 Before The Toilet Paper, what did people use? |
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 Aug 7 2006, 07:15 PM
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Advanced Member  Group: Members Posts: 125 Joined: 13-November 05 Member No.: 14,232  |
i was wondering--what did people use before the invention of toilet paper because mass producton of paper is a pretty recent thing and i would think that about 1000 years ago only the wealthy could afford to use it. Any ideas how this was done in the early days? TY
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Aug 7 2006, 07:25 PM
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EVIL CORN! Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 7-May 06 From: USA Member No.: 23,230  |
Do you really want to know? I would guess they they didn't use anything. Just let it out and leave lol.
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Aug 7 2006, 07:30 PM
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Privileged Member Group: Members Posts: 702 Joined: 17-February 05 Member No.: 3,817 |
They would have used anything including leaves. And for sure they use water. Some people assumed that they might have used water and their own hands but not their bare hands. They would have used water to to rinse but never touch.
Yes, I agree toilet paper is not very old compare to a very old human history. When people lived as nomads they would have used leaves or even sticks in forests. It was not a big deal I suppose. |
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Aug 7 2006, 10:26 PM
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EVIL CORN! Group: Members Posts: 617 Joined: 7-May 06 From: USA Member No.: 23,230 |
So that explains the brown leaves lol. How come we never have fossils of their "droppings"
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Aug 7 2006, 11:22 PM
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Ancient Enigma  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 1,753 Joined: 11-July 04 From: under the stars Member No.: 76 |
i would bet the ancient egyptians used papyrus!
 seriously, here's a more extensive history of toilet paper and its use throughout the ages. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper now, we'll have less to wonder about it.
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Aug 8 2006, 06:35 AM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 1,134 Joined: 19-May 05 From: Mexico Member No.: 7,234 |
Well, I guess it would depend on the place you lived in. Because some places could have papyrus while some other places wouldnt have it. Others would have tree leaves and some others would probably not even clean themselves at all. I wouldnt want to go any further with that..
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Aug 8 2006, 07:06 AM
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Super Member Group: Members Posts: 210 Joined: 7-June 06 Member No.: 24,817 |
i must say, that is a rather interesting wikipedia article lol... i swear the things that people put on there, they really make me wonder :S
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Aug 8 2006, 12:01 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 118 Joined: 4-April 06 Member No.: 21,300 |
i suppose they used their hands or something. maybe even leaves and hopefully they knew which ones were poisonous and which one were very ruff or it could end up being quite painful !!! LOL
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Aug 8 2006, 04:50 PM
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ointment! Group: Members Posts: 542 Joined: 2-September 04 From: Bat Country Member No.: 980 |
One of the first steps in evolution was probably figuring out how to... um... clean themselves. Maybe they used scraps of whatever they made their clothes out of? We could all come up with pleasent ideas, but I am sure as yucky as it is, they probably used their hands. ew.
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