Well, as someone who has used books as toilet paper, I can assure you it's not thoroughly absorbent. That pede was right. You have to scrunch them up and kinda abrade the page against its folds to loosen it a bit (you'll see what I mean if you ever find yourself in that situation). Sometimes it takes a few minutes so you have to start the process while you're on the shitter. Newspaper works a bit better but it's not strong enough so you have to double or triple ply it. NGL, when I read Fahrenheit 451 as a child, I was a bit confused why book burning was so controversial ... I'd been using them to make fire for years. I really did see western toilet paper as a much more valuable product.
Well, as someone who has used books as toilet paper, I can assure you it's not thoroughly absorbent. That pede was right. You have to scrunch them up and kinda abrade the page against its folds to loosen it a bit (you'll see what I mean if you ever find yourself in that situation). Sometimes it takes a few minutes so you have to start the process while you're on the shitter. Newspaper works a bit better but it's not strong enough so you have to double or triple ply it. NGL, when I read Fahrenheit 451 as a child, I was a bit confused why book burning was so controversial ... I'd been using them to make fire for years. I really did see western toilet paper as a much more valuable product.
Truly enlightening, thank you very much :D