potty info.
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scottobearWhat did people use before toilet paper was invented?
*Newsprint, paper catalog pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal
*Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos
When and where was toilet paper first invented?
China…AD 1391 - The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet. For use by the Emperors.
*Newsprint, paper catalog pages in early US
*Hayballs, Scraper/gompf stick kept in container by the privy in the Middle Ages
*Discarded sheep's wool in the Viking Age, England
*Frayed end of an old anchor cable was used by sailing crews from Spain and Portugal
*Medieval Europe- Straw, hay, grass, gompf stick
*Corn cobs, Sears Roebuck catalog, mussel shell, newspaper, leaves, sand- United States
*Water and your left hand, India
*Pages from a book, British Lords
*Coconut shells in early Hawaii
*Lace was used by French Royalty
*Public Restrooms in Ancient Rome- A sponge soaked in salt water, on the end of a stick
*The Wealthy in Ancient Rome-Wool and Rosewater
*French Royalty-lace, hemp
*Hemp & wool were used by the elite citizens of the world
*Defecating in the river was very common internationally
*Bidet, France
*Snow and Tundra Moss were used by early Eskimos
When and where was toilet paper first invented?
China…AD 1391 - The Bureau of Imperial Supplies began producing 720,000 sheets of toilet paper a year, each sheet measuring two feet by three feet. For use by the Emperors.
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:06 pm (UTC)(a hole in the ground, with little ridges on either side for feet grips)
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:11 pm (UTC)(unfit to even go near!)
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:13 pm (UTC)(i bet they always have been too - that's what got me thinking about it)
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:28 pm (UTC)that makes my rear hurt just thinking about it! LOL
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-12-14 05:39 pm (UTC)Re:
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Date: 2001-12-14 05:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2001-12-14 05:46 pm (UTC)Re:
Date: 2001-12-14 06:02 pm (UTC)OW OW OW
Date: 2001-12-14 06:04 pm (UTC)But, what about those Chinese emperors?
720,000 sheets, two feet by three feet?
That is almost forty acres of toilet paper!
He must have shared it with the rest of the royal household.
Either that, of the Chinese emperors had mighty big bums.
Re: OW OW OW
Date: 2001-12-14 06:08 pm (UTC)I think they made origami wipers out of it.
When in Rome
Date: 2001-12-14 10:05 pm (UTC)Re: When in Rome
Date: 2001-12-14 10:08 pm (UTC)Re: When in Rome
Date: 2001-12-15 01:21 am (UTC)