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To be surprised my Dsis doesn't know about the wipe fold wipe method?

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Weartherose · 19/06/2026 19:46

My DParents were frugal; War babies both, they always lived to save resources and money.

They taught me the wipe fold over and then wipe again method to save (granted a small amount) of loo roll.

Last week we were reminiscing about their asceticism and I mentioned this and how I still adhered to this (even more so in the heady days of Covid).

She denied all knowledge of the system!

How coukd this be? Confused

OP posts:
itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · 20/06/2026 11:03

titchy · 19/06/2026 21:13

Swan for me Wink

Are you using the neck to sort of slide up and down your bum crack or a wing to lightly brush it away? Perhaps there’s a need for the beak after a complex evacuation?

FWC2026 · 20/06/2026 10:58

scaredsillyabout · 19/06/2026 23:28

Darlings, you are getting it all wrong. One uses a bidet and not paper.

One does if one doesn't wish to turn the bathroom into a swimming pool

FWC2026 · 20/06/2026 10:55

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · 20/06/2026 10:47

I can’t believe it either OP. The method of wiping one’s arse constitutes at least 87% of small talk at any social gathering I’ve been to so it’s mad that she doesn’t know or she’s just lying.

🤣🤣🤣

FWC2026 · 20/06/2026 10:54

titchy · 19/06/2026 21:13

Swan for me Wink

I could never lift one single handed & ud be worried they'd take chunks out of my bum!

AnAlpacaForChristmasPleaseSanta · 20/06/2026 10:49

BMW58 · 20/06/2026 09:53

Is this the Poo Troll?

Course it bloody is.

itslikecakesbutitsnotcakes · 20/06/2026 10:47

I can’t believe it either OP. The method of wiping one’s arse constitutes at least 87% of small talk at any social gathering I’ve been to so it’s mad that she doesn’t know or she’s just lying.

Thepeopleversuswork · 20/06/2026 10:43

Allseeingallknowing · 19/06/2026 21:23

Er…yes!

Good grief. Maybe I'm decadent but I'd rather go bankrupt than limit myself to two squares of toilet paper for a poo.

Life's too short to be this tight.

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 20/06/2026 10:41

MajorSamanthaCarter · 20/06/2026 10:11

I origami exact replicas of famous landmarks anything else just seems so low effort.

The Statue of Liberty must be a bit uncomfortable?

MajorSamanthaCarter · 20/06/2026 10:11

I origami exact replicas of famous landmarks anything else just seems so low effort.

relaxitsok · 20/06/2026 10:07

Ps this is the exact kind of conversation I would have with my sister!!

relaxitsok · 20/06/2026 10:06

gillefc82 · 19/06/2026 23:04

If you want a real debate the question is are you a folder or a scrumpler? I fold and wipe but have had friends and my DH who are scrumplers. This is crazy to me:
1) I prefer things neat and ordered and scrumpled in my mind equals untidy/disordered; and
2) surely all those paper ridges and folds leads to a higher risk of a sore bum after wiping, whereas a flatter, smoother surface gives less chance?

Now I am interested 😂. I completely agree as a folder with how does scrumpling even work?

pizzaHeart · 20/06/2026 09:59

Is she older or younger? And how many years are between you?

OldGothsFadeToGrey · 20/06/2026 09:57

Oh good. Can we discuss the use of flannels too?

Naurrr · 20/06/2026 09:57

dudsville · 19/06/2026 22:10

I haven't even read the rest of the thread, this has just given me such a laugh!

It was because OP wrote about her sister denying all knowledge about how OP wipes her poo off her arse, and wondering how this could be.
Seems like something that she'd need to ask her sister. It put me off my dinner. Sad

BMW58 · 20/06/2026 09:53

Is this the Poo Troll?

Gabitule · 20/06/2026 09:49

I use this method but I haven’t been taught it (at least I don’t remember it), it’s just common sense.

There were times when I was growing up when we were using newspapers or old book pages, cut in square and hung by a string in the outhouse.

Gealach · 19/06/2026 23:38

I don’t remember anyone showing me the wipe fold thing. But I have taught this to my children because otherwise they were using half the loo roll clearly in the scrunch method that I have never thought about until now,

scaredsillyabout · 19/06/2026 23:28

Darlings, you are getting it all wrong. One uses a bidet and not paper.

CluelessAboutBiology · 19/06/2026 23:17

vodkaredbullgirl · 19/06/2026 21:33

Or if you are posh, sponge on a stick 😂

Just not a Victoria sponge

gillefc82 · 19/06/2026 23:04

If you want a real debate the question is are you a folder or a scrumpler? I fold and wipe but have had friends and my DH who are scrumplers. This is crazy to me:
1) I prefer things neat and ordered and scrumpled in my mind equals untidy/disordered; and
2) surely all those paper ridges and folds leads to a higher risk of a sore bum after wiping, whereas a flatter, smoother surface gives less chance?

labradormam · 19/06/2026 22:46

likelysuspect · 19/06/2026 21:17

Yes I also thought this was about wiping surfaces because my OH cant do this, he doesnt understand how to wipe something, he literally smears it rather than wiping it off.

It applies to surfaces too, though, surely.

Like others on this thread I was never taught it, but it’s common sense.

I do it with loo roll, when wiping down surfaces, baby wipes, make up remover pads…

XenoBitch · 19/06/2026 22:42

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/06/2026 22:39

Randomly crumpling it into a ball. I can’t believe this works as a method. Far too random, there must be a risk potential for gaps!

I imagined someone winding bog roll around a cardboard circle like they were making a pom pom, and got really baffled 😂

XenoBitch · 19/06/2026 22:41

Terfedout · 19/06/2026 22:25

That's stingy! We were allowed 3!

So privileged!

When we ran out, we had the local newspaper to use.

PrizedPickledPopcorn · 19/06/2026 22:39

Sugarnspicenallthingsnaice · 19/06/2026 22:10

What the fuck is the pom pom method Grin

Randomly crumpling it into a ball. I can’t believe this works as a method. Far too random, there must be a risk potential for gaps!

angelcake20 · 19/06/2026 22:38

Never heard of it, never done it. Scrunch all the way here. Sounds disgusting if I’m being honest.

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