper, it's such a silly idea to me. I have a friend who has a phobia about using the coloured paper. She carries white toilet paper when ever she's not going to be at home just in case. I asked her why she wouldn't use coloured paper but all she would say was "it puts spots on your bum"!

Mr tulip said since the thread was about toilet roll I should ask if anyone knows what 'ass gaskets' are? I'm not sure they have them in puplic loos in England though:)

I used to live and work in the States but never heard of the gaskets you mention. I must have mixed in refined circles.

Originally posted by LordChaverly
I used to live and work in the States but never heard of the gaskets you mention. I must have mixed in refined circles. You almost hit the nail on the head! Ass gaskets are 'refined circles' of paper which one places on the seat of the lavatory so ones posterior does not come into contact with the place another has sat before!

Originally posted by tulip
You almost hit the nail on the head! Ass gaskets are 'refined circles' of paper which one places on the seat of the lavatory so ones posterior does not come into contact with the place another has sat before!

Tulip,

Oh yes, I've seen these on many occasions, in the posher hotels and restaurants. But I didn't know they had a name

Originally posted by LordChaverly
Tulip,

Oh yes, I've seen these on many occasions, in the posher hotels and restaurants. But I didn't know they had a name Well, there you go! Now that you know what they are called you can ask for them by name:D I'm sure if you mentioned them in the Grosvenor Hotel on park lane everyone would be very impressed:thumbsup: BTW Mr Tulip can't pronounce Grosvenor he says "Grovsenover" It has always driven me mad!

I have been doing research on this and have found that if you do really runny business you should opt for something with high absorbancy like charmin or kitchen towel - though that latter can block the toilet. If you are really solid then go for the less absorbant but stronger paper such as andrex perhaps.

Toilet rolls that are top end of the market are usually three ply and soft, consisting of about 240 - 280 sheets.

Cheaper toilet rolls are usually smaller and thus not cost effective.

Advice is to go for the two big brand names - Charmin or Andrex.

Why so much info on toilet rolls - cos I am sad!

Dragon

Originally posted by Dragon
I have been doing research on this and have found that if you do really runny business you should opt for something with high absorbancy like charmin or kitchen towel - though that latter can block the toilet. If you are really solid then go for the less absorbant but stronger paper such as andrex perhaps.

Toilet rolls that are top end of the market are usually three ply and soft, consisting of about 240 - 280 sheets.

Cheaper toilet rolls are usually smaller and thus not cost effective.

Advice is to go for the two big brand names - Charmin or Andrex.

Why so much info on toilet rolls - cos I am sad!

Dragon

Thanks Dragon - but it really just seems bog standard advice to me! :hihi:

At one time I only used 1 roll every 3-4 months. A friend of mine hooked me up with some massive rolls that they use at McDonalds. They are about 50 cm in diameter! :D

what i think is more interesting is how many sheets do you use, ie squares, does anyone actually does use the one square, seems a bit thin to me. Usually get at least two or three squares myself

Oh, this is the funniest topic in ages!!

my younger brother who still lives at home (26 - lovely lad, own car, job, money - any takers?!) uses loads every time. so now my dad buys this cr*p stuff from cash & carry that's so narrow/rough. comes in with about 12 rolls no where to put it, so it goes in their spare room (very stylish) best of it is... like with hand towels, when my mum has visitors she puts out a roll of quilted!!!!!!!! haha!!

for the record: we have quilted/charmin at home 2 rolls tops per week for 2 of us at my house.

Don't know how many rolls we use - but it's lots. Always try to get the 12 packs for the price of 9. Usually Andrex :thumbsup:

My gran always had that Izal stuff - don't know if she still gets it - avoid going to the loo on the rare occassion i visit.

More importantly though - do you colour co-ordinate?

Amount of bog roll used in our house seems to be proportionate to the amount of curry consumed.

Oh, and the volume of Guinness consumed (still, not as bad as when I used to sup Wards).

Originally posted by panda79

btw i use 1 a month [/B]

Not many yeast based products in your diet, then.....:hihi:

Originally posted by Draggletail
Not many yeast based products in your diet, then.....:hihi:

theres only me in the house and the toilet roll i get is quite a big one so one is quite enough for most of the time

Originally posted by Hels


More importantly though - do you colour co-ordinate?

Even more importantly though - is the end of the roll hanging out from the wall, or hanging into the wall?

