Bathroom Habits: Fold or Crunch?
 

What better place than the internet to discuss those things which are rarely discussed in real life? So...

This is inspired by a poll that I saw on another website, and I was very surprised at the results. With 2,328 respondents, the winning answer was not only not what I expected, but it won by a very wide margin too! I was left wondering: am I weird, or is this website weird? That's where you come in: I'm curious if the results here will be similar or different. I'm not answering yet because I don't want to give anything away.

I fold...

Crunching seems very strange to me.

Fold.

Fold, fold for wiping or if I blow your nose. Especially if you bought the cheap TP.

fold crunching seems to haphazard.

Since I've been using Charmin Extra Strong, I can use half my previous number of sheets, plus it's so soft.

fingers...

can't go wrong...

I fold because I'm orderly.

I crunch because folding seems a little anal.

*rimshot*

ooh, is that another pun? :p

If you like. Otherwise, I misspoke.

(Hell, it was way too obvious, wasn't it?)

Fold. It uses a lot less TP.

Lindy

Crunching ends up with more surface area, therefore I get cleaner per wipe.

Actually I can't answer because I do both. Normally it's crunch but I tend to fold it at random times too.

what if you use a bidet or spray gun? it's quite common in most of the bathrooms in this place


fold

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are you saying that you crunch because it's more economical?

Fold, crunching wasted too much.

I fold. Crunching is such a waste...

I honestly don't have an answer. i dont consciously think about what i do so i will have to try to pay attention the next few times to have a general answer. something tells me its a hybrid of sorts.

I prefer to fold. I feel like I use less toilet paper, and these days, I have to stretch every little penny I can!

Crunch all the way. Every time.

Fold. With Charmin Extra Strong you only need 2 squares...it's like the TP version of titanium.

Wow, how strange. I never knew folding was so popular! The results here are closer than the other site I saw the poll, but considering there are only 22 responses here they're basically about the same.

I definitely crunch. When it comes to being clean, I don't really care that I'm wasting toilet paper. I want a thick bunch of material between my hand and my ass. Folding just seems way less sanitary to me. I've tried folding... it just seems so dainty.

dlish: What I wouldn't give to have a bidet. The whole concept of toilet paper kind of disgusts me, but that's the culture I've been born into. The moment I'm in a position to purchase a Toto Washlet I'll be getting one. It'll be the best $1000 I'll ever spend on home improvement.

I'm relieved to know that you're a cruncher, too.

i wonder if it comes with a blow dryer. It'd make the whole toilet process pretty much 'hands free'.

yay for technology eh? :D

Its official: I crunch. Every time.

I'm going to have to try this crunching thing....

Not that folding doesn't work for me, but maybe there are some benefits to crunching that I wouldn't even think of until trying.

You are putting way too much thought into this. :expressionless:

Washlet S400...I so want one.
That would just completely freak out just about everyone I know.
I don't think seeing peoples expression coming out of the bathroom ("What the fuck is that?!") would ever get old.
Not sure which would do it more...the warm water or the hot air...

Then of course there is the number of people I give brochures to vs the number that will never come back cause they might have to use the bathroom.

(.....long day....)

I never thought about it until this thread was created and ever since then I have been aware of my technique. Thanks smeth.

Crunch.

Crunch. The washlet sounds appealing, but what if it's a really sticky poo? The kind you've got to use multiple bunches of paper on? Somehow the "gentle aerated water stream" doesn't sound like it's going to get the job done.

What the hell is crunching? Can someone explain this??

I don't get how you can do anything BUT fold. Wouldn't it unravel while wiping and get turd all over your hands if it wasn't folded???

hate TP Only a bidet for my genitals

Agreed.

Agreed. I think there's a place for toilet paper, much like you use a wash cloth while in the shower. The issue is that dry paper alone does not create cleanliness.

That is why I like these:
http://www.playtexproductsinc.com/we...oductAlone.jpg

lucifer, those 'gentle streams' can be adjusted to become 'ruthless jets'.

the temperature can be adjusted too, depending on the time of year and seasonal weather, again at the discretion of the user.

ive tried it and it works well. the only issue i have is the drying up. you still need toilet paper, which is why was asking for a blow dryer on those new bidets

Depends on what I'm doing and what kind of paper is available.
I fold the thicker, stronger stuff and scrunch up the cheap or linty stuff.

