So let's talk about toilet paper. You know we all have our preferences. Changing brands is kind of like changing brands of automobile... Charmin is obviously the best... extra roll... two ply because they don't make a three ply. Then you take a vacation... go someplace "exotic." Then things get interesting. Ya, there are things to see and do but toilet facilities are some important considerations.
I went to Thailand awhile back. Did you know that there are places where the normal pottie doesn't have a stool. One place I went to, there wan't any turning back either, this place had a hole in the floor with a footprint painted on either side and a bucket filled with water and a ladle next to it. Now there's something of a learning curve on that experience. I carried my own toilet paper from then on, just in case. I've seen similar "facilities" in old parts of Spain and Morocco too.
In my current place of employment some of the locals climb up on the stool and squat leaving muddy footprints as evidence and showing some lack of aim deficiencies. We regulate who can and can't use our facilities but have to use the locally produced TP. I'm hear to tell you it's a far cry from Charmin.
First getting the roll started. It's glued through the first quarter inch or so so you have to find the glue line and tear the roll in half to get through that so you can have a normal rolling roll. Inevitably the layers below that are torn and so the next couple laps are a shredded mess that isn't fit for it's intended purpose. Once started you must tear of two to three times as much as you would with Charmin to avoid the much feared poke through. Then as the application is made, it's not uncommon for small bits to tear free leaving one with the dilemma of solution to this debacle. I noticed today that the plies aren't really plies so much as another sheet. It appears that two rolls are started at the same time and rolled up together eventually resulting in misaligned perforation.
It is the land of the unexpected.
