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plumtreeblossom) wrote2008-02-16 03:19 pm
plumtreeblossom) wrote2008-02-16 03:19 pm
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I Am Right Good And Horrified
Look, I'm all for greening efforts, in the home and in the world. If I can help, I'm happy to, and consider it my duty anyway. But there is a certain level of greenness intensity to which I can not and will not under any circumstances go.
I give you Reusable Cloth Family Toilet Wipes:
You really don't want to see this.
No matter what I do in the interest of greener living, there are two categories of things that I will never, ever swap out for reusable versions: safer sex supplies, and toilet hygiene products.
I'm going to swing at the first fastball that's certain to get thrown and answer the question of "How is this any different from cloth diapers?" It is very different, and here is my reasoning behind saying that.
What I can't sign off on is the communal use of something reusable when eliminatory fluids (and solids!) are in the same sentence. Cloth diapers are good. My mother used them on me. But the difference was that they were mine and used only on me, and it wasn't like my Dad was wiping his ass on them, too. Sort of like underwear -- no sharing, no problem. But these wipes would have everyone in the household using the same wipes communally, wiping with glee under a rainbow with doves circling overhead in an ariel dance of peace and community. Mom, Dad, the kids, the kid's friends, the chili-filled dinner guests, Uncle Ed and his colitis, and the toilet-trained Persian cat who sometimes needs help cleaning up. Wipes for all! And just toss it in the bag for next week's laundry!
I would rather use a dried corn cob. Leaves, newspaper...anything I could throw away and never have to see again. I'll buy recycled and unbleached TP if I'm at a store that sells it, but whatever is hanging next to the potty at my house is going to be something flushable. Also, considering how often I grab a swath of toilet paper to blow my nose in...I can't even think about it.
The website recommends washing the wipes separately from the regular laundry. Golly, I wouldn't have thought of that. I was just going to toss the doo doo rags in with my turtlenecks.
Well then, I bet you didn't need that post today! You're welcome. I wouldn't be surprised if I've inadvertently sold any number of you on the product, and you're going right over to buy some now. All I can ask is that if you do switch (or currently practice wipe reuse), and if you ever invite me to your house, PLEASE warn me ahead of time so that a packet of Kleenex can accompany me. If I walked into a bathroom and was startled by a stack of animal-print fabric squares by the hopper and I had no other alternative, you'd have to peel me off the ceiling. And nobody wants that.
I give you Reusable Cloth Family Toilet Wipes:
You really don't want to see this.
No matter what I do in the interest of greener living, there are two categories of things that I will never, ever swap out for reusable versions: safer sex supplies, and toilet hygiene products.
I'm going to swing at the first fastball that's certain to get thrown and answer the question of "How is this any different from cloth diapers?" It is very different, and here is my reasoning behind saying that.
What I can't sign off on is the communal use of something reusable when eliminatory fluids (and solids!) are in the same sentence. Cloth diapers are good. My mother used them on me. But the difference was that they were mine and used only on me, and it wasn't like my Dad was wiping his ass on them, too. Sort of like underwear -- no sharing, no problem. But these wipes would have everyone in the household using the same wipes communally, wiping with glee under a rainbow with doves circling overhead in an ariel dance of peace and community. Mom, Dad, the kids, the kid's friends, the chili-filled dinner guests, Uncle Ed and his colitis, and the toilet-trained Persian cat who sometimes needs help cleaning up. Wipes for all! And just toss it in the bag for next week's laundry!
I would rather use a dried corn cob. Leaves, newspaper...anything I could throw away and never have to see again. I'll buy recycled and unbleached TP if I'm at a store that sells it, but whatever is hanging next to the potty at my house is going to be something flushable. Also, considering how often I grab a swath of toilet paper to blow my nose in...I can't even think about it.
The website recommends washing the wipes separately from the regular laundry. Golly, I wouldn't have thought of that. I was just going to toss the doo doo rags in with my turtlenecks.
Well then, I bet you didn't need that post today! You're welcome. I wouldn't be surprised if I've inadvertently sold any number of you on the product, and you're going right over to buy some now. All I can ask is that if you do switch (or currently practice wipe reuse), and if you ever invite me to your house, PLEASE warn me ahead of time so that a packet of Kleenex can accompany me. If I walked into a bathroom and was startled by a stack of animal-print fabric squares by the hopper and I had no other alternative, you'd have to peel me off the ceiling. And nobody wants that.
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Back in the 60's, my father had a married pair of colleagues, both doctors, who didn't believe in diapering their children because they believed it inhibited their creativity. One evening when my dad was at their house for dinner, their toddler squatted on the living room carpet and took a steaming dump. When my dad asked if they were going to clean it up, they said "No, that's his offering!"
I think I would have gone out to the bushes to hurl.
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it's called ec (elimination communication) and there really are teeny tiny new babies who are diaper-free and go in the potty.
totally amazing!
its a lot of work though :-)