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qnxde · Mar 27, 2003, 07:13 PM

Do you scrunch or fold?

wdlove · Mar 27, 2003, 07:22 PM

I'm not sure what you are asking. Majority of the time peristalsis is effective!

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 07:32 PM

In my (extensive) experience, women scrunch, men fold.

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 07:33 PM

Originally posted by wdlove:
I'm not sure what you are asking. Majority of the time peristalsis is effective!

the paper. do you scrunch it into a ball or fold it?

kmkkid · Mar 27, 2003, 08:19 PM

Why on earth would you fold toilet paper to wipe your butt?

Craziness.

Chris

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 08:33 PM

Originally posted by kmkkid:
Why on earth would you fold toilet paper to wipe your butt?

Craziness.

Chris

For one thing, you can use less paper (fold, wipe, fold again, wipe...)

boots · Mar 27, 2003, 08:36 PM

Originally posted by tintub:
For one thing, you can use less paper (fold, wipe, fold again, wipe...)

Get more control too. Wipe, don't smear it around.

Gul Banana · Mar 27, 2003, 08:49 PM

For some reason the idea of folding seems crazy to me, too. So far, by tintub's reckoning, over 50% of MacNN must be female...

benb · Mar 27, 2003, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by tintub:
For one thing, you can use less paper (fold, wipe, fold again, wipe...)

Dude. Its not made from Mahogany or Teak. Its cheap. No need to conserve by folding. That's just gross. I assume that you have to look at your poop to get a good second fold too...

benb · Mar 27, 2003, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by Gul Banana:
For some reason the idea of folding seems crazy to me, too. So far, by tintub's reckoning, over 50% of MacNN must be female...

Yea, I fold napkins, but I don't wipe my butt with those...

MikeM33 · Mar 27, 2003, 09:48 PM

Scrunch into as a big a ball as possible so hopefully no fecal matter gets onto my hand.

Here's a better question just to keep the thread going;

Do you check out your "work" before you flush? I know I do all the time. Sometimes I think "damn that was so huge I musta just lost 20 lbs"

MikeM

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MindFad · Mar 27, 2003, 10:02 PM

Definitely a scruncher. And I usually check my work. "Ahhhh ... yep, still got it."

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 10:15 PM

Originally posted by benb:
Dude. Its not made from Mahogany or Teak. Its cheap. No need to conserve by folding. That's just gross. I assume that you have to look at your poop to get a good second fold too...

You don't have to fold it too exactly. MikeM33 said that with a scrunch there's a risk of getting sh*t on your hand. Now that's gross! And you have to look at your sh*t anyway to know when to stop wiping, so get off your high horse!

scaught · Mar 27, 2003, 10:17 PM

ive never scrunched. it seems so "caveman" to me. just...way more of a chance for a mess to happen than with a nicely controlled fold of TP.

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 10:23 PM

Incidentally, I am here at work with an workmate of Indian descent, and I realised that you missed out the 'neither, I use my hand' option.

Superchicken · Mar 27, 2003, 10:34 PM

I wrap it around my hand then pull it out and use that to cover the entire surface of my hand, then I can fold it again and save paper not to mention you run less of a risk of clogging.

How could you scrunch!?

tintub · Mar 27, 2003, 10:36 PM

Originally posted by Superchic[k]en:
I wrap it around my hand then pull it out and use that to cover the entire surface of my hand, then I can fold it again and save paper not to mention you run less of a risk of clogging.

How could you scrunch!?

wtf?

wingdo · Mar 27, 2003, 10:54 PM

Originally posted by tintub:
Incidentally, I am here at work with an workmate of Indian descent, and I realised that you missed out the 'neither, I use my hand' option.

Don't even want to think about it.

kmkkid · Mar 27, 2003, 11:00 PM

hrm, some of you are gross. I want to keep as much paper between me and my sh!t as possible

Chris

Miniryu · Mar 27, 2003, 11:14 PM

What about those of us that use corn cobs?

funkboy · Mar 27, 2003, 11:21 PM

Wow. The derivative that is the MacNN lounge has hit zero, a critical point, as it were. I'mm not sure if it's a high or low point - someone must integrate the crap off the paper to figure it out.

MindFad · Mar 27, 2003, 11:23 PM

Originally posted by Miniryu:
What about those of us that use corn cobs?

Two red ones and a white one, right? That's how my grandpa taught me�red one first, and then the white one to see if you need the other red one.

Mark Tungston · Mar 27, 2003, 11:26 PM

sea shells?

5 points to anybody who gets the reference

MindFad · Mar 27, 2003, 11:27 PM

The Stalone/Snipes movie ... Demolition Man? WTF was it called? I want my five points anyway.

Ozmodiar · Mar 27, 2003, 11:51 PM

It never even occurred to me that people would scrunch toilet paper. This just blows my mind.

dampeoples · Mar 27, 2003, 11:52 PM

Originally posted by tintub:
In my (extensive) experience, women scrunch, men fold.

Do you do market analysis? I wad up just as much as I can.

tintub · Mar 28, 2003, 12:46 AM

Originally posted by dampeoples:
Do you do market analysis? I wad up just as much as I can.

I'm sorry - you can't get my intonation from the (extensive). I was being sarcastic. I don't have extensive knowledge of the subject. I know what I do and I know what a few other people do, from having similar conversations before.

Face Ache · Mar 28, 2003, 01:13 AM

Originally posted by Ozmodiar:
It never even occurred to me that people would scrunch toilet paper. This just blows my mind.

Yeah. Bloody weirdos.

I spend my "on-the-job" time turning toiletpaper into origami kangaroos to wipe my ass with.

I ****ing hate kangaroos.

