This may seem like a ridiculous question but it came to me when sitting on the toilet, about to scrunch up several sheets of toilet paper into the compulsory ‘gift bow’.
In such a wasteful society as the West, we are not using both sides of the paper (as preached to us when using writing pads).
To all the geeks out there that will say “it has two have 2 sides because it is an object in multi-dimensional space-time and can be considered a planar surface etc.” – shut up before I spit in your face, you should have realised no one liked you from school.
I just find it strange since toilet paper is double sided (actually its more like 4 sided, as there are 2 separate layers attached to each sheet so double the surface area) yet we only use one side. What is the other side for? It seems to have been forgotten.
When using toilet roll, most of us will scrunch it up into the aforementioned ‘gift bow’ (see above) , unless you are Posh and wipe your ‘little mouth’ around the edges with a woven napkin just as you would your mouth at a dinner party.
This ‘gift bow’ shape further deteriorates the actual surface area of toilet paper used. What has happened to the other side? Who dictates which side a roll is used?
I am sure there are more useful ways to use toilet paper or more efficient methods that can be invented.
All I’m saying is that I’m all for recycling and I expect people to start using the ‘dark side’ of the toilet paper (not the best expression, I realise).
I am converted, I hope you follow…
P.S. – You will be able to tell where I live as when you look into the back garden you’ll see strips of used toilet paper put out to dry on the washing line.
