What are you panic buying?

[Saffy]

Scented toilet paper

It's not good for your bits!

I almost said flavoured but that's a bit weird. I think it's actually coconut oil, so a bit more natural.

 

[Pickman's model]

It started in Hong Kong in February and then spread to Australia before coming here

Coronavirus: Armed robbers steal hundreds of toilet rolls in Hong Kong

Toilet rolls have become hot property in the city due to a shortage from coronavirus panic-buying.

www.bbc.co.uk

Australians scrap over toilet rolls amid coronavirus panic buying

Hong Kong and Singapore have also seen shelves cleared as people worry whether they will have enough for self-isolation.

www.aljazeera.com

you utterly ignore the point that there was no actual shortage in this country, just in certain shops. and i don't believe your claim that there was some link of contagion between what happened in hk and australia and was portrayed as happening here

 

[gentlegreen]

Scented toilet paper

It's not good for your bits!

This has got me wondering if I should add some coconut oil to my aloe vera gel ...

 

[platinumsage]

you utterly ignore the point that there was no actual shortage in this country, just in certain shops. and i don't believe your claim that there was some link of contagion between what happened in hk and australia and was portrayed as happening here

What you said was "it wasn't that understandable as you didn't see people in other countries go batshit crazy to get hold of toilet paper". As we clearly did see people in other countries go batshit crazy to get hold of toilet paper, you perhaps should have ended your sentence after "understandable", if that is what you meant.

 

[NoXion]

I went to my local Tesco on Sunday to pick up a handful of items that I forgot to get delivered. The queuing system had returned and it seemed about as busy as pre-pandemic levels. I had no issue getting the things I wanted, although I had to settle for a tube of plain tomato puree, instead of garlic and herb. Oh noes.

My flatmate grabbed some bog roll a day or two before then; he didn't report any issues getting hold of it. I'd like to think that it's because I've lucked out and my local area contains a higher-than-average proportion of people who've come to realise that panic buying is an absolutely fucking idiotic thing to do.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Absolute beginner. A month at least. I hate unnecessary expense, wasting resources etc. So I wait before having a shower until after I've been.

Filthmonger.

I've bought a new 9 pack so I now have about twelve rolls in stock. Will keep an eye on how long each roll lasts.

 

[Badgers]

Are people still measuring their toilet roll usage?

 

[Sue]

Are people still measuring their toilet roll usage?

It seems some people are, yes...

 

[existentialist]

Are people still measuring their toilet roll usage?

Proudly so, in some cases

 

[farmerbarleymow]

It seems some people are, yes...

It's a first for me as I've never thought about it before. I started a new roll about four days ago and there's still loads left.

 

[Pickman's model]

Are people still measuring their toilet roll usage?

Platinumsage measures it by the millimeter

 

[Pickman's model]

It's a first for me as I've never thought about it before. I started a new roll about four days ago and there's still loads left.

Yeh but you mostly use leaves so I don't know why you buy bog roll in the first place

 

[UnderOpenSky]

I saw a post of on Facebook of long queues at the big Chinese Supermarket in Manchester buying big bags of rice and flour. Don't they remember last time when everything was basically fine?

 

[Pickman's model]

I went to my local Tesco on Sunday to pick up a handful of items that I forgot to get delivered. The queuing system had returned and it seemed about as busy as pre-pandemic levels. I had no issue getting the things I wanted, although I had to settle for a tube of plain tomato puree, instead of garlic and herb. Oh noes.

My flatmate grabbed some bog roll a day or two before then; he didn't report any issues getting hold of it. I'd like to think that it's because I've lucked out and my local area contains a higher-than-average proportion of people who've come to realise that panic buying is an absolutely fucking idiotic thing to do.

much better to build up a sensible reserve over a period of time

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Yeh but you mostly use leaves so I don't know why you buy bog roll in the first place

Dockleaves are free after all.

 

[FridgeMagnet]

I'm not panic buying Polaroid film any more as I have like twenty boxes (and, more importantly, they haven't released any discounted film recently).

I did buy a box of twelve expensive pencils. These are the best pencils I've ever used and I really wouldn't want to run out, even if (a) I have five boxes of other pencils already, as well as loads of lead for mechanical pencils, (b) I'm completely slacking on my "definitely do some sketching every day lol" goal so do not get through many pencils, and (c) they're about £3 each. But seriously though, draw with one, they're great.

Mitsubishi Hi-Uni Pencil

Mitsubishi Hi-Uni is one of the world's finest pencil ranges, vying with the top model ranges from Faber-Castell, Staedtler and Tombow for accolades from the pencil cognoscenti. The Hi-Uni was introduced in 1966 and achieves greatness through exacting standard of lead production. The graphite...

www.cultpens.com

 

[weltweit]

Hmm, at the time of the last lockdown I had 15 toilet rolls which even then seemed a little excessive. I haven't bought any since - not using them very quickly - but now I find I do need to buy more, not in a panicked way, just because I am down to my last 3 rolls.

 

[Orang Utan]

Hmm, at the time of the last lockdown I had 15 toilet rolls which even then seemed a little excessive. I haven't bought any since - not using them very quickly - but now I find I do need to buy more, not in a panicked way, just because I am down to my last 3 rolls.

Wait, you’ve used just 12 toilet rolls in over 6 months?

 

[existentialist]

It's a first for me as I've never thought about it before. I started a new roll about four days ago and there's still loads left.

Welcome!

 

[maomao]

I saw a post of on Facebook of long queues at the big Chinese Supermarket in Manchester buying big bags of rice and flour. Don't they remember last time when everything was basically fine?

Except for flour which you couldn't get for weeks. I was in Lidl today and flour was about the only thing they were sold out of. And pomelos, but I think that's because they were on offer.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Welcome!

I probably should do a spreadsheet with stools vs sheets graphs and everything. The obvious metric is sheet usage vs Bristol scale.

 

[weltweit]

Wait, you’ve used just 12 toilet rolls in over 6 months?

Hmm, it might be possible, a roll every 2 weeks, I don't use much.

Either that or I have bought more and not realised.

 

[existentialist]

I probably should do a spreadsheet with stools vs sheets graphs and everything. The obvious metric is sheet usage vs Bristol scale.

I fear you may not be the first...

 

[miss direct]

Two weeks
As a woman, certain times of the month, it could be a roll a day

 

[farmerbarleymow]

I fear you may not be the first...

Bet gentlegreen has an Excel formula to calculate that

=countifbristol(

 

[existentialist]

Bet gentlegreen has an Excel formula to calculate that

=countifbristol(

Ah, but does it account for double-folding...?

 

[UnderOpenSky]

Except for flour which you couldn't get for weeks. I was in Lidl today and flour was about the only thing they were sold out of. And pomelos, but I think that's because they were on offer.

Not doing much baking I forgot about that. I guess the point I was making is nobody went anywhere near close to being hungry due to shortages in supermarkets.

 

[Ax^]

I probably should do a spreadsheet with stools vs sheets graphs and everything. The obvious metric is sheet usage vs Bristol scale.

skid mark occurrence would need to be added to the chart and bidet ownership

if anyone can make 15 rolls last 6 months

I'm guessing a long wash cycle is required

 

[William of Walworth]

People who, unlike us, fail to get through at least 3 rolls a week are weirdo strange-diet oddbums**

<**/ (IMO and IME, like ) >

 

[cyril_smear]

15 crates of 18 cans, 5 bottles of claret and 2 litre smirnoff; not all from the same shop.