Topic: Chemicals in cut toilet rolls?

[grawrc]

They ate their tea with hands not washed
Now both have painful tummies"


Col

I was about to say: does nobody wash their hands any more? I think I must wash mine at least 30 times a day amd mostly when I'm at school working with kids.

[Svengali]

The ******* (fill your own word in) political correct / health & safety lobby have so much to answer for. Every kid of my era grew up making things from loo rolls - including trumpets or "dorty-dorts". All that is now denied them - and for what? They are now so germ-free that when something serious strikes, the body has no natural resistance - built up in the past by playing in "dirty place". Kids no longer have that inbuilt sense of self preservation, because they are no longer allowed to do things where they might "hurt themselves", or somebody will find someone else to sue.
When I was young, I broke pretty well every bone in my body except my neck - and I learned from it. I owe my mental & physical development to a brilliant Senior Scout Master. who fostered a sense of achievement and adventure to the point where I believe that I became of some use to the society that I lived in. Nowdays, he would not be let near kids in case one got a few bruises.
God help us now, if we should ever again need "The Few". They would be found to be now non-existant.

JeremyB

[Travman]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

But you could argue that the human life expectency is rising every year and the child death rate is falling....... Could this be due to not be exposed to hazards ,toxins and poisons that kids were exposed to in the past  :)
So the idea of people being germ-free with no natural Resistance is not necessarily correct..

On the loo roll issue....
could it be that the bleach content in the recycled tube is higher then it should be?
mix this with other products such as PVA glue or certain paints and there may be a hazard.........
 And i am no health and safety/political correctness nut...
my kids will be still be digging in the allotment upto their neck in manure, planting out  the loo roll beans  ;D

[Roy Bham UK]

PS. I have planted in our own loo rolls before with my kids.

 ;D Tee hee Travman ;D can you grow kids in them too? ;D Anyway according to the media there are more germs on your chopping board than on your toilet seat ::) As a kid have you never shared an ice cream with a snotty nosed mate :P ;D never did us any harm :D

[Merry Tiller]

Buy some pots you cheapskates

[kenkew]

(Yeah! But then we have to buy all those dangerous chemicals to clean 'em.)
All this rubbish about germs....for goodness sake, if anyone's bothered about growing seeds in spent bog rolls then stop licking envelopes!

[Travman]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[Trixiebelle]

Hate to have to tell you folks but ....

It has been well documented, in certain, recent, ground-breaking research papers, that there is a type of latent fungus in cardboard toilet roll 'middles'.

The effect on the environment from disposing of the 'middles' in landfill sites etc. appears to be minimal but recycling them can have consequences - especially if the recycling is related to the production of food-stuffs.

The latent fungus has been named as 'Andrexymous Kytensorft' - a creeping organism that can be identified by its colour: Usually 'Peach', 'Baltic Blue' or 'Pure & Simply White' (depending on the colour of the tiles in your bathroom)

Other evidence that your middles have been infected include:

1. A small labrador puppy running into your greenhouse and stealing your seedlings - leaving a trail of compost behind it.
2. A fluffy kitten appearing on your bathroom windowsill and tempting you to use it instead of toilet paper.

BRING BACK IZAL ... THAT'S WHAT I SAY!

Keep safe people  8)

[Columbus]

Thank you Trixiebelle,

Thank you thats the evidence we`ve been waiting for.
I`m glad to be around such well-educated, grown-up, sensible people.
Your over-whelming weight of evidence and detailed statistical data is irrifutable.
Thank you for your research now that the risks have been quantified by such an highly-qualified source I can doze easily in my potting shed.

Pass the soap, Col  :D

[Trixiebelle]

Don't get me started on soap ......

[Columbus]

Go on get started on soap, go on do it, you know you want to....

[Trixiebelle]

COL: I will NOT be drawn into your obvious ploy to incite 'Soapist Hatred'.

I spit on your Dove Bar and poke fun @ your Coal Tar.

Call me soapist if you will. I've been called worse. Someone once called me on a MOBILE PHONE!!!!!!!!

How many germs were on that handset I'll never know.

Dettol ... the answer to global warming and a grubby ring.

[Trixiebelle]

Ring tone ... sorry, missed a word out  :)

[Columbus]

Trixiebelle,

It seems to me that the research budget for your soap project is somewhat less than that for the more child-centered investigation of toilet roll middles (see how I cleverly avoided the repeated use of the word centre).

To be frank your soap project is bubbling away and you seem to be frothing at the mouth. Your arguements do not flow and you have lost your audience. (I have no idea what you are rambling on about). My best advice is to focus on your specialist area and not to water down your efforts as they will inevitably go down the drain.

Col, Any spitting and the lab rats will wash your mouth out (with soap and water)  :D

[Trixiebelle]

COLUMBUS! "To be frank ..."

You're not Frank are you????

[Columbus]

No I`m Col, short guy, blue jumper <<<< over there

[Growbe]

So what is the average lifespan of a gardener then?
 
It sounds a very dangerous hobby and life threatening situations at every turn.

I thought it was all about nature, fresh air and healthy living. Not goggles, breathing apparatus and a full isolation unit to plant seeds in.  :)

[kenkew]

OK. I'm convinced. No more growing in loo rolls. From now on I'll do the sensible biodegradable thing and eat 'em.

[Aylana]

I've spent ages collecting loo rolls and persuading others to save them for me, I'll be damned if I'm going to not use them because little kids in Primary schools contaminate theirs!!!  Also I'm too poor to be infected by Andrexymous Kytensorft, I buy the cheap stuff.

[Roy Bham UK]

 ;D Well I'm not using them, not because of the germs but because I saw no better growth from using them than just sowing in pots, I planted some peas beans and leeks last year using both methods and there was no difference. 8)