Keep it going ... 121 posts strong!

I like the idea of just buying dishcloths if you forget your facecloth/washcloth. You can also just get those Ponds facial wipes for make-up removal, etc., and still buy a sponge for the shower.

>sitting on a bus they have pants on
But what if those pants are dirty, unwashed for years and belong to those europeans (see above) who only have a shower once every month???

I'll sprinkle around my handy dandy Purell.

Oh, I don't know, I am just waiting here at my desk for five o'clock.

20 more minutes to go until it's 2am , you really work late!

The beauty of kitchen towels of some sort as a subtitute for a wash cloth, is they are cheap and easy to find... anywhere.

Do people seriously buy a cotton cloth, use it once, then throw it away?

Good lord. All that industrial cotton farming, all that industrial processing, all that transport, all those dyes and bleaches and chemicals, all for what? To get used once and end up in a landfill site.

What a crazy forum If we are speaking of linens, what are pillows like in Paris? No one even states they are included in apt rentals, simply linens and towels (obviously not washcloths either And think of how many people sleep on them, after not using a washcloth-or having thick, damp, undryable evening washed hair hahhaha

Now we have discussed flannels, can anyone tell me why American lavatories have the flush handle on the wrong side?

That's cheating, Josser.
Personally, I haven't used soap and water or a flannel on my face since my early teens.
I'm nearly 70 and have been told that I still have a nice complexion.
BTW, the reason why I have two taps on my bathroom washbasin is that I should hate to clean my teeth in warm water.
It must be memories of being told never to drink from the hot tap.

Miss Prism, you are up and posting so bright and early. I attribute my beautiful complexion to sleeping until noon. One can never get to much beauty sleep.

Sorry, spelling police. The above post should read, "too" much.

Author: Josser
Date: 08/15/2007, 04:20 am
Now we have discussed flannels, can anyone tell me why American lavatories have the flush handle on the wrong side?
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Huh? I am in the US. I have three US made toilets in my house. If facing them, two have the handles on the left and one has the handle on the right. I have two toilets in a rental apartment I own here. One has the handle on the left and one has the handle on the right. I know with certainty that both the toilets in the London flat I rent have the handles on the left like my two.

I never knew there was a "standard" side -- in the US or elsewhere.

Wow, you're actually saying the handles aren't standardized. Thank heavens for DIN. I'm so happy to be living in a country, where I know where the buttons are.

And I want to know the correct way for toilet paper to unroll. From beneath or above?

Toilet handles (and chains) are on the left side as you face them. Anything else and the terrorists have won.

Oh my god, I use a 1960ies vintage model. The handle is at the center... and it's a actually not a handle but a button to push...

The terrorists have won.

Ummm...I meant toilet handles and chains are on the RIGHT hand as you face them.

I posted on the coffehouses thread as well. Perhaps all that stuff they told me about dope rotting your brain is finally coming true.

I think the handles can be anywhere as long as you place a well shod foot on the handle to flush. And remember after washing your hands open the door with you elbows.

What's with my spelling today?