Would you go a year without toilet paper?

JustCurious · 03-27-2007, 04:04 PM

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/22/ga...=1&oref=slogin

free4now · 03-27-2007, 04:12 PM

While I was visiting Asia I found many people that use water instead of toilet paper. It's actually more hygenic if done right... fully cleansed instead of just wiped down.

Nords · 03-27-2007, 04:18 PM

Geez, even the Frontier House families hung cotton rags in the outhouses. Or so they claimed!

saluki9 · 03-27-2007, 04:54 PM

Damn hippies

loosechickens · 03-27-2007, 05:06 PM

neat article......really interesting.

I'm always amazed by what a big deal people make about toilet paper. The stuff was only invented about a hundred and fifty years ago.....how do we think people managed for hundreds of thousands of years?

Mullein leaves.....now THAT's good toilet paper. ;-)

LooseChickens

Mwsinron · 03-27-2007, 05:12 PM

Blah stick your butt in a stream and use your hand

Coach · 03-27-2007, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Mwsinron

Blah stick your butt in a stream and use your hand

Yet another good reason to use water purification when camping.

Coach

donheff · 03-27-2007, 05:41 PM

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Originally Posted by saluki9

Damn hippies

Nah, that was underwear not TP.

Sparky · 03-27-2007, 05:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Mwsinron

Blah stick your butt in a stream and use your hand

The East River?

Peaceful_Warrior · 03-27-2007, 06:01 PM

We try to conserve a lot, but the family in the article takes it to quite another level.

lazygood4nothinbum · 03-27-2007, 06:16 PM

a year? i brought charmin along with me just on my roadtrip around florida for the 5 days i would be away from my own bathroom. i don't know how i'm going to survive my future in thailand. i wonder just how many rolls i can fit into a suitcase.

Meadbh · 03-27-2007, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Mwsinron

Blah stick your butt in a stream and use your hand

There IS a rationale to the Hindu tradition of eating with your right hand and wiping your bum with your left. Don't know what happens if you lose one hand, though........

bbbamI · 03-27-2007, 07:16 PM

Go without tp for a year! No way.

I've got long fingernails.

spideyrdpd · 03-27-2007, 07:49 PM

I wouldnt go without many of the other things they are avoiding either

haha · 03-27-2007, 07:59 PM

These people are just yuppie nutcases

Ha

Dawg54 · 03-27-2007, 08:28 PM

I had a stomach virus last night. Hell, I couldn't go 10 minutes without it.

CCdaCE · 03-27-2007, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by lazygood4nothinbum

a year? i brought charmin along with me just on my roadtrip around florida for the 5 days i would be away from my own bathroom. i don't know how i'm going to survive my future in thailand. i wonder just how many rolls i can fit into a suitcase.

You've stumbled onto a real business venture there. Bring extra, I bet you could sell some.

-CC

Nords · 03-28-2007, 12:47 AM

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Originally Posted by HaHa

These people are just yuppie nutcases

... with a book contract...

flipstress · 03-28-2007, 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Nords

... with a book contract...

Yeah, really, if they were seriously committed to no impact, why go for only a year? They're just doing it for book sales. Besides, no impact at all is impossible; low impact is more achievable.

Where I grew up (RP), lots of people do without toilet paper. Soap and water were what most people used at home with toilet paper not a regular part of purchases, but poorer families in our neighborhood had no proper bathroom, so I think they used newspapers or other paper that they didn't have to buy.

We had to bring our own toilet paper when we went out; public restrooms usually did not have them. Even now, when I visit, I remember to bring TP--not a whole roll in my purse, but enough folded in a tissue-paper holder or plain letter envelope.

Outtahere · 03-28-2007, 06:34 AM

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Originally Posted by HaHa

These people are just yuppie nutcases

Ha

I totally agree, going green and trying to minimize your impact is okay... to a point.

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