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Two-handed loo roll usage

At the hospital watching breakfast TV and they have a lengthy piece on bog roll, and there seems to be a standard Japanese technique of using two hands to wrap a ball of paper round one’s hands.

Is this Japan-specific, or is my taking a few sheets and folding them over an unusual method?

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  2. I’m deeply concerned about you watching how other folks wrap their poo paper before wiping the pudding off the bowl. I mean I know it’s probably just your morning cinema on your entertainment device of choice but still, for breakfast?

  3. Fold, wad, and wrap are the three main TP methods everywhere there’s TP.

    I fold because I wasn’t raised in a barn.

  4. Not just Japan because I’ve heard others do this way too

    From what I’ve noticed it’s mostly from people who grew up/got used to 1 ply toilet paper that doesn’t have perforated lines (like the kind you often see at public facilities here).

  5. That’s clearly incorrect.

    The proper method is:

    1. Tear off exactly 2 metres of TP.
    1. Fold length ways.
    1. Twist 3 times.
    1. Stand.
    1. Raise right leg to a 90° angle.
    1. Pass twisted TP under the undercarriage and position it firmly, but gently, in the cleft of one’s buttcrack.
    1. Replace right leg on floor again.
    1. Grasp the front end of TP with one’s left hand, and the rear end with one’s right hand (one-handed people should seek the assistance of a colleague).
    1. Oscillate TP back and forth at a frequency of 3.88Hz for precisely 88 seconds, or until smoke appears.
    1. Repeat as necessary.

  6. Not sure if it’s specific to Japan but this is what happens when people take paper and water for granted

  8. I understand folding. I understand scrunching. I don’t understand wrapping it around your hand. Unless you’re going for a deeeep clean, I don’t see the point of it.

  9. It’s just a TV fluff piece. They have x number of hours to fill each day and they start to get desperate how to fill them in when the deadline is creeping up.

    That’s where all the nonsense “facts” come from. That professional chef on TV knows full well that microwaves don’t cook from the centre outwards, but give them a bit of money, get six celebrities to say ehhhhh, and that’s prime time TV friend. Every country does it to an extent.

  10. So we went from “How do I use my laundry machine” and “How do I use my A/C” a few years ago to “How do I use a blanket” and “How do I put on clothes” last month. We have now reached “How do I wipe my ass.” Brilliant.

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