... how do you deal with, uhhhh, issues of gastrointestinal upset? Those of us with IBS, especially IBS-D ... I can't imagine what a mess that might make inside the toilet, that you'd then have to clean up, with one of those bidets. (I'm not against going the bidet route in principle, though I see the prices on all of them have taken a huge jump on Amazon.)

As a side note, I really just don't understand the rush for TP. As some local folks were saying somewhere I went yesterday, you could always take a shower, or in a worst case, use a rag and throw it into the wash.

Of course, these things assume you have water/electricity, but if we don't have those, then the lack of TP might be the least of our problems.

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Re: toilet paper hoarding. Too young to remember cloth diapers and diaper pails!

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Re: toilet paper hoarding. Too young to remember cloth diapers and diaper pails!

Seemingly, yes. And also apparently too young to remember the concept of "reduce, reuse, recycle" ... everything one-time use and disposable.

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....poop.....chute....

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I might use a roll a week, or less. Not sure why the rush.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Not to be indelicate...


I think this is the heart of the toilet paper stocking mentality.

It's my belief that it's a matter of preserving some semblance of dignity.

Casting aside bathroom humor of the immature, most people doing any prepping are concerned with supplies being cut off.

Reduced food and water access and reduced travel can be handled accordingly.

Cleaning up in the bathroom with pages of the phone book (anybody still get one; I do) or Sears catalog is somewhat humiliating to many; certainly a step back in time for most some of us (not me, lol).

One washes their hands or face or takes a bath or shower, a towel can be reused a few times before laundering. Run low on towels- do laundry, wipe hands on a shirt, or air dry.

These options aren't particularly suitable alternatives to toilet paper.

When it comes to that particular bodily function, I think the majority of people would prefer that it be a subject of delicate or at least semi-delicate conversation.

I'd to think most people would prefer not to hear Mom saying at the dinner table 'you should have seen the s**t I took today. It was really ugly!' 'Mom, really? TMI!'

Yes, it's a normal bodily function, but for me- one that seldom should be the topic of casual conversation.

If it didn't bother people so much, the category of bathroom humor wouldn't exist, and a segment of people wouldn't get off talking about it in crude terms for shock value.

Anyway, that's my theory.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Sounds like they dont know how pooping works.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

You mean the nozzle can retract out of the way when desired? I didn't see that they were capable of that... even so, I might imagine that the nozzle being there would make for a goopy mess.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

You mean the nozzle can retract out of the way when desired? I didn't see that they were capable of that... even so, I might imagine that the nozzle being there would make for a goopy mess.

The better ones have nozzles that retract. They also self clean. There's some videos about how they work.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

You mean the nozzle can retract out of the way when desired? I didn't see that they were capable of that... even so, I might imagine that the nozzle being there would make for a goopy mess.

The better ones have nozzles that retract. They also self clean. There's some videos about how they work.

Aha. I guess I was looking just at the super-cheapy ones, which aren't super-cheapy any more anyway...

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I don't know about the nozzle. I thought you meant the water spray would make things even a bigger mess.

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

You mean the nozzle can retract out of the way when desired? I didn't see that they were capable of that... even so, I might imagine that the nozzle being there would make for a goopy mess.

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I read on the net where someone was promoting using water to clean yourself instead of toilet paper. They asked: If your pet cat or dog crapped in your hand, would clean it with only paper?

Well, that pretty much makes my point. One assumes that most people in the U.S. are showering or bathing at least daily or every other day...

Anyone want to comment about my original point of the post? Doesn't diarrhea (especially the explosive type) make for a messy armageddon inside your toilet bowl when you have a bidet?

I assume you can forgo using it when you need to.

You mean the nozzle can retract out of the way when desired? I didn't see that they were capable of that... even so, I might imagine that the nozzle being there would make for a goopy mess.

They pretty much all retract and have a shield that covers the nozzles. I haven't seen any that don't have that feature.If that was really an issue then they wouldn't be so popular throughout much of the world.

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