As you prepare to venture out to secure household necessities in this time of panic hording, first take a few minutes and let the History Guy brief you on hygiene through the ages. Watch
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In Rome a sponge on a stick was used, worse than that it was communal.
If I run out of toilet paper I suppose I can use the Census I received friday. Would still have to send it back to them though otherwise they start to hassle you.😁
Different Tim, That’s terrible! And thanks for the idea. 😂
I think it was the 90’s they called it a LOOFAH. Or was that the 80’s??
I’m supplied with LARGE sponges from past tile jobs and darn it, I was in Home Depot tonight. Bought some ceiling paint figured might as well get something done during this…time at home!
Will have to put ‘(4) fresh sponges’, on the list. One for each of the crew…going back tomorrow to get some 5/8″ sheetrock for the basement another project been meaning to get to.
just get a washcloth, get it wet in the sink, wipe, rinse out the washcloth w/ soap, leave it in a zip-lock bag ’till next time … every family member gets one a day … you throw it in the laundry (you can use a special receptacle) & they get washed on ‘hot’ setting … why is this a panic?
… I’m sure, unless you take a dump more than 6 times a day, you’ll be fine
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07NFNYZ3L?tag=duckduckgo-d-20&linkCode=osi&th=1&psc=1
Not cactus? I was sure you were going to say cactus.
Jim Acosta’s tongue would work well.
I rub my ass on the carpet like a dog.
I just came back from Publix, and the panic-stricken TP hoarders have cleaned the shelves of TP, paper towels, and even paper napkins, but they haven’t hit the fabric softener dryer sheets yet.
Uncle Al, I scanned the aisles at the local Walmart at about 10:00 am this morning. No TP or PT or FT. The soups had been severely depleted as had the cereals (bulk cereals were gone)and pastas. Cleaning products also hit hard.
Soda, chips, candy, produce, dairy and liquor all well stocked. Panic hording doesn’t make complete sense.
@Uncle Al
Next up – the rush on plungers…
Corn cobs, just like back on the farm. Problem is, I keep clogging up the toilet.
@Uncle Al and Tony R
Next up – the rush on plungers…
I recall a burlap bag full of corn husks in an outhouse I visited many years ago.
two words, people…. Coffee Filters.
You’re welcome.
Go to Party City and get napkins.
Unless wiping your butt with a clown face freaks you out.
Hey Gen’rl!
The Loofah is actually a type of gourd, we’re gonna try some out, this year, in our 1/4a plot. Along with a passel of other ‘trendy’ items. Last year, Daughter#1 took some excess to local farmer’s markets and made a killing. She said the folks in the nearby college town will buy almost anything that’s homegrown/homemade and she went down hard with the entreprenereal bug.
So, in addition to the staples, we’re trying some ’boutique’ items, as well as a funky, fungusy type of moss she says is all the rage. I said “Sure. You plant it, you harvest it, you sell it!”
TWD
Different Tim – put the census on a STEEK! You don’t want to get any of it on you.
Is this all a conspiracy to get sharia law in through the back door; will we will all have to wipe with our hands like they do in Shitholeistan?
@Fur ~ I donno … those grounds might be a little rough on the ol’ tush
… otoh, gets rid of crack hair 😉
“What Was Used Before Toilet Paper?”
………I…… Irishmen?
^ No, Egyptians always did the heavy lifting.
My grandparents’ farm had an outhouse (whose didn’t?). On a piece of baling wire hung a back issue of the Sears and Roebuck catalogue. Christmas edition would last from January through April.
The Little House on the Prairie was too far away from a Costco.
Coffee filters?
That’s straining things a bit.
How do you like the new “mocha” coffee honey…
^ With honey, honey.
Coffee filters? I tried it, but it made the coffee taste like Starbucks.
@ BFH – two words – Barry’s Tea – went out to the Irish place on Katonah Ave in the Bronx, Gold Blend, and stocked up (for tomorrow it being St Patricks) also bought some bangers…
https://www.walmart.com/browse/barry-s-tea/YnJhbmQ6QmFycnkncyBUZWEie
Too bad, if we could only use the promises of the liberal left to wipe our ass….we’d be supplied beyond eternity.
Mr. Hat your coffee will taste shitty.
I still stand by a long neck goose.
We did this last week.
Rags and a bucket by the out house was the norm.
What did soldiers in the field use during World War 1 adn 2?
Send Hillary $5. In a few days the democrats will have your mail box jammed full of suitable substitutes for butt wipe. They replenish 6 days a week.
Use a dollar… unless all you have are ten dimes.
@Hanoverfist March 16, 2020 at 8:12 pm
> Unless wiping your butt with a clown face freaks you out.
IT COMPLETELY, AND TOTALLY, FREAKS ME… out?
Oh. Uh. Never mind.
small and thin sanitary pads or incontinence pads should work WITH a pinch..
Gezz, a lot people sure are panic obsessed about the input and output parts of their torsos. That being the case, maybe they ought to just carry a spoon to help with the action at both ends. Washing the spoon afterwards will insure they also adequately washed their hands.
Anyway, stopped at the store today to buy chicken thighs to make Cheese Dakgalbi. All they had was one package of chicken wings. No hamburger. Fresh produce bins were mostly stocked, but potato bins were empty.
WWKK Do?
(What would Kim Kardashian) do.
Kayne, ooh Kayne, will you bring Mommy a 2″X4″ and a roll of Bounty?
Better make it 2 rolls,,,
I find that steel wool gets it done!
Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl. what do you do when you’re stranded and you don’t have a roll. You must prove your a man and wipe with your hand. Stranded, stranded on the bathroom bowl.
Go to Starbucks wearing old clothes With big pockets and use bathroom, take tp and on way out 90 napkins…do not flush so that snowflakes go crazy.
Not me – I ‘sang’ /read that in my head. lol
Blink- never heard of that. Sounds interesting.
I think part of the reason potatoes are missing is because of St. Patrick’s Day dinners.
I spent 20 minutes peeling russets yesterday and I’m only 5% Irish. Like not even on the main island Irish. One island off to the side somewhere. lol.
@Molon Labe– I hope you are kidding! I went out yesterday and everyone was buying paper towels. Flushing zillions of paper towels will overwhelm our sewer systems and lead to huge problems. Come for Coronavirus–stay for the cholera!
Washcloths could be used, rinsed out in the toilet and stored in a special lidded bucket with disinfectant to be washed on hot with bleach. But saving them in a zip-loc? Yikes. Our exchange student from Ecuador said toilet paper can not be flushed due to the poor quality sewer systems. Probably true throughout the world. Her family kept covered trash cans lined with paper bags in each bathroom. Each day, “the maid” would take out the paper bags and burn the contents. That actually makes more sense to me. From a germ-contagion point-of-view.
This is too late in the thread to make much difference, but I thought it good to toss it out there.
Mr. Bear: “Mr. Bunny, do you have a problem with poop sticking to your fur?”
Mr. Bunny: “Why, no, Mr. Bear – why do you ask?”
you know the rest …
“Mr. Raghead, do you have a problem with shit sticking to your beard?”
izlamo delenda est …