I know the original poster meant his comment in sarcasm.
But I had a conversation about toilet paper with some muslim students while in grad school. We were discussing different ways to clean yourself before toilet paper was invented. It appears the people in the middle east used a handfull of dry dirt, or sand to do the job if water was not available, and water does tend to be rare in the desert. And yes, they used the left hand for this. In europe they used paper or large leaves. In america they used empty corn cobs or paper. Currently in europe, the bidet is preferred...which is water. I believe the same is preferred in the middle east by wealthier people.
The corn cob thing really stunned them.
My grandpappy told me that they used white and brown corncobs back then . . . they'd use the brown corncobs first and then use the white corncobs to see if they needed to use the brown corncobs. True story.
That's part of the reason that the beanbag tossing game is called "Cornhole." That's what they called the hole in the outhouse . . . the cornhole.
Of course, for us it's a noun, but in Jerry Sandusky's cell block it's a verb. (Get it?)
Yeah boy, we used to visit my aunt and uncle in the hills and hollers of Tennessee; and corncobs were plentiful for the job. Normally, we used the “Rears and Sorebutt” catalog in our little red outhouse; one page usually did the trick. - Oh, and the really refined used red and white corncobs for #2 and #1 jobs. - Were just glad to have what we had.
You mean corn husks?
When down on the creek, stay away from Saw grass.