Stop Using Toilet Paper

NYT ^ | 4-3-20 | Kate Murphy

[dynachrome]

All this when experts agree that rinsing yourself with water is infinitely more sanitary and environmentally sound. Dr. H. Randolph Bailey, a colorectal surgeon at the University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, recommended bidets or toilet attachments, such as the Washlet or Tushy.

“A lot of people who come to see me have fairly significant irritation of their bottoms,” he said. “Most of the time it has to do with overzealous cleaning” — wiping too vigorously with toilet paper or using wipes, which often contain harsh fragrances and chemicals.

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Is It Time for Americans to Embrace the Bidet? Moreover, he said, you’re just never going to get as clean as rinsing with water. Cleanliness matters, since you can get seriously ill from diseases transmitted via feces. Cholera, hepatitis, and E. coli and urinary tract infections are prime examples. Recent studies have found coronavirus in feces, as well.

[philippa]

This.

[US_MilitaryRules]

You could get away with the Sheryl crow method with Charmin!
1 square!

[real saxophonist]

Or the three shells.

[rbg81]

Typical NYT editorial - Do as I say, not as I do.

I bet their restrooms are fully stocked with TP.

[real saxophonist]

Yeah, how 'bout this one:

John Wayne toiler paper.

Rough and tough and don't take no shit off nobody!

[moovova]

There will be no two-ply tomfoolery around my house.

[JayAr36]

I bet their restrooms are fully stocked with TP.

If you don’t mind the ink stains.

[Robert DeLong]

This might be a better assortment of bidet sprayers

[real saxophonist]

[VanShuyten]

We should all go with the Saudi “hole and a hose”.

[CatOwner]

While it is a lower grade of toilet paper, I’m waiting for the country to go back to work and businesses start losing their supply of toilet paper for their workplace restrooms.

[MHGinTN]

But a wet ass fer shur.

[olivia3boys]

I used a bidet in a hotel room in Europe last summer for the first time in my life. I liked it, but I still used toilet paper for drying off.

[crusty old prospector]

Seems like kind of a mini-enema.

[newfreep]

[oldasrocks]

I have a pressure washer.

[NativeSon]

Is that the turbo diesel model with optional power-colonic?

[Chaguito]

You win!

[MHGinTN]

Could us rural folks just use the garden pump up sprayer?

[Fresh Wind]

These work quite nicely...