cloth toilet paper

Lately I've been Googling about for ways to save money. Of course I get page after page advising me to "cut up those credit cards!" and telling me how to pay down my credit card debt.

I don't have credit cards or credit card debt. I wised up to my inability to use them with discretion a long time ago. Ditto a checking account. Unless I have cash in hand, I do not seem to grasp the reality that my money is not infinite, so I limit myself to cash and a reloadable VISA. The money I've saved in interest, late fees, overdraft/over limit fees, and just fees in general would pay for a phat vacation to Thailand. I seem to be in the minority of Americans though, considering the dozens of bloggers and posters who complain about how they've maxed out all of their cards and try to pawn the blame onto the credit card companies.

However, what caught my attention was not the usual mundane advice but the disgusting suggestion to use "cloth TP". I had to reread that one a few times before I accepted they meant cloth TOILET PAPER. Never mind the fact that you're wasting water and laundry soap and bleach just to be able to reuse your butt wipes, it's a money saver AND eco friendly! Ahh baloney. There's no damn way I'd be washing shit covered rags with my regular laundry, so that's an extra wash load, and unless you're ok with crap smeared cloth festering in your laundry basket until Saturday, it's more like an extra 3 or 4 wash loads a week. Laundry detergent isn't cheap, so tell me again how that's saving money?

Just thinking about that makes me wanna go squeeze the Charmin.