I was also in the DR but pre CCM. Man I used to have to wipe with church news because we had a hard time finding TP in

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Feb 28, 2021
6:54:55pm

Slim Broscience major

some areas.

I did have one house with a bidet though in San Juan. I loved that house.

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So, there are places in the world where you can't put used TP in the toilet?!

Goliath

2/28/21 6:14pm

Every toilet in Brazil during my mission

mudpupper

2/28/21 6:17pm

I mean today! Not fifty years ago...😀

Goliath

2/28/21 6:19pm

I just did the math and I’m getting to be old

mudpupper

2/28/21 6:22pm

I thought missionaries were just messing with me about that

KingDave

2/28/21 6:43pm

Most all of latin america

zonacougar

2/28/21 6:20pm

The only place in the Dominican Republic we could flush TP was the CCM (MTC)

Pedant

2/28/21 6:36pm

I was also in the DR but pre CCM. Man I used to have to wipe with church news because we had a hard time finding TP in

Slim

2/28/21 6:54pm

Never wanted my picture in the church news.

Y-Zag

2/28/21 7:00pm

In San Juan? Really? That's a random place to have something fancy like that

Pedant

2/28/21 7:24pm

Back in the dark ages, we flushed in the DR. Even my Dominican greenie.

Parker Schnabel

2/28/21 9:03pm

I mean people didn’t even have toilets in the last country I served in.

Windward_Coug

2/28/21 6:21pm

That’s how most of Guatemala is. They have signs all over the temple

cougarfann888

2/28/21 6:22pm

Yep. My mission. Ecuador.

cougstyle

2/28/21 6:26pm

And then....coming back to the states remembering not to throw it in the garbage

WJCougar

2/28/21 6:40pm

Chile on my mission...then the family would take the used TP and start a fire in

Don_Juan_El_Guapo

2/28/21 6:28pm

RE: Chile on my mission...then the family would take the used TP and start a

KingDave

2/28/21 6:36pm

Well, in the last place I lived in Chile, we used the paper squares used to wrap

Y-Zag

2/28/21 6:39pm

RE: Chile on my mission...then the family would take the used TP and start a

Bin01015

3/1/21 10:18am

Missionary chips

Cougar8Duck

3/1/21 3:08pm

On that note, in some places the church has built sewage capabilities at some of

zonacougar

2/28/21 6:28pm

Welcome to most of the rest of the world. America is part of a small group of tp

LaserCoug

2/28/21 6:42pm

I've lived in Italy, United Kingdom Germany, Guam, Iraq, Kuwait

Goliath

2/28/21 8:07pm

For several of those places, you weren't asked because they thought you knew.

Gentleman Stan

3/1/21 6:04am

I don't think that's right

Goliath

3/1/21 6:38am

Here’s a good map

LaserCoug

3/1/21 9:00am

It's a semi-helpful map, but not a particularly great one.

Goliath

3/1/21 10:58am

That's how most of China is.

Supercoug

2/28/21 6:43pm

We've had exchange students from China we had a hard time convincing to flush it.

Soupie

2/28/21 8:19pm

Every once in a while I toss a used clump of paper in the trash

lefty

2/28/21 6:45pm

Of all the "habits" to break that was the easiest

A_blue_car

2/28/21 7:24pm

On my mission, I had to balance myself over a 3 inch hole one fine morning.

MrClark

2/28/21 6:48pm

Me when I turn back to make sure I nailed it:

Probable Sacko

2/28/21 6:58pm

Most parts of the world actually

runnincoug

2/28/21 6:53pm

I don't care if you talk with your mission accent, the thing that really got me

fattycoug

2/28/21 8:01pm

In Paraguay, most places I lived you could flush it no problem. But I’m one area, we lived behind some members in a

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