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Toilet Roll Problem Solved!

81 replies

Mockerswithnoknockers · 22/03/2020 19:08

You will need:

  • Packet of kitchen towels
  • Breadknife
OP posts:
SilverySurfer · 22/03/2020 21:32

Sargass0 don't read that but if i don't get loo roll I shall be using my neighbour's old copies of the Guardian - I prefer to use what's fit for purpose Grin

Northernwarrior · 22/03/2020 21:40

Poop knife!

niffynoonoo · 22/03/2020 21:42

I just keep thinking "shit knife"!

Fairly93 · 22/03/2020 21:42

Use water instead 😂

goose1964 · 22/03/2020 21:43

This originated from Greece, they don't put loo roll down the loo it only works there, or if you're prepared to deal with it otherise.

Northernwarrior · 22/03/2020 21:44

I mean I assume this is a reference to www.reddit.com/r/confession/comments/7p8puq/light_i_was_22_years_old_when_i_learned_that_not/

1forAll74 · 22/03/2020 21:47

Kitchen roll will block the toilet, and so will some thicker ply ordinary tissues, and as for those wipes,that is a no no also.

Tiddlytubbies · 22/03/2020 21:51

Brilliant, I never thought of this! I can let the cat free from the bathroom now, she's earned her keep....

ArtisanPopcorn · 22/03/2020 22:08

I've used kitchen roll loads of times in the past when the loo rolls run out, not had a blockage yet. Though obviously it was s shirt term solution.

Sparklingbrook · 22/03/2020 22:13

You may not have had a blockage @ArtisanPopcorn, but the blockage may have been further down the pipes than your own garden, and possibly in your neighbour's.

Cherrysoup · 22/03/2020 22:16

Dear Lord. If you’re wfh or self isolating, jump in the tub, shower your arse. Stick some Zoflora down afterwards (in typical mumsnet fashion, you should probably have about 200 litres).

Greece was an interesting experience, I thought the poor cleaner would bollock me for having to remove my shit covered loo roll, but no, she was super polite and lovely. It’s definitely a consideration, if one can find kitchen roll on one’s quest for basic supplies tomorrow.

CorianderLord · 22/03/2020 22:23

Just rinse with a bottle of tap water with a hole in the top... muslims wash with water so the rest of us can just join them

1Morewineplease · 22/03/2020 22:30

Have you got your drainage covered?

niffynoonoo · 22/03/2020 22:35

thats a great idea @CorianderLord !

as long as its not really cold water lol!!!!!!!

CorianderLord · 22/03/2020 22:37

@niffynoonoo your water temperature is at your discretion 😂

Rosebel · 22/03/2020 22:38

Or a better solution is for people to stop being so bloody selfish and stop panic buying toilet roll. The entire nation must be drowning in toilet roll🙄🙄

TeaAndDarkToast · 22/03/2020 22:38

Kitchen roll is plasticised.

Please do not use anything other than toilet roll. Not even tissues.

Toilet paper is designed to break up in a toilet. The rest isn't.

Mischance · 22/03/2020 22:41

I'm intrigued to know how people actually clean their anus with a jug of warm water - how do you get it in the right place|? What about the superglue poos?

A friend of mine has been sawing kitchen roll in half - I suggested that it might be easier to tear the sheet in half at the point of use!

My DD says she will use leaves if needs be - we live in the country.

AlCalavicci · 22/03/2020 22:53

I had to resort to a jug of water last year when I got a bug and the food I ate decided to exit in a spectacular fashion .

For the love of god if you use water remember you hand can stand much hotter water than your floof and ass , dancing around with a scolded ass while you have the squits = a messy bathroom I can tell ya ! Envy

Fuss · 22/03/2020 22:57

Or chop an old towel into strips, put a bucket with Milton in it by the loo, pop used towelling strips Into the bucket then chuck them in the washing machine at the end of the day.

Still better than clogged pipes

JustInCaseCakeHappens · 22/03/2020 22:58

AlCalavicci

GrinGrinGrin

thank you for the advice - people will stick to baby bath temperature!

longwayoff · 22/03/2020 22:59

Disappointing, I thought you must have found a warehouse full of copies of The Sun. Don't flush the kitchen roll.

bluebell34567 · 23/03/2020 09:27

what were people doing when there werent toilet rolls in the old days?
i suppose they were doing what Fuss suggested.

bluebell34567 · 23/03/2020 09:29

i agree there should be water valves or little douche what ever you call- in the toilets. this would be good environmentally for the long term.
but hands washed very well after that.

MikeUniformMike · 23/03/2020 13:54

Don't flush newspaper.

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