Flushing toilet paper

[zanejohnson]

yeah i HATE when people use one of our restrooms and throw the nasty shitty tp in the trash can... it goes IN THE TOILET WITH THE REST OF THE SH*T.

 

[Auric]

Originally posted by: sandorski
Even if all I do is blow my nose, it goes in the toilet.

Me too but at home and in the absence of guests who may use same facility, I don't necessarily flush immediately. When it's yellow let it mellow... when it's brown flush it down. Man.

 

[summit]

If you live in cities with septic tanks, some toilet paper... the make your butt feel good kind is a no go for flushing.

 

[blurredvision]

I have a septic tank, so the wife and I do not flush the tp. Personally, I'll flush the first wipe or two, which is the nastiest. The rest goes into the small trash can with scented trash bags (why do you think they make them?), and I make sure to place them "face" down. We never have problems with odor or anything like that.

However, we had city sewer ran into our subdivision last summer, and are scheduled to have it hooked up in April, at which time I plan on flushing any and all tp.

 

[summit]

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I have a septic tank, so the wife and I do not flush the tp. Personally, I'll flush the first wipe or two, which is the nastiest. The rest goes into the small trash can with scented trash bags (why do you think they make them?), and I make sure to place them "face" down. We never have problems with odor or anything like that.

However, we had city sewer ran into our subdivision last summer, and are scheduled to have it hooked up in April, at which time I plan on flushing any and all tp.

What's the cost of emptying your S.T. or does your city do it for you? I live next to a town with them, but always curious about the cost.

 

[imported_Imp]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
Toliet paper is designed to disintegrate in water.

As long as you don't clump it. Let's just say, a few too many paper clumps and a few close calls with the floor almost turning yellow/brown have taught me better.

 

[Jawo]

I always flush it....In my travels, I have never even heard of this, although in India it is custom to use your left hand

 

[0roo0roo]

i have a trash, but its for stuff that can't be flushed like qtips.
used tissue from snot or whatever should be flushed. bit gross to have a build up of snot rags and stuff

 

[summit]

Tampons/PADS FTW!!! dont flush those, also dont flush paper towels. BAD IDEA

 

[PieIsAwesome]

Because people are disgusting. And I'm Mexican.

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Summit

Originally posted by: blurredvision
I have a septic tank, so the wife and I do not flush the tp. Personally, I'll flush the first wipe or two, which is the nastiest. The rest goes into the small trash can with scented trash bags (why do you think they make them?), and I make sure to place them "face" down. We never have problems with odor or anything like that.

However, we had city sewer ran into our subdivision last summer, and are scheduled to have it hooked up in April, at which time I plan on flushing any and all tp.

What's the cost of emptying your S.T. or does your city do it for you? I live next to a town with them, but always curious about the cost.

No, the city doesn't do it for you. I think it was $200 for 1000 gallons when we had ours pumped, and 1000 gallons will last a long time. The solids go into the tank and are partially broken down by bacteria, and the liquids are distributed into the soil.

The big cost is the septic system and its installation.

 

[Ryan]

You see, there are new topics talked about on AT all the time lol

 

[mrSHEiK124]

The crappy low flow toilets at my place will clog with JUST my crap in them. And not spectacular craps either, like "Oh God I had the steak omelette from iHop and I washed it down with a gallon of milk" crap, just "Hey, I feel like taking a shit."

My TP goes face down into a garbage can with scented bags. It gets emptied two or three times a week so I don't have to think about dealing with the smell.

 

[Dirigible]

My life was better before I came into this thread and learned horrible disgusting things. Ugh. I'm going to go wash my hands fifty times now.

 

[Mo0o]

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
The crappy low flow toilets at my place will clog with JUST my crap in them. And not spectacular craps either, like "Oh God I had the steak omelette from iHop and I washed it down with a gallon of milk" crap, just "Hey, I feel like taking a shit."

My TP goes face down into a garbage can with scented bags. It gets emptied two or three times a week so I don't have to think about dealing with the smell.

Time to replace that toilet. Never used an american toilet that wouldn't flush TP

 

[imported_elwood]

It's called Toilet paper, not trashcan paper.

 

[skace]

So for people who actually throw TP into a trashcan. How often do you empty the trash can, once every 20 minutes?

 

[Veramocor]

I thin I once read an article in Wired, that most new toilets take a hell of a lot of chemical engineering. They said some of the new toilets can flush like 10 golf balls, with half the water of a regular toilet. In the future (and some European countries already have this), you'll have to buttons to flush, one for #1, which half flow, and one for number #2 which is full flow.

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Veramocor
I thin I once read an article in Wired, that most new toilets take a hell of a lot of chemical engineering. They said some of the new toilets can flush like 10 golf balls, with half the water of a regular toilet. In the future (and some European countries already have this), you'll have to buttons to flush, one for #1, which half flow, and one for number #2 which is full flow.

:laugh:

I've never heard anyone describe dual flush toilets with such excitement

We've used dual flush cisterns here for longer than I can remember (Aus).

EDIT: I have also never heard of not flushing toilet paper, have live here, Solomons, Philippines, Kenya, & UK.

Sounds kinda gross

 

[mrSHEiK124]

Originally posted by: Mo0o

Originally posted by: mrSHEiK124
The crappy low flow toilets at my place will clog with JUST my crap in them. And not spectacular craps either, like "Oh God I had the steak omelette from iHop and I washed it down with a gallon of milk" crap, just "Hey, I feel like taking a shit."

My TP goes face down into a garbage can with scented bags. It gets emptied two or three times a week so I don't have to think about dealing with the smell.

Time to replace that toilet. Never used an american toilet that wouldn't flush TP

I'm renting. Believe me if I owned the place I'd put like a Vortec powered toilet in my bathroom

Originally posted by: Veramocor
I thin I once read an article in Wired, that most new toilets take a hell of a lot of chemical engineering. They said some of the new toilets can flush like 10 golf balls, with half the water of a regular toilet. In the future (and some European countries already have this), you'll have to buttons to flush, one for #1, which half flow, and one for number #2 which is full flow.

They use dual flush, low flow toilets a lot in the Middle East. My grandparents have Israeli made ones that can flush just about anything. Those toilets kick ass, and crap too.

 

[edro]

Some women don't flush the #1 wipe, which is more tolerable to me... but still disgusting.
If anyone does not flush the #2 wipes, you are a filthy animal.

 

[destrekor]

Originally posted by: Jeff7

Originally posted by: ElFenix
pipes/toilets in some places are too crappy to handle it.


i clogged up a toilet in a bangkok mall even though i was flushing between wipes

That, or you're just a real man.

"A real man can clog the toilet on the courtesy flush."

I can clog any toilet on any flush. :laugh:
I have a problem when I visit places with weak toilets. I try to avoid those places. lol

 

[duragezic]

Haha, only on ATOT do people have special trashes for their toiler paper.

LOL @ the clogging comments.

My friend would joke about that. He can punish and clog any toilet, no paper, even industrial flushers.

I usually punish, flush, continue punishing, wipe and flush. At home, the first flush is really required if I don't want to clog the fucker up. But the industrial ones at school can take down anything. Young kids sometime have a habit of using an assload (hehe) of toilet paper, thus clogging the home toilet. But the TP itself is fine to flush, just obviously put too much of anything in a weak flushing toilet and it's gonna clog.

 

[rasczak]

Originally posted by: Random Variable
A real man can clog a toliet without using toliet paper.

you mean a man who's most likely 400 pounds overweight, only eats cheeseburgers and fried chicken, has a bad cholesterol level of 5000?

 

[TecHNooB]

All I can say is.. low flow sucks!