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From: sed408@ihlpg.UUCP (s. dugan)
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Subject: Re: Re: Women and the consumption of toilet paper.
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Date: Mon, 3-Jun-85 16:19:29 EDT
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> Yes, it is easier for men to do it standing up.  And, incidentally,
> that's why they put flies in our pants (no pun intended).  Why should
> we go through the trouble of opening our trousers, dropping them and our
> shorts to urinate.  What should also be customary, however, is the 
> installation of urinals in all bathroom, commercial and residential.  
> That way nobody would have anything to complain about.
> 
> As far as women using paper to *gift wrap* their sanitary napkins,
> why don't the makers of these things include convenient little bags
> to dispose of them in?  Like the above, doesn't this must make sense?


One brand does include little plastic bags with pretty little purple and white
designs on them.


> 
> There are also things far worse than the consumption of toilet paper 
> by women, required by the unfortunate state of affairs that women 
> endure.  My pet peeve is probably plastic disposable tampon applicators.
> These little nasties inevitably get flushed down toilets and end up
> on South Shore beaches.  Disgusting!  These things should be outlawed.
> I have nothing against women or their biological functioning, but 
> what's wrong with paper applicators that disintegrate? 
> 
> 						Brian Day
> 
> UUCP:  philabs!vip						

Those things shouldn't be flushed down the toilet in the first place.  (The
plastic ones OR the paper (cardboard) ones.
-- 
                                        Sarah E. Dugan
                                        (no clever lines)