You Really Don’t Need Toilet Paper in Toilets
There is one way which is more hygienic than using toilet paper for you to clean yourself in toilets. It is a lot simpler too!
You may have heard some people said that they could not live without toilet paper (or some people call it “toilet rolls”).
Do you believe me if I say that we don’t need toilet paper at all in toilets?
You may find it very difficult to believe.
But let me just tell you a story about a friend of mine named Danial and his landlord, Jack.
Danial was an Asian student studying Accountancy in University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Illinois while Jack was an American.
Danial rented a room in the basement of a house owned by Jack in Champaign. The room was a bit unique as the kitchen, bathroom and toilet were not inside the room but instead, they were right outside of it. That enables Jack to do his regular checking of the kitchen, bathroom and toilet as Danial locked only his room when he was not around.
There was something that made Jack surprised and curious whenever he checked the toilet. He noted that there was no toilet paper in it every time he checked. Not even one piece!
He did not think that Danial kept toilet paper in his room as the tenant did not share the toilet with any other tenants in the house. He wondered how Danial cleaned himself or to say it straight forward, cleaned his buttock after doing the normal stuff people do in toilets.
One day, Jack met Danial by chance when he was checking the kitchen.
After greeting each other, Jack suddenly asked, “Danial, why is there no toilet paper every time I checked the toilet?”
“I don’t need to use it actually,” replied Danial.
“Then how do you clean yourself in the toilet?” asked Jack.
“I just use water and my bare left hand,” said Danial.
Jack was shocked with the answer and then asked, “I hope you don’t mind me asking but isn’t that disgusting to use your bare hand to clean?”
Danial felt a bit embarrassed by that question but he managed to keep his cool. He then replied by asking Jack a question.
“Jack, let me just ask you this. If you got some mud on your hand or on any other part of your body, is it enough for you to clean it only by wiping it off using some pieces of paper?”
“Or, would you prefer to use some water and clean the mud off using your bare hand? I am sure you feel more comfortable to use water as it will clean the mud off much better”
Jack was, once again, shocked. Feeling ashamed, he did not really answer the question but instead, he right away said to Danial that he did sometimes clean himself using water and his bare hand in the toilet.
Danial smiled as he knew that Jack was not telling the truth. However, he just nodded and didn’t say anything more as he didn’t want to further embarrass Jack.
Well, guys. Did you see the logic for not needing to use toilet paper in toilets? Do you feel disgusted when you heard some people clean themselves in toilets using just water and their bare hand?
Don’t be surprised when you travel to other parts of the world, especially to most part of Asia, and you find out that there is no toilet paper in most public toilets there but instead, you only have a water tap and a short tube.
Don’t worry guys. Toilets at their hotels, especially those graded with more stars, do have toilet paper for their customers who come from different culture.
The main point here is that we should realize that some people have their own way to keep their personal hygiene. In fact, their way may make some other people to re-think of their own way.
So guys do you really need toilet paper in toilets or are you more comfortable with Danial’s way of personal cleaning which seems to me to be more hygienic? You may even have your own different way of personal hygiene in toilets! Feel free to let me know of your thoughts.
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R.R.
On November 18, 2007 at 8:19 am
Have they ever thought about simply wetting the toilet paper? Seems more hygienic than both options.
excellentvision
On November 18, 2007 at 8:41 am
Hi,R.R.!
Thanks for your comment.
I normally noted toilets with toilet paper only (no water tap).
Yes, you can do both but you got to get out of the small room first bringing toilet paper with you, wet the toilet paper at the basin and then get back to the small room to clean yourself. I think that will be messy.
Someone
On November 19, 2007 at 7:28 am
Who do you shake hands with?
A person with a clean hand, or a person with a clean ass?
Eric
On November 19, 2007 at 8:14 pm
Danial washed himself in toilets using his LEFT hand, not his right hand. And I believe people like Danial use their right hand more than their left one while eating. So, I think it should be OK.
Tom
On November 22, 2007 at 7:35 pm
By using water, instead of toilet paper, we can save on paper too. Water will naturally be recycled.
Saunders
On December 5, 2007 at 4:22 pm
I do that too! I’m going green, baby: I start with some nice warm water and use my wife’s bare hand.
excellentvision
On December 5, 2007 at 9:42 pm
Thanks for your comment, Saunders!
But, you use your wife’s bare hand? LOL
How about your own bare hand?
Well…I guess you use your wife’s hand because it is more romantic that way. (I hope you know what I mean)
Saunders
On December 11, 2007 at 11:23 am
Oh yeah… I read ye loud and clear!! ;o)
Romanticism is in the eye of the beholder and she beholdin’ some questionable romanticism!!
long drop
On June 2, 2008 at 9:35 am
Interesting conversation we’re having here! Thought you might like to know some cultures use a smooth pebble for this purpose also (the pebble is carried with you and is rinsed and re-used) Early settlers of New Zealand and Australia used the leaves of certain trees.
excellentvision
On June 11, 2008 at 1:49 am
Thanks, long drop!
You have highlighted good ideas! I use them in case of emergency…meaning, when there’s no water or toilet paper.
addition
On July 19, 2008 at 8:48 am
Was not mentioned here that people use water also wash their used (left) hand with soap so don’t be afraid to shake their left hand if you are really unwilling to use your right hand for handshaking.
excellentvision
On July 21, 2008 at 1:09 am
Thanks for your comment, addition !
peacedog
On October 24, 2008 at 5:40 am
its true; you really don’t need TP…or a lot of other things we think we need, actually!
DrNitemare
On February 24, 2009 at 10:49 am
My mother has a weird obsession with Toilet Paper. She gets very angry wnem people use it. It causes a lot of problems at my house. Anytime either of the bathrooms are out of toilet paper, she starts on her rampage and starts cursing people out for using it! And whats the point of buying the most expensive toilet paper? It goes down the drain in the end, and you cannot re-use it! Buy the cheapest you can, for god sakes! My ex wife had no place for her and my kids to live from July 2008 until February 2009. She was using my mother’s bathroom in my apartment that I pay for. My ex wife was so angry with my mother’s yelling and screaming about toilet paper, that she actually went to a laundry mat and stole the giant rolls! This woman needs professional help!
excellentvision
On February 24, 2009 at 8:16 pm
peacedog and DrNitemare, thank you very much for your comments!
dadiocool
On February 24, 2009 at 9:19 pm
Using hand and water..no doubt is much better in every way. it’s not about shaking hand with a person with clean hands or clean ass, but a person with clean hands and ass!!..both!. They use soap for both!
guest
On February 28, 2009 at 10:50 am
So the best choice could be the combination of three things: water, soap, and toilet paper!
ashwin
On June 13, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Hey, no offence meant but most asians think that ppl who use toilet paper are a disgusting unhygenic lot.
b u s h e y
On June 30, 2009 at 3:54 am
Paper can never clean you properly – in the same way as you cant wipe your hands clean after a meal – not as well as washing them would clean them anyway!
Imagine walking around the whole day with scat on your ass just because you thought paper was the way ‘developed’ countried did it!
Ha! what a laugh!
I think the use of paper has more to do with water shortages, cold climes and forcing you to have a bath after the deed is done!
Jack Flanders
On August 23, 2009 at 11:51 pm
I find the thought of getting poop on your hands more disgusting than smudging it on your butt. Would you really want to shake hands with a person who has (or had) poopy hands? Gross. Would you eat the food prepared by an “Asian or Middle Easterner” whos hands smelled of excrement a short while ago?
Charlie
On October 29, 2009 at 9:35 pm
I’ve been short handed for a year now and never use toiet paper. I just hop in the shower after every bowel movement.
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