Why toilet paper belongs to America

[dejr_8]

Makes you think

http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/07/mf.toilet.paper.history/index.html

Since the dawn of time, people have found nifty ways to clean up after the bathroom act. The most common solution was simply to grab what was at hand: coconuts, shells, snow, moss, hay, leaves, grass, corncobs, sheep's wool -- and, later, thanks to the printing press -- newspapers, magazines, and pages of books.

Story continues at site

 

[olena]

Americans soon grew accustomed to wiping with the Sears Roebuck catalog, and they saw no need to spend money on something that came in the mail for free.

Neat article!

 

[Stacerita]

I just finished reading that article before I logged onto the DIS.

 

[Sir Robin Hood]

Oh great. My lunch was packed in a recycled paper bag.

 

[Orangeandwild]

I love it, a walk down memory lane for TP...

 

[hrh_disney_queen]

I'll never forget the outhouse on my parent's friends farm, about 45 years ago..There was always a copy of the yellow pages in there.