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    From Björn Felten@2:203/2 to Lee Lofaso on Sunday, March 03, 2024 05:45:39
    Lee Lofaso -> Björn Felten skrev 2024-03-02 19:28:
    What is there to clean up? Oops. Forget I said that. Not all
    participants have graduated to using bidets.

    That last comment has actually intrigued me for a long time. Whenever there is an emergency in the US, the first thing that they go for is toilet paper! Why? Why is it the most important thing, to be able to wipe your ass with paper? What about water and food? Or even batteries? Get your effin priorities straight FFS!

    I use up about one or two toilet rolls per year; I clean my behind with water -- AKA a bidet -- but sometimes I have guests from countries like the US, so... Disgusting! Do you clean your dishes with paper too?



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  • From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to Kurt Weiske on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 10:49:08
    Mike Powell wrote to Bj?rn Felten <=-

    When no one could get paper towels or toilet paper, my local grocery
    store started selling fan-fold paper towels that go into office
    bathroom paper towel dispensers, and corporate supply-branded single
    rolls of toilet paper - items that were sitting around because janitors
    weren't cleaning offices any more.

    Sounds smart. Although the shelves were not as full as normal, I don't remember the stores here ever running completely out of toilet paper. They did run out of cleaning products like anti-bacterial wipes, though.

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  • From LEE GREEN@1:102/401 to Mike Powell on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 11:59:26
    Mike Powell wrote to Bj?rn Felten <=-

    When no one could get paper towels or toilet paper, my local grocery
    store started selling fan-fold paper towels that go into office
    bathroom paper towel dispensers, and corporate supply-branded single
    rolls of toilet paper - items that were sitting around because janitors
    weren't cleaning offices any more.

    Sounds smart. Although the shelves were not as full as normal, I don't remember the stores here ever running completely out of toilet paper. They did
    run out of cleaning products like anti-bacterial wipes, though.

    You were lucky TP was scarce in Los Angeles, I had to buy some on Ebay
    at inflated prices.

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