Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ames.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!tektronix!hplabs!nsc!ames!barry From: barry@ames.UUCP Newsgroups: net.women Subject: Re: On Feminine Protection, from net.women.only Message-ID: <710@ames.UUCP> Date: Tue, 18-Dec-84 15:41:46 EST Article-I.D.: ames.710 Posted: Tue Dec 18 15:41:46 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Dec-84 00:33:17 EST References: <1030@hcrvx1.UUCP> Organization: NASA-Ames Research Center, Mtn. View, CA Lines: 12 [] > But look, "toilet paper" is a euphemism! I don't use it for papering > toilets and I'll bet you don't even either. I don't even use it for > miscellaneous toilet needs: I use tissues for that. What toilet > paper really is is "Strips of compressed cellulose and other junk > used for scraping out the feces that stick in between your cheeks > when you have a bowel movement." They certainly don't call it > "Shit Absorbing Paper" on television. Far as I know, they don't even call it toilet paper on TV. They usually say "bathroom tissue". Euphemisms within euphemisms!