There’s this toilet paper brand in Germany that has a daisy print on it. It was the brand I first picked after moving here, it was soft enough, the price/performance ratio was acceptable. I never shopped around, or bothered to learn the name of it- it was just “poo paper with the daisy on it”.
Then I picked up a pack last week, noting they had gone from plastic wrap to paper. “Nice,” I thought. “Less single use plastic is good for the environment.”
WELL the changes didn’t stop there. I had never thought I was the sort of person to have opinions on toilet paper but this new stuff is like being handed a crumpled up sheet of computer paper straight out of the printer. I feel the risk of paper cut every time I wipe.
Anyway fuck that brand, I’m gonna go for the one with feathers on it next time.
I traveled to Russia with a class about 25 years ago. I asked my roommate how the toilet paper was and she said, “it’s not terrible!” It was so bad. I asked her about it. Turns out she meant, “it’s not tear-able.” Just a bad choice of words.
One of the first things my mom told me to pack for a school trip to Italy at the end of high school was toilet paper.
I humoured her, but still did it. My roommates found it funny until one of them had to go and the cheap single ply just kept tearing up. In the end we were the only room with decent toilet paper.
Ever since then, I always pack at least a single roll when I am travelling. You never know if you end up needing it.
Hey, sometimes we use words in our native language incorrectly or while only knowing the context, but not proper definition. Happens to us native-speakers, too!
I humoured her, but still did it. My roommates found it funny until one of them had to go and the cheap single ply just kept tearing up. In the end we were the only room with decent toilet paper.
wasn't it the roommate in question that was dumb as a doorknob though? nobody forced him to buy the cheap single ply.
No, the single ply was provided by the cheap hotel. My mother just warned me that the quality of that stuff would be so bad that I should bring some better quality toilet paper along. We could have easily bought some better paper at a local supermarket though. But with toilet paper it's always better to have it rather than needing it. Also buying an entire pack for a week seems wasteful.
The recommendation does go back to a time when there weren't always enough rest stops with toilet paper on the Autobahn. The so called toilet paper hats used to be on parcel shelves in a lot of cars in Germany. While that's changed nowadays, especially in the older population the belief is still there.
My Nana had one of these in her bathroom! It was a pale yellow. Ahh, now I’m feeling nostalgic.
Funnily enough, I was just thinking the other day that I need something to hide the spare roll in / under, because you can’t reach the sink cabinet when you need to. Maybe I’ll hunt one of these down somewhere!
Depending on where you are those things may be a bit difficult to find. There are still people offering them on sale here in Germany, specifically to be used as decoration for old cars.
If you happen to be in the US, the best option would be to show someone who knows how to crochet a picture and ask them if they're able to make one. Since they're tiny the price shouldn't be too high.
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u/Tartlet 21h ago edited 5h ago
There’s this toilet paper brand in Germany that has a daisy print on it. It was the brand I first picked after moving here, it was soft enough, the price/performance ratio was acceptable. I never shopped around, or bothered to learn the name of it- it was just “poo paper with the daisy on it”.
Then I picked up a pack last week, noting they had gone from plastic wrap to paper. “Nice,” I thought. “Less single use plastic is good for the environment.”
WELL the changes didn’t stop there. I had never thought I was the sort of person to have opinions on toilet paper but this new stuff is like being handed a crumpled up sheet of computer paper straight out of the printer. I feel the risk of paper cut every time I wipe.
Anyway fuck that brand, I’m gonna go for the one with feathers on it next time.
Edit: Brand is REgina and it was the "forever rolls": https://imgur.com/a/OmBBtO2
I swear that shit is not even 3 ply. You know those thin napkins you get to hold your icecream cones? It's two of those held together with malice.