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When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Avid Reader on Wed Oct 19 07:58:25 2022

For those of you with your brains up your ass and need peace of mind

When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended.




As a youth I had a pert-time job with A&P supermarkets.
We carried "SCOTT and MARCAL" toilet paper.
They were sold individually, and each roll had to have a price stamped on it.

Later other brands were added.



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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Oct 19 09:01:15 2022, in response to When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Oct 19 07:58:25 2022.

The dyes used for color were deemed dangerous to your "exit ramp", so I've heard. Don't know anything about the dates.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by bingbong on Wed Oct 19 09:55:49 2022, in response to When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Oct 19 07:58:25 2022.

Late seventies. Turned out the dyes were suspected carcinogenic, as well as being polluting.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 10:41:20 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by bingbong on Wed Oct 19 09:55:49 2022.

It certainly didn’t end in the late 70s.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by bingbong on Wed Oct 19 11:59:43 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 10:41:20 2022.

They stopped making it then, IIRC. Takes time for the stock to dwindle.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed Oct 19 12:08:35 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 10:41:20 2022.

Actually, there are several articles posted about the decline of pastel toilet paper. One said that it fallout of favor in the 80s. Of course I'll bet that bingbong read them all before she got it wrong.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 12:35:29 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by bingbong on Wed Oct 19 11:59:43 2022.

How long? 7 or 8 or 10 years?

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 12:36:46 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Train Dude on Wed Oct 19 12:08:35 2022.

I remember that stuff well into the 80s.
And I doubt that they stopped in the late 70s and had so much that they could sell it long into the 80s.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Train Dude on Wed Oct 19 14:11:59 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 12:35:29 2022.

Bingbong knows toilet paper

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by TransitChuckG on Wed Oct 19 16:09:25 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Wed Oct 19 09:01:15 2022.

Ok, thanks, Jim.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 17:25:26 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Train Dude on Wed Oct 19 14:11:59 2022.

Like Bo knows

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Wed Oct 19 19:04:18 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by bingbong on Wed Oct 19 11:59:43 2022.

Lol!!! You mean at least halfway through the 80s????

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by gp38/r42 chris on Wed Oct 19 19:04:50 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Catfish 44 on Wed Oct 19 12:36:46 2022.

Yeah exactly...WABB

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Avid Reader on Thu Oct 20 08:26:32 2022, in response to When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Oct 19 07:58:25 2022.

If safe, what color and scent would YOU choose?



Would the gender you identify yourself affect your choice?

Would you vary your choice or coordinate with your décor?

Or would remain a tidy whitey?

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Oct 20 12:47:39 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Thu Oct 20 08:26:32 2022.

Lime green.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Avid Reader on Fri Oct 21 09:02:24 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by BILLBKLYN on Thu Oct 20 12:47:39 2022.

What if you were born during colonial times?

What would you use?

What did people use before toilets were invented?
Before toilet paper, people mainly used whatever was free and readily available for personal hygiene. Unfortunately, many of the options were quite painful: Wood shavings, hay, rocks, corn cobs, and even frayed anchor cables.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Oct 21 13:39:57 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Oct 21 09:02:24 2022.

People used rags, leaves, hands, etc..

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Jeff Rosen on Fri Oct 21 15:34:45 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Fri Oct 21 09:02:24 2022.

Johnny Carson used to say he used pages of the Farmer's Almanac in the outhouse. And he said the shiny pages were terrible!!

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Elkeeper on Fri Oct 21 16:28:53 2022, in response to When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Oct 19 07:58:25 2022.

Remember when our toilet paper was wider than it is today?

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Avid Reader on Fri Oct 21 16:58:29 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Elkeeper on Fri Oct 21 16:28:53 2022.

Right! There is a lot of excess "Play" on the roller.

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Avid Reader on Sat Oct 22 09:21:23 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by BILLBKLYN on Fri Oct 21 13:39:57 2022.

I've heard, but do not remember the source, that Arab's that roamed the deserts, used their left hand to use sand for this purpose.

And the right hand was to be used to eat with.

Further, to offer the left hand to "Shake" with was deemed to be a terrible insult.

Can anyone verify this?

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Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?

Posted by Fisk Ave Jim on Sat Oct 22 10:03:53 2022, in response to Re: When and why was Pastel Toilet Paper ended?, posted by Avid Reader on Sat Oct 22 09:21:23 2022.

Offering the left hand to "shake" was not so much an insult as it was to seem combative. The right hand was offered for a handshake as a sign of peace showing the outstretched empty hand and not holding a sword.
I guess there were no southpaws back then.

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