how to clean (and presumably clear) your (ahem) rear.....

heya

it would be both reasonable and fair to suggest that 2020 shall be remembered for many things, but not all too fondly. well, that is if anyone survives the year to have such memories, look you see. at present, or if you like at best, chances of survival for us all seem to reside in that 50/50 category generally tended to be favoured by turf accountants and other such bookmaking entrepreneurs. 

but, let us not spread any further negative waves. or spread any further negative plague like stuff, if at all possible, please. instead, let us consider one of the (admittedly few) positives of the year. how about the now tres fabulously wealthy who had the vision to buy shares (for our friends in America, i believe you call this "stock options") in toilet paper manufacturer businesses prior to, say, the second month of this most eventful year? 

anyone who did so shall now be, i would imagine (for i am no expert), fabulously wealthy. to have owned or held any sort of financial stake in a toilet paper manufacturer this year would rank you up there, in bank balance matters, with people what bought (at the time) virtually worthless shares in Apple (the sinister tech one, not the record label) during the 90s and held on to them. or, indeed, bought shares ("stock options") in that online bookstore in the late 90s, or even that thing where people share cat pictures, and get angry with people they are "friends" with on it, in the 2000s. 

under no circumstances to do i begrudge them their sensational wealth, or anyone who has obtained such by fair, legitimate means. that can include hard work as much as it can include degrees of luck, fortuitous timing or bizarre co-incidence. if so many of us spent considerably less (perhaps none at all) time counting other people's money and just worried for our own lot in life, this place would probably be a lot better. 

on a more personal level, i honestly don't (usually) give all that much time to considering matters which relate to toilet paper. if i had to list some sort of requirements, or expectations, that i have in place for the stuff, then it would be that it is available as and when needed, and that it is functional. as the principal, go out and get the shopping designated person for our clan (rather me be out there than anyone else if it all of a sudden goes Max Max 2, for i have long since wished to wear them smart trousers with the flaps at the back anyway), normally i would, when supplies are running low (which was for a lot of people earlier this year), go and buy some more of the brand and style which the rest of the family seem to have a preference (or proclivity) for. 

normally i would just grab the best pack of preferred brand and style available, with the best pack being defined as the one which is on special offer at the time of shopping. i believe the only instance of me ever paying full price for a pack was late April or early May, when the toilet paper market was reaching some level of stability , but discounts were suspended as the makers had to somehow fund making 50 or 60 new factories to produce more to meet new demand levels. 

having never ever had reason to do anything other than consider price, manufacturer and style, it had not occurred to me to look at what else might be on the packaging. which is how come the above is new to me, at the least. for all i know they have printed this stuff on the packs for years, but i have simply failed to notice it. although i do not see not being aware of this as a failure. 

my philosophy, which i have not always been an ideal exponent of, is that there is no such thing as stupid questions, for if you know not then ask, but one must be careful not to give stupid answers, for then you in shame make people scared to be inquisitive. but, that said, i would have thought (assumed) it likely to be the case that anyone going off to buy toilet paper would by that stage already have at least a rudimentary, basic concept of how it all works. 

credit, of course, where it is due. should this information guide have been of some value, or indeed use, then please do not thank me, direct your gratitude towards them what made it, andrex. 

be excellent to each other!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!