Loo Rolls

something else I have noticed over the years ....toilet paper is narrower in mainland Europe (France and Germany) than the UK or the US , suppose its one way of saving natural resources :confused: :confused:

;) ;)
 
grego said:
I like the loo roll away from the wall, if my other half or daughter change it they always put it close to the wall and I always change it back, dont know why but cant stand it the other way:)
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It's exactly the same in our house, Grego.:)
 
West Ender said:
When I was a child the only loo paper you could get was Izal. It was stiff, scratchy and shiney and you could use it as tracing paper, horrible stuff. The Civil Service was still using it up to 1980 and every sheet had Government Property stamped on it - as if you'd want to take it home, you'd have to be desperate.
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Yes ... that's what I was talking about: John Wayne toilet paper, "it's rough, and it's tough, and it don't take s**t from nobody."
 
Flicking through Argos and the loo holders have it folded to a point facing towards you. I do the same but without the folded point
 
Well mine sits on the window sill atm cus i just had my bathroom done up .. ummm may leave it there so i dont keep banging my arm on it when ive had a few lol.
 
One of my little pet hates is loo roll i have to have it hanging towards you away from the wall because theres nothing worse than having to hunt round the roll for the end of the loo roll if its at the front its always at the front! I have known myself to change other peoples in there houses i thought i was the only one who was bothered about which way the loo roll went now i know people have an opinion on the subject i will leave it in future !! oops
 
flashytart said:
well when you come to my house for a wee you get lovely warm loo roll cos mine sits on the radiator:D
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sorry to ruin your exclusivity but mine hangs above the radiator so if I had it hanging closer to the wall it would just roll down the back of it!!

katex said:
Harwood Red: Would bleached toilet paper not be worse than dyed though ?
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Not what I heard and to be honest never had thrush since changing over to white only!!
 
Eric said:
Yes ... that's what I was talking about: John Wayne toilet paper, "it's rough, and it's tough, and it don't take s**t from nobody."
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PMSL Eric that is a good one!!! :D :D :D

Back to topic I hang ours near to wall O/H turns it round LOL
 
who'd of thought that a topic about loo roll would be a long one:rolleyes:


LOL....mines on the wall next to the loo:o
 
panther said:
who'd of thought that a topic about loo roll would be a long one:rolleyes:


LOL....mines on the wall next to the loo:o
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That's because there is little in life more satisfying or important than sitting on the throne with the morning paper and that first cup of coffee. It's as close to heaven as most of us will get.:D
 
Oh, dear another little peculiarity my daughter has inherited from me. I to have been known to change the loo roll round.
Mick has this bad habit of putting it the wrong way round and I have to change it.
 
steeljack said:
something else I have noticed over the years ....toilet paper is narrower in mainland Europe (France and Germany) than the UK or the US , suppose its one way of saving natural resources :confused: :confused:

;) ;)
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I used to have a very old loo roll holder and as the years rolled by you could see the loo rolls getting narrower and narrower but going up in price. After all who would notice if the roll was just one eighth of an inch narrower than last week.

My current roll is 110mm wide and it would have been sliced from a great big long roll maybe 3000 mm wide to give 27 rolls with just 3mm wastage. If you reduced the roll width to 107mm you would get 28 rolls and virtually no wastage. Next year reduce the roll width by 4mm and you get 29 rolls. Who would notice?

However I have to deny the rumour that in order to contribute to the reduction of the carbon footprint Parliament is going to legislate so that users MUST use both sides.
 
Actually the loo roll, just like the toilet seat, has become a weapon in the battle of the sexes.

A few posts have pointed in that direction.
 
jambutty said:
My current roll is 110mm wide and it would have been sliced from a great big long roll maybe 3000 mm wide to give 27 rolls with just 3mm wastage. If you reduced the roll width to 107mm you would get 28 rolls and virtually no wastage. Next year reduce the roll width by 4mm and you get 29 rolls. Who would notice?
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Thanks for taking the trouble to confirm my suspicions, since you took the trouble to measure the width of U K toilet paper I can report that once again everything in America is bigger :D :D, just measured the stuff in my bathroom and it measures 114 mm (4 1/2 inches) .
Now we need other foriegn correspondents to report in from maybe Australia and Spain etc. to see how they measure up ;) ;)
 
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