And.....even more importantly than that.....own up if you change it round to the way you prefer when in someone else's house, or in a hotel bedroom?

I'm not bothered about colour co-ordination, but the paper has to be hanging out from the wall - and I will change loo rolls round to my preferred way in hotel bedrooms (but not in other people's houses).

Why are the British obssessed with toilet tissue? Britain has the largest choice of toilet tissue types available to the consumer, scented, padded, quilted, macrame, wet, dry, coloured and printed.

A nation of oversensitive arseholes?

Originally posted by redrobbo
Even more importantly though - is the end of the roll hanging out from the wall, or hanging into the wall?

And.....even more importantly than that.....own up if you change it round to the way you prefer when in someone else's house, or in a hotel bedroom?

I'm not bothered about colour co-ordination, but the paper has to be hanging out from the wall - and I will change loo rolls round to my preferred way in hotel bedrooms (but not in other people's houses).


It has got to be

A) Colour co-ordinated

B) Hanging down the front

And yes I do change it in peoples houses :blush:

Originally posted by tulip
BTW Mr Tulip can't pronounce Grovsvenor

Don't matter much if he can spell it right :hihi:

BTW tulip, that nasty Izal paper was invented locally, - at Thorncliffe works in Chapeltown. South Yorkshire's gift to posteriorty :P

Originally posted by Greybeard
Don't matter much if he can spell it right :hihi:

BTW tulip, that nasty Izal paper was invented locally, - at Thorncliffe works in Chapeltown. South Yorkshire's gift to posteriorty :P IT WAS A TYPO you rotter! I will be watching you from now on, god help you if you misspell or make any typo's ( just joking, I wiil NOT be watching, promise!)

They still make Izal for masochists:D :D

Originally posted by redrobbo
Even more importantly though - is the end of the roll hanging out from the wall, or hanging into the wall?


Ours is mounted on a chrome-plated stand so people can have it whichever way they like :)

The wall is on the right of the loo, - she insisted on a stand so left handers can have where they can reach it without falling over :thumbsup:

Originally posted by tulip

They still make Izal for masochists:D :D

An us wrinklies who were raised on it :P

Has to be so the toilet roll is hanging close to the wall, otherwise when you are leaning over the dangling paper obscures the page of the magazine or book you are reading.

Yep - it needs to be near the toilet as well. There is nothing worse than having to get up and shuffle to get the toilet paper - especially if you have just had a bit of a runny.

I only use white paper as the colour dyes have a rather sore effect on my tender flesh ;)

Still think Charmin is best.

Dragon

i think most public buildings use that super cheapo toilet roll must have something to do with all the best stuff been nicked:loopy:

i use three a week

Originally posted by Phanerothyme
Why are the British obssessed with toilet tissue? Britain has the largest choice of toilet tissue types available to the consumer, scented, padded, quilted, macrame, wet, dry, coloured and printed.

A nation of oversensitive arseholes?


pmsl very funny phan and also very true

well months on my toilet rolls useage is increasing over the xmas period i might make it to 2 rolls a week:)

My ex used to insist on Charmin because the cheaper brands "ripped him a new one." Now that he's gone... I buy a mid-priced brand and spend the money I save on something more exciting.

Those who complain about women using more toilet paper are forgetting that we use it for two bodily functions.

My toilet paper pet peeve is the roll holders at work, which dispense one damn square at a time.

A roll usually lasts me a week and a half.

If you buy toilet rolls with design printed on them you have to hang with sheets coming over top of roll or you can't see the pictures - very important when my snowman rolls go on for Christmas!

Being mummybear we use Charmin (only joking - I buy the ones on special offer):P

Originally posted by panda79
strange subject i no lol but it is a monday

btw i use 1 a month

I think I use about 1 a month. Certainly at home. But the lady at work who buys the toilet roll, she buys really cheap tesco toilet paper, and it is not wide enough by a long way. And being a hairy arsed biker! that really does cause more trouble than it is worth.

I haven't yet worked out how to broach this subject with her as it is an innefficient saving buying this narrow, paper.
Basically to get down to nitty-gritty, NOTE: CENSORED DUE TO BAD TASTE and that's why.

Can I apologise if I have offended anyone here, but it is just how it is and I think that women should think about this when they have men in the household. :thumbsup:

hairy arsed bikers use toilet paper??