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We must thank the guy who produced the first tissue paper.We no longer have to clean soiled hankies
posted by
adventurer02
on April 30, 2016 at 12:31 AM
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Whacky
I refuse to answer on the grounds that it may incriminate me.
posted by
johnmacnab
on May 7, 2007 at 7:15 PM
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Whacky
I don't like this post very much. It reminds me of the good old days when I was a kid and every wash day my mom would be boiling a big pot of Purex water and used hankies on the kitchen stove to loosen up and remove the goobers from the cloth before rinsing them and then putting them in the washing machine. The boiling cotton hankies had a very strange offensive odor to them.
posted by
TAPS.
on April 26, 2007 at 6:40 PM
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Whacky
I have the impression hankies have pretty well disappeared from the scene. I actually have few left somewhere, and I will, on rare occasions, thrust one into the breast pocket of my jacket or blazer, possibly in hope that the occasion might arise where I could offer it to a damsel in distress.
Hasn't happened much, though. They usually carry some delapidated k...tissue in their bottomless bags...
For my own nose, I use said tissue or toilet paper, works like a charm, if less charmingly...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 26, 2007 at 4:55 PM
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Whacky, I always have a hanky in my pocket, but boxes of K....are
in every room in the house (Liz and I both have allergies)...even the cats use 'em this time of year..
...
posted by
Rumor
on April 26, 2007 at 1:21 PM
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Whacky
What a sweet post! Tissues for every day. Hankies for dress up. I'm smiling. --Joy!Mary
posted by
FoliageGold
on April 26, 2007 at 6:45 AM
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Tissues. Definitely tissues. Have you seen a person using a used hanky
and leaving a snail trail eeeeeeew
posted by
proc
on April 26, 2007 at 4:33 AM
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tissues - can't stand the thought of hanging on to a snotty hanky all day!
posted by
littlemspickles
on April 26, 2007 at 4:06 AM
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Good post
I remember that Gone with the Wind scene!
posted by
malcolm
on April 26, 2007 at 1:44 AM
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I have a very green house apparently
Jay uses handkerchiefs (I use tissue) and I wash the handkerchiefs in hot water and bleach and I iron them! I like to iron -- it's relaxing!
And we also used cloth diapers with both kids. Hubby was happy to carry the diaper pail to the washer, downstairs in the old basement. We use Amway soap products which are environment friendly and cheaper per load to use and my diapers always came out sweet and white. We had to wash them every 3rd day or so. I also breast fed so their poopie diapers weren't so stinky. We were financially conservative even with two college degrees, both working, living in a small bungalow, we couldn't afford disposable diapers, formula and baby food. We ground up what we were eating when it came time to introduce solids. We had a family bed and I never rolled over on my babies and we always found a way for together time (Jay & I). We were too lusty to let kids be an excuse.
But being poor was good for the environment, and it saved us money.
LadyCeeMarie
posted by
LadyCeeMarie
on April 25, 2007 at 11:18 PM
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hankies are almost as bad as cloth diapers..eeeewwwwwwwwwww
posted by
hazel_st_cricket
on April 25, 2007 at 9:42 PM
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Whacky
put your snotty hankie down and come to the party at Star4u's house, lol.
posted by
snubnose
on April 25, 2007 at 8:27 PM
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Whacky
put your snotty hankie down and come to the party at Star4u's house, lol.
posted by
snubnose
on April 25, 2007 at 8:27 PM
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hey whacky, don't cook tonight, just come for the party
posted by
star4sky5
on April 25, 2007 at 7:09 PM
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Whacky definitely a tissue but I remember as a litle girl mum used to
always insist we had a clean hanky. I know she used to boil the soiled ones in a pot. I couldn't do that.
from Kabu
posted by
Kabu
on April 25, 2007 at 6:41 PM
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