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• 30/08/2008 @ 02:49 Jomo said

  

  Mooge - I once found a roll of toilet paper in a gift shop that had the image of our then Prime Minister on every sheet - I bought it, and did give it to my big brother for a gift - he loved it above all gifts, and said that nothing before or since had given him as much satisfaction!

• 30/08/2008 @ 10:38 ant said

  

  Goodness - I have one of Mal Fraser - is that the one you have?

  A wonderful brick Mooge - clearly aussies are into toilet humour more than our English friends - we have crosswords,sudoko, and so on - but personally I find the scratch and smell rolls are a little "off". ant.x

• 30/08/2008 @ 10:54 Jomo said

  

  Horrid John, that's who was on...

• 30/08/2008 @ 23:53 cherry said

  

  my gran used to ask us to buy her toilet paper on every visit .. she used to knit covers to put over them , which consited of a barbie type doll shoved down the tube and its knitted dress hung over the roll .. then we'd all get them as presents for christmas etc ..
  Oh thanks gran .. charmed ..

• 31/08/2008 @ 00:01 harmony said

  

  People has those knitted/ crocheted tolet roll covers when I was young. Thanks for that memory.

• 31/08/2008 @ 00:31 Jomo said

  

  Oh ho! I was not the only one given the toilet roll doll! It even had a little tag, hanging from its hand I remember -

  "If you run out,

  Don't shout!

  Lift me up,

  And I'll help you out!"

  Do you mean to say that these terrible knitted/crocheted dolls were in loos worldwide?

  I reckon they could make a Dr Who episode out of that!

  Laughing fit to burst -
  Jo XXXXXXXXXX

• 31/08/2008 @ 01:33 cherry said

  

  Jomo, our loo had 2 of them in there. one nestled on the cistren and the other on the window shelf..
  Oh how delightful they were , those eyes and the smiling face,. horrid !!
  The daft thing was i would get a told off if i used that toilet roll , and left the doll flat , 'shes not for use' i would be told .. crazy stuff .. x

• 31/08/2008 @ 01:48 Jomo said

  

  You USED the paper under the doll? Cherry! My heavens, you were brave...

  If we used that paper, by crikey we had to replace that roll in a hurry before the Maternal Parent visited her wrath upon us - ha ha!

  
  Them dolls was for visitors to see [poor visitors...] and as decorations - NOT for us scabby kids to use the paper!

  "Who's used the Doll Paper?" was enough to send me skedaddling out and up a tree, I tell you!

  I bet those blasted dolls were hot-beds of germs and disease, I do. Sitting in the loo like Tolkien's attercop Shelob, daring anyone to pass...

  Ha ha - Mooge - you do awesome bricks!

  XXXXX

• 01/09/2008 @ 06:42 mooge said

  

  Thanks everyone - I'm glad I've managed to stimulate a covnersation about bog roll!! Gosh it's even more versatile and creative than I thought! I remember those knitted toilet cosie's as though the loo roll might get a bit chilly being left out and need some comfort like the tea pot. Did anyone experience the tracing paper loo rolls in school? awful stuff. Mooge

• 01/09/2008 @ 08:36 Jomo said

  

  oooooh - you must gorn to skool in North Queeeenslaaaand, Mooge? Ha. The shiny slippery hideous bog roll that was not good for anything at all except blocking up school toilets. Who got that contract? Which rellie somewhere greased who's palm to sell all that under-grade sub-standard bog roll to schools? I sense a toilet-gate here! A loo-roll cover up!

• 01/09/2008 @ 17:19 cherry said

  

  oh my yes Mooge i remember that tracing paper loo roll .
  It was as useful as a chocolate firegaurd.
  Your right about the stuff blocking the loos up though Jomo, and the supplies still kept coming lol ..

• 03/09/2008 @ 10:37 ant said

  

  I thought it was rejected lunch wrap! I wonder where I could get a loo doll these days - when I was small the post mistress had quite a collection - a bride and groom, a baby, a ballerina and an American Indian sticking out of a tee pee. I used to love visiting that house - the toilet was just great.

• 03/09/2008 @ 10:50 harmony said

  

  Ant I feel sure you could buy one on line - just google it.

• 03/09/2008 @ 10:53 Jomo said

  

  Oh. My. Gawd.

  My imagination is exploding.

  A bride and Groom - two rolls or one?

  A Ballerina, another roll.

  A Native American in a Tee Pee [groan!] is another one.

  And baby makes - Five!

  Strewth.

  Strike me roan, that would have been awesome.

  Awful, but awesome.

• 03/09/2008 @ 10:55 Jomo said

  

  Ebay to the rescue! Ant needs a loo roll holder from Hell!

• 03/09/2008 @ 10:59 harmony said

  

  See brick I;m going to do in 2 minutes time!!

• 03/09/2008 @ 15:07 cherry said

  

  My mum still has her loo doll ant .. im sure she wont notice it missing , i'll post it to you , i will leave the loo roll though lol ..
  Oh how i'll miss her strange stance on the cistern !!

• 03/09/2008 @ 17:16 mooge said

  

  Oh dear I feel rather responsible for generating a discussion about bog roll - don't know what that means. Now i'm thinking about horrendous bathrooms to match the loo roll holders from hell. When I was a child a used to visit a relative who had a bathroom which was completely pink right down to the loo roll, soap, carpet, walls, toilet seat, light bulb (well that was read) and anything esle that was humanly possible to make in pink and have in a bathroom. It felt comforting in there! Mooge

• 03/09/2008 @ 17:43 silentwarrior said

  

  i remember useing bog roll to make a haloween costume once, he, he that was fun wraping up my friend

  we also used it to decorate the celing of the loos at school, you where lucky if you got the lookout job otherwise you'd be picking bits out of your hair.

  good times!!!!