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The toilet roll as we know it, goes back years and I am wondering who invented it and, what was it first called.
Sensible answers please without any toilet humour!

2006-11-08 20:05:56 · 6 answers · asked by mentor 5 in Education & Reference Trivia

6 answers

Invented by Sylvester Poon in 1897, first known as arsewipes
but didn`t sell so changed name one year later.

2006-11-08 21:55:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Don't know who invented the toilet roll but the inventor of the flush toilet was called Thomas Crapper!! Fact!!

2006-11-09 14:37:30 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

The first factory-made paper marketed exclusively for toilet use was produced by Joseph Gayetty in the United States in 1857

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toilet_paper#History

Theres a whole history of it if you follow that link

2006-11-09 04:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by mintycakeyfroggy 6 · 0 2

nope sorry cant help you there but i do know mr crapper invented the toilet seriously he did.

2006-11-09 04:08:42 · answer #4 · answered by xxSHORTYxx 5 · 1 0

Those crazy bears from the Charmin commercials!!!

2006-11-09 05:01:17 · answer #5 · answered by bigdaddyblue911 1 · 0 1

necessity!

2006-11-09 04:14:32 · answer #6 · answered by curious2 2 · 0 1

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