Also, when I was very young, I remember colored toilet paper. Where did they go? I liked the pretty pastel colors and some had flowers printed on them. I used to unroll them and decorate the house. I got scolded for wasting so many rolls. Lol .
swtnibbles3: Out of course, now onto the real reason we no longer see colored TP.
According to Toilet Paper World (yes, that is a real publication, although it hasn’t been updated since 2014), colored toilet paper first appeared in the ’50s. This was the heyday of the colorful bathroom: spaces with toilets and tubs and sinks and tile and maybe even towels carefully color-coordinated. To have only one option for toilet paper would’ve been a real travesty because who could bear to bring mismatching TP into such a carefully crafted space?
Sometime around the ’80s, colored toilet paper began to disappear from the shelves. Toilet Paper World quotes someone called the Toilet Paper King on a few potential reasons for its decline. (The Toilet Paper King, apparently, is Kenn Fischburg, president of Toilet Paper World. It is unclear where the authority for this toilet paper monarchy derives from, or whether the title is self-assigned.) Apparently, doctors began warning people that the dyes in colored toilet paper could be harmful to their skin. And there were environmental concerns about the dyes, too.
The pastel toilet paper of the ’60s and ’70s may be lost to time, but if you really long to wipe your bottom with something colorful, Renova offers a line of colored toilet paper, in rather startlingly bright hues (and also in brown and black). It’s not cheap, though: a six-pack of the blue will set you back $16.20.
jr__: If you have cat(s) it's best to have it facing in so than when precious little critter discovers this really cool toy can spin the whole roll won't end up on the floor.
I can't recall TP in colors but I do like the TP for the cheap ass
Sunny B Blessed: I remember toilet paper in pink, blue, and yellow. My parents used to buy it. I forgot all about it, forgot it even existed.
I like my toilet paper facing over. It's easier to use that way. But, if you have small children, kittens or puppies, it's good to put he toilet paper facing under. This way, they can hit the roll and make it roll and roll, and toilet paper won't get all unraveled all over your bathroom.
Oh_No_Not_Again: Joseph C. Gayetty created the first commercially packaged toilet paper in 1857. His toilet papers were loose, flat, sheets of paper. Joseph founded The Gayetty Firm for toilet paper production in New Jersey and his first factory-made toilet paper was "The Therapeutic Paper”.
Oh_No_Not_Again: In 1879, the Scott Paper Company began selling the first toilet paper on a roll, though roll toilet paper did not become common until 1907. In 1942, St. Andrew's Paper Mill in Great Britain introduced the first two-ply toilet paper.
EmmEffinPrincess: I'm the odd one out. I prefer my tp not on a roll holder at all. I have one of those metal tp cage things that you stack 4 rolls in and I get it from there.
Sir Loin: The dye used in printed tp was actually quite toxic and eventually made its way into the environment harming aquatic wildlife. Now banned in some countries
TequilaMockingbird_: Karen, you are missing out - you really need to get a bidet! Nothing like a little splish splash on the bum for that fresh out of the shower feeling - it's all the craze in Europe/Asia!
Besides, using TP is like dropping a bowl of spaghetti on the ground, and using a paper towel to clean it up without washing the floor - it ain't really clean till you mop it
Luviissa: As a total Pleb, the first time I ever came across a bidet which was in a cheap old Colonial hotel in Morocco of all places , I actually cleaned my trekking trousers and Goretex tops in it , after a trek in the Atlas mountains, thinking it was a convenient laundry facility. You can take the girl out of Preston, but you can't take Preston out the girl !!! xx
imtarasmom: Judge Judy had the same issue with her Husband. Their solution? Two set ups! He puts his on rolling backwards she puts hers on rolling forward problem solved
Toilet paper...facing out or facing in?
Also, when I was very young, I remember colored toilet paper. Where did they go? I liked the pretty pastel colors and some had flowers printed on them. I used to unroll them and decorate the house. I got scolded for wasting so many rolls. Lol
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According to Toilet Paper World (yes, that is a real publication, although it hasn’t been updated since 2014), colored toilet paper first appeared in the ’50s. This was the heyday of the colorful bathroom: spaces with toilets and tubs and sinks and tile and maybe even towels carefully color-coordinated. To have only one option for toilet paper would’ve been a real travesty because who could bear to bring mismatching TP into such a carefully crafted space?
Sometime around the ’80s, colored toilet paper began to disappear from the shelves. Toilet Paper World quotes someone called the Toilet Paper King on a few potential reasons for its decline. (The Toilet Paper King, apparently, is Kenn Fischburg, president of Toilet Paper World. It is unclear where the authority for this toilet paper monarchy derives from, or whether the title is self-assigned.) Apparently, doctors began warning people that the dyes in colored toilet paper could be harmful to their skin. And there were environmental concerns about the dyes, too.
The pastel toilet paper of the ’60s and ’70s may be lost to time, but if you really long to wipe your bottom with something colorful, Renova offers a line of colored toilet paper, in rather startlingly bright hues (and also in brown and black). It’s not cheap, though: a six-pack of the blue will set you back $16.20.
I can't recall TP in colors but I do like the TP for the cheap ass
I like my toilet paper facing over. It's easier to use that way. But, if you have small children, kittens or puppies, it's good to put he toilet paper facing under. This way, they can hit the roll and make it roll and roll, and toilet paper won't get all unraveled all over your bathroom.
Otherwise, I don't care.
Prob not environmental safe anymore idk lol
We always had it facing out ... as I now living in a rooming house I carry my roll to the throne with me ..
Besides, using TP is like dropping a bowl of spaghetti on the ground, and using a paper towel to clean it up without washing the floor - it ain't really clean till you mop it
You can take the girl out of Preston, but you can't take Preston out the girl !!!