I also agree with this.

Neither. I roll it off the roll and onto my hand, so I reckon you could say I roll. This is closer to folding than to crunching though, so I voted fold.

Update: I've been studying my bathroom TP habits for a few days. I realized I was wrong. I fold THEN crunch.

This changes my life soooo much, it's not even funny. Black has become white. Up is now down. Grateful Dead actually sound good. Wow. Complete 180.

Noodle hit the paper on the head. Fold the good, crunch the pad. Anything to protect the digits.

and when did they sound bad?

When they started playing music, but I digress. We can argue this in the F*** thread. This thread is about cleaning yourself up after taking a shit, not a band that sounds like....

roll up a couple little wads and put 'em in your ears

I used to crunch, but now I fold. It's no less effective, and wastes less paper. Unless it's one of those particularly messy events where you still get shit on the paper after 10 or 15 wipes. Then I'll just hop in the shower (assuming I'm at home, of course).

Fold. I use 3 ply and fold it twice using 3 squares. Uses less paper, cleans well and is very uniform so I know I'm clean.

I'm so confused, I don't see how you can crunch.. it sounds like wiping your ass with the petals of a rose or something.. folding seems the only way physically possible?

Now there's a thought with imaginable benefits. ...rose petals... I think I'll go out back & get some.

The Damask variety have the best petal formation (for wiping) & they are very fragrant.

http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/h...amask-rose.jpg

Fold. Totally. How can I properly gauge the paper coverage of hand or ass with a handful of irregular surface area?

And, BTW, a total +1 on Snowy's addition. Fresh wipes are key to complete butthole cleanliness; also helpful for cutting down on ass itch.

Yes! This is precisely why I use them. The witch hazel in the ones I use helps a lot.

Is ass itch the same ass monkey butt?

Um...the wipes won't help if your ass is hairless, orange, and engorged, if that's what you're asking....

Middle class 3 rd world country style is utilizing but a single square. First you poke a hole in said square. Use your fingers, then wipe your fingers with the square.

Old school joke from the Philippines my parents never tire of telling.

i refuse to believe that women go to the bathroom.


they do not..and anyone who says otherwise is just tellings fibs. no amount of convincing will lead me to believe otherwise

merlocke....:no: err.. square? what square? maybe im missing something here

Uh.. Dlish? My toilet paper is square... What the heck shape is yours? Look at one piece of tp. :)

if you read all the info about toilet habits, you'll decide that i dont use any toilet paper apparently

I do believe that dlish just admitted to being a woman.

BAZINGA!!

You crunchers are a bunch of sick fucks. How is the feces all over your hand going?

Scrunching is an Art.

Toilet Paper Origami

My uncle's hunting cabin has just an outhouse, no indoor bathroom.
There are two buckets of corncobs and a sign with instructions (for the uninitiated.)
1. Wipe with red corncob first.
2. Then use white corncob.
3. If white corncob turns brown, use another red corncob.

Lindy

"
I'm a white boy,
But my neck is red,

I spread miracle whip,
on my wonder bread

I'd think we're all obsessed if I wasn't busy inspecting my anus.

...Sear's catalog!

As noted earlier, the entire point of crunching is that it provides a *greater* barrier between hand and feces. Remember, crunches are almost certainly also using more toilet paper per wipe than folders.

Except that with folders you're clearly driving feces in one direction (in the line of the fold). Crunchers, on the hand, are spreading feces all around their ass like a Bob Ross tree painting.. all that cleanup surely ends up with feces on your hand..

Actually if you wipe (swipe) in one direction, (backwards, or forwards) you get it all in one straight line. Hence avoiding skid marks. Despite the crunched or felt toilet tissue paper. It should all be in one straight line. So if you have enough, you should not get any crap in your hands. Given this hypothesis, crunchers are prone to collecting more paper than folders.

Jesus Smeth, look what you've started, a whole new science dedicated to the toilet habits of the modern man ... this is wrong. I think ...

Jinn.... I have no idea what you're talking about. Why would crunching change how one wipes? I'm not sure what you mean by "in the line of the fold" either. Do you fold and then wipe with the edge of the fold instead of the flat surface? I doubt it, but that's how that sounds to me.