A difficult question to broach the subject on, but of more importance than the numbere of Jihadists about, so here we go.... Do most toilets have bog roll? If not is there something to clean up your nipsy with? Just not looking forward to doing it with my hand.

Also I don't want to be transporting lots of bog roll if the porcelain shed is actually 5*. I've read all about burning bum wad in the desert areas if it needs to be done in the dunes.

Sorry if this is all a bit unpleasant, but Its playing on my mind. Its also a bit funny!

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They do sell toilet roll in Morocco

shhh don't tell them its a secret

Wet wipes block sewers! They don't break down like toilet paper and I'd guess they're not as biodegradable? Certainly harder to set light to too!

Nothing a quarter gallon of petrol won't cure.









(no, I don't use wet wipes, nor petrol to start a fire - and I rarely start a fire at all)

These days they make moist toilet tissue in wet wipe style packets. That if flushable.

I doubt that's a big concern in the back end of nowhere though.

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I can vouch for this, having recently spent a few hours with the drain rods clearing a length of standard sized domestic UK sewer and a total of 4 manholes (in the UK these are sometimes called person-holes nowadays for the sake of PC but, in any case, I am referring to the constructions that allow access to the sewers rather than another definition of the word).

I had plenty of time and opportunity to observe, handle and ultimately remove by hand (otherwise they may just block again further downstream which will come back to bite you eventually) the wet wipes which had not rotted or deteriorated at all compared with the standard bog roll mixed in with the inevitable.

Final disposal was via a bonfire of wet wipes for the sake of hygiene in a garden used by children; this after they had dried out naturally in strong winds.

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Wet wipes are a vile invention. Like disposable nappies. These things are clogging up our rivers and seas, blocking drains and will be for the foreseeable future...

This thread takes me back to a rhyme I learned at Primary School.

"Fart Fart the bum is calling, must have been the beans this morning,
went to the toilet and crapped on the floor.
There was no toilet paper so used my finger for a scraper...

And thaaaaat's what you do in the moooorrrrnniiiiing"


I hope this is a useful post. It's definitely keeping in line with the rest of this thread.

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As someone that had scuba dives too it p1ss3s me off when I find wet wipes or disposable nappies in amongst the coral......

washing ones arse is tends to leave cleaner I find most of europe they have bidets for this, most Asians and arab use water in a little hose attached to the side of the loo for washing their rear ends... I have been asked my several non western cultures isn't it better than carefully wiping and smearing a very thin layer of feces across it! :-/ How ever careful washing of the hands is required afterwards...... it not rocket science. Otherwise you can make your self rather ill... anti bacterial hand washes are ace for this!

sometimes how ever circumstances wont allow this so you use bog roll..... (if it is -5°c and gale out side washing is not an option!)

so I think you need to bring some loo roll and be prepared to wash your ares too!

Please do not leave these wet wipes around to stuff up some very fragile environments!

Meths will help with burning the loo roll if appropriate and is much safer than petrol.

I would like to have some scientific reference from the bogroll and the lefthand side. I got kicked out of half the schools I went to, never got a proper job and don't feel qualified to make any scientific statements due to that obvious lack of accepted education... However, I can claim that from a very young age I had a natural instinct telling me ppl wer talking high level bullshit as (I was maybe 7 or 8 years old) a dentist explained to me that amalgame, quicksilver (poisonus) and led (poisonus) mixed together would be just fine to fix up holes in peoples teeth. I felt for me this was bullshit and told my classmates that I would never EVER allow anybody tu stick that stuff anywhere near me. My cusin (who later studied medecine and is a vet now) told me at a family gathering that he was really impressed with the conclusion I made at that young age cause he remembered when the topic came up during his studies. So my (obviously pretty healthy) instinct tells me water and left hand can't be so bad. Prove me wrong, but this germ-panic bullshit is just bullshit. How could humanity have survived 10000 years without bogroll if this was such an issue? How long have we had roll for? 100 years max? C'm on... Happy to learn thou, but it will take better argument than who has the bigger (academic) cock... Up to the guys with the degrees now!

Because the spectrum of enteric bugs changes

With the climate!

When I first saw this thread start up I figured it would cause a few giggles and drop off the end somewhere. I was so wrong ! It never fails to shock me how the simplest question can open the flood gates of Knowledge and lively debate on this site. Perhaps our "party leaders" should join and see how it goes on here........... rather than a TV debate. Anyway forget that, carry on the poo and connected issues

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