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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    edited May 2023
    6x50 sheets you are being cheated out of more than one roll in a six pack. The more rolls in the pack, the more you are being cheated.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • philippasmith2philippasmith2 Posts: 3,742
    Trouble is we are a "captive market" so the loo roll people can take advantage.  It can be annoying when you open your cupboard and find you haven't enough rice for your planned risotto/curry or WHY but nothing to match that sinking feeling if you open another cupboard to get a loo roll and the cupboard is bare ;)
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    @wild edges I caught a snippet of a programme a couple of days ago where they were talking about standardising information on shelf labels to prevent confusion.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    In some refeynned circles, toilet rolls are called bathroom stationery. 
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I wouldn’t buy any but these,  252 sheets per roll,  double thick strength, they last for ages.  Less plastic bag.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    @Lynn, they might well be thick but I'm sure they are not good for sewerage systems, I won't buy them for that reason.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I haven’t got a sewerage system,  it breaks down perfectly well in our cess  pit, 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    Can anybody explain why the Yanks are happy for anybody and everybody to carry guns and go around massacring people, but can't bring themselves to call a toilet a toilet?  I've recently seen a aircraft loo referred to as a 'comfort station' and toilets in houses referred to as rest room, powder room, bathroom (although you'd have to be pretty small to have a bath in the bog or handbasin).  I suspect they have other names for them too.
  • KT53 said:
    Can anybody explain why the Yanks are happy for anybody and everybody to carry guns and go around massacring people, but can't bring themselves to call a toilet a toilet?  I've recently seen a aircraft loo referred to as a 'comfort station' and toilets in houses referred to as rest room, powder room, bathroom (although you'd have to be pretty small to have a bath in the bog or handbasin).  I suspect they have other names for them too.
    But we British call it a WC, loo, bog - and more. Why? Because everyone has a certain level of decorum - or not!!

    However, as to the carrying of guns, it's their constitutional right. But not everyone does. Or even owns one!
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I always think lavatory sounds sleazy
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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