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To ask how on EARTH you wipe with such a small number of sheets of loo roll?

158 replies

AmyFarrahFowlerCooper · 28/06/2013 21:34

I see this every so often on here (the SIL thread is the one I'm thinking of atm) where people use 8 sheets of loo roll for a wee. How?! How does that work? Do you just wipe once with all 8 squares or use a sheet for a 8 little wipes? Don't you get wee on your hands?

This is a genuine question because I use a million rolls a week and I'm dumbfounded every time I see a post about a family of four using a quarter of what I use for a week.

OP posts:
OutragedFromLeeds · 28/06/2013 21:58

Just incase you've got an usually large/oddly positioned urethra. You could be a medical marvel Grin

dontyouwantmebaby · 28/06/2013 21:58

don't worry Amy.

who counts the sheets?

never thought much about it before but I reckon I'm a scruncher, always get accused of using up the loo roll too quickly! Never scrimp on quality or quantity Grin.

IPreferCats · 28/06/2013 21:58

I just weed and used 12 sheets. I'm a scruncher not a folder.

ThoughtsPlease · 28/06/2013 21:59

I too use a fair bit of loo roll even for a wee, not sure how many sheets but probably unrolled to quite near the floor!

Kithulu · 28/06/2013 22:00

4 always 4

AmyFarrahFowlerCooper · 28/06/2013 22:01

You panicked me for a sec then grrr Grin

I might try experimenting with my number of squares hmm.

OP posts:
ItsAllGoingToBeFine · 28/06/2013 22:02

Op - have you removed all your fanjo hair?

snozzlemaid · 28/06/2013 22:06

Think I've got the answer now why I use so much...
I do have large labia Blush

DoingStuffForHarriet · 28/06/2013 22:06

For a wee, 2 sheets. Folded very neatly and precisely. Never ever scrunched.
A poo is another matter entirely.

Tortoise · 28/06/2013 22:07

12 sheets for a wee? Shock

PuppyMonkey · 28/06/2013 22:07

I have never counted the sheets but I can't recall ever getting wee on my fingers. However if I did, there's this amazing thing in our bathroom called a sink, which we combine with a product known as soap and simply wash hands afterwards. HTH.

pixwix · 28/06/2013 22:08

Just shake your lettuce? and afterwards blot with 2 sheets - then wash hands?

Triumphoveradversity · 28/06/2013 22:11

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AvonCallingBarksdale · 28/06/2013 22:12

8, nay, 12 sheets for a wee?! 2 here, folded up. How could you need more Confused

Hassled · 28/06/2013 22:12

2 or 3 for a wee seems more than adequate.

As many as it takes for a poo. I think we're a fairly economical-with-our-bog-roll family, which sort of compensates for our poor switching-off-lights regime.

OutragedFromLeeds · 28/06/2013 22:12

'there's this amazing thing in our bathroom called a sink, which we combine with a product known as soap and simply wash hands afterwards. HTH.'

Shock

How the other half live!

Alisvolatpropiis · 28/06/2013 22:14

8 sheets?!

I've never actually counted but I'm 99.9% sure I don't use that many.

RiffyWammal · 28/06/2013 22:15

OP, have you tried looking at your front bottom with a mirror? If so, does it look like there's a teeny pee hole there? Or does it resemble the rose on the end of a watering can?

BehindLockNumberNine · 28/06/2013 22:15

8 sheets for a wee ?? Shock

I am a folder AND a scruncher.

Two sheets, folded over so 4 sheets thick for a wee.
This is always more than enough. After all, the wee comes out of the urethra straight into the toilet bowl. Not sure how much there is to wipe?

And never wee on my hands.

Six sheets, scrunched up, for a poo.

Repeat with another six sheets for a hard-to-wipe one.
So between 6 and 12 sheets for a poo.

Then wash hands with soap and water.

schooldidi · 28/06/2013 22:17
  1. Folded along the perforations. Always. Why would anyone use more than that?
Purple2012 · 28/06/2013 22:18

I scrunch. If im at home all day I probably go through at least one whole roll of paper, probably closer to 1 and a half. But then I wee around 40 times a day so im boundto uuse loads.

AmyFarrahFowlerCooper · 28/06/2013 22:18

Shake my lettuce? Grin Watering can? Grin

I think I'm coming to the conclusion that its a combo of giant fanjo and (ahem) being slightly natural down there Blush

Can I ask? The people who use this tiny sizes of loo roll for poos, do you just wipe once?!

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omri · 28/06/2013 22:19

2 sheets for wee and 3 maybe max 4 sheets for poo. Anything more i would just feel so guilty for wasting!!!

BehindLockNumberNine · 28/06/2013 22:20

I am natural down there. Still don't manage to get wee on it though!! Grin

Tizwozliz · 28/06/2013 22:20

I find that hair removal increases toilet paper usage.

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