But scrunching is just... weird.

dampeoples · Mar 28, 2003, 01:21 AM

Originally posted by tintub:
I'm sorry - you can't get my intonation from the (extensive). I was being sarcastic. I don't have extensive knowledge of the subject. I know what I do and I know what a few other people do, from having similar conversations before.

no, it's ok if that's what you do, don't be ashamed

DeathMan · Mar 28, 2003, 03:52 AM

I can go both ways. It used to be always scrunch, but now I fold. DeathMan got his hand a**ed to him.

engaged · Mar 28, 2003, 05:02 AM

I saw a programme on TV a few years ago on the manufacturing of toilet paper. They said that there is a difference between the paper sold in the US and Europe; Europeans tended to fold and the US tended to scrunch.

European paper wasn't generally textured, whereas paper in the US had a random texture in order to increase 'volume' when scrunching.

I fold, by the way. I gave scrunching a go after seeing this on TV, but the folding technique was too well ingrained.

Nicko · Mar 28, 2003, 05:13 AM

tintub · Mar 28, 2003, 05:51 AM

Originally posted by engaged:
I saw a programme on TV a few years ago on the manufacturing of toilet paper. They said that there is a difference between the paper sold in the US and Europe; Europeans tended to fold and the US tended to scrunch.

European paper wasn't generally textured, whereas paper in the US had a random texture in order to increase 'volume' when scrunching.

I fold, by the way. I gave scrunching a go after seeing this on TV, but the folding technique was too well ingrained.

I gave scrunching a go tonight.

In Australia, it is really hard to find unscented toilet paper - you have to check the packets carefully and usually each brand will only have one unscented line.

Scented toilet paper

mrfrost · Mar 28, 2003, 06:16 AM

A little question for the people that fold. (like myself)

How many pieces of toilet paper do you take and how do you fold it? I myself usually take 3 pieces and fold it on the line that divides them so I have a 3 layer piece.(not counting the layers from the paper itself) If I feel that I haven't been able to get a good package out there I just use 2 pieces and fold them halfway.

But scrunching ???

tintub · Mar 28, 2003, 06:22 AM

Originally posted by Mr_Frost:
A little question for the people that fold. (like myself)

How many pieces of toilet paper do you take and how do you fold it? I myself usually take 3 pieces and fold it on the line that divides them so I have a 3 layer piece.(not counting the layers from the paper itself) If I feel that I haven't been able to get a good package out there I just use 2 pieces and fold them halfway.

But scrunching ???

3, unless it's cheapo tp in which case I might use 4-5+

boots · Mar 28, 2003, 09:01 AM

I'm a 3-square man myself. Hmm. I wonder if three dquares has any relation to the "perfect proportion" number?

ShotgunEd · Mar 28, 2003, 09:27 AM

If its a particulary messy one after a night on the beer I may scrunch first then progress to folding as i clean up.

Every other time I fold, an average of three pieces I'd say.

boots · Mar 28, 2003, 09:53 AM

Originally posted by ShotgunEd:
If its a particulary messy one after a night on the beer ....

Thats when you give up and jump in the shower.

andi*pandi · Mar 28, 2003, 12:08 PM

women use as much toilet paper as possible. Therefore, folding is best. Scrunching is just... wrong. Seems more likely to end up with paper bits left behind that way. Eck.

I feel I should have logged in under another name to post this.

heh... I said "logged."

OwlBoy · Mar 28, 2003, 01:35 PM

What the hell! I was reading this thread, and got to the posts around the seashells post and started thinking... "I have read this thread before, and I think I replyed" Though a long time ago it felt... Then I read post dates and freaked out.

Oh my.

Deja-Vu of the internet kind!

-Owl Folding Boy

boardsurfer · Mar 28, 2003, 01:38 PM

Originally posted by Nicko:

I could really use one of these. Damn allergies.

Oh yeah, I scrunch. Folding seems to.. uh.. smear. scrunching provides texture to.. uh, you know, get it all off.

imaxxedout69 · Mar 28, 2003, 01:41 PM

Folding is stupid, then you have a nice VAST square of TP with no 'bite'. If you scrunch, you have all those little 'folds', peaks and valleys made by the scrunching action to help scrape more poo.

- $

PS: Only pansies fold.

Spliffdaddy · Mar 28, 2003, 01:46 PM

Originally posted by MindFad:
Two red ones and a white one, right? That's how my grandpa taught me�red one first, and then the white one to see if you need the other red one.

omg. we have the same grandpa.

Sven G · Mar 28, 2003, 01:51 PM

Crapology

keekeeree · Mar 28, 2003, 03:22 PM

Originally posted by andi*pandi:
heh... I said "logged."

Anyway...I'm a folder. How much TP? I have no idea how many squares I use. I grab the end of the roll, give a tug, tear it off, fold it in half, fold it in half again and wipe.

wdlove · Mar 28, 2003, 05:54 PM

I fold, but sometimes also scrunch a little. It's very interesting that there is sex difference with the use of toilet paper!

qnxde · Mar 30, 2003, 08:49 PM

Honestly, as if you'd fold it into a nice little square. How time consuming and tedious. Do you make sure all the edges line up too? It's ****ing toilet paper, you don't have to gift wrap it - just scrunch it up!

wdlove · Mar 30, 2003, 09:03 PM

Originally posted by Nicko:

Are these sold in Japan? They would come in very handy during allergy season and cold season. Also needs to have a sack attached for convience!

Miniryu · Mar 30, 2003, 09:35 PM

i am pretty sure that there are no gender lines around this issue. Most likely it has to do with what personality type you are. I am willing to bet that the type-A, meticulous perfectionist people fodl their paper, while the rough, care-free, lazy or impatient people scrunch their paper. Am I right?

MindFad · Mar 30, 2003, 09:37 PM

Just when I thought it was flushed, this turd of a thread comes floatin' back to the surface.

I had to.