quick poll if you don't mind
Ladies of B3ta, do you flush or throw away sanitary towels?

Whatever you actually do, what do you know/think to be the correct method of disposal?

Edit: In light of the answers below, how do you tell the difference between a towel and a tampon? Is there a silhouette chart like they use in the war for enemy planes?
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:45, archived)

Throw them into the crowd
/L7
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:46, archived)

haha

( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:47, archived)

ohhhhhh
I was at Reading when they did that.

It wasn't nice :(
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:50, archived)

Did you catch it 'tween your shiny white teeth?
(Stone Cold Minge Binge - Wrist Deep in a gibbon, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:52, archived)

no.
I'm afraid not. back then my hair would have obscured my view, my teeth and in all probability the sun.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:57, archived)

Heh
But you did shout
"On me coconut son!" and header back on stage
(Stone Cold Minge Binge - Wrist Deep in a gibbon, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:00, archived)

took it on the chest
controlled it on the thigh, right foot volley off to the left of stage where Cobain was sitting in a wheelchair being "exhausted"*


*ripped to the tits on drugs n'that
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:04, archived)

Did you catch one
like a drumstick?
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:53, archived)

what
and then spin it round in my fingers?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:56, archived)

I guessing at that
point it wouldn't have had the necessary firmness.

Last thing I caught at a gig was a signed drumstick at Terrovision :D
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:57, archived)

Oooooh!
I have some picks from a semi-famous band I can't remember the name of right now...
(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:06, archived)

That was so almost
interesting, but failed at a couple of key points :P
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:07, archived)

Hehe, you should talk to me in real life,
I say stuff like that all the time.

/Alzheimers
(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09, archived)

One of my housemates
bless him, is the worst in the world. When he's not talking in some bizarre LOTR patois, he seems to lose all nouns from his vocabulary.

When he says stuff like "You know last week when we saw that thing, with that guy in it - you know, at the thing?" I want to shake him. Bizarrely he gets exasperated with me for not knowing WTFHBOA
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:12, archived)

I have been known to do that on occasion.


"Where's the remote?"

"It's on the thing, over there"

"What thing?"

"You know, the thing. With the monitor on it"

"You mean desk?"

"Yeah! That's the one"

"Fuckwit."
(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:18, archived)

Haha :)
He has such a stash of made up words and expressions it just seems perverse. English has the largest vocabulary in the word, so he chooses not to learn any real words and instead make up a language that only him and a few long-suffering friends actually understand :)
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:21, archived)

Does he RP?

(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:23, archived)

He does now
but only because I forced him into it. It was kind of amazing that he hadn't before tbh... :D
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:29, archived)

I'm astounded!

(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:33, archived)

Try having a
Used tampon thrown at you while waiting for metallica to arrive on-stage, I wasnt a happy bunny. I looked like dracula.
(StaticUK, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:54, archived)

I keep them
in a box

under my bed...
( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:47, archived)

What's red and white and nests in trees?
A sanitary owl.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:48, archived)

this.

( Jobe, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:50, archived)

arf!

( Spunkmeyer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:56, archived)

Tampons areflushable
Sanitary towels are not - they contain all the plastickyness. Although Frank Zappa cautioned against flushing either if your plumbing's dodgy..
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:47, archived)

Thank you
Am not sure whether to have a go at my gf you see.

In light of this revelation I may let her off.

Edit: although if Frank advised against it she may have to suffer.
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:48, archived)

Hmm I never thought
flushing them was a good idea - but then if the plumbing can handle my titanic craps I suppose a bit of cotton wool isn't much of a problem.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:49, archived)

Who's flatmate
left a used one on the bathroom sink? Don't let her do that. But if she's disposing of them properly (wrapped, in a bin) you must let her off now!

Incidentally, they're mostly pretty environmentally unfriendly - buy these instead :)

Edit: And yes, Frank did advise it, but he also said he was going to ram it up your poop chute. You gotta take all or nothing.
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:50, archived)

Meh
I say go back to using those washable towelling nappies they used in Victorian times.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:52, archived)

I would
but they are GMO free, so they can fuck off ;)

oh and I don't have periods

/manblog
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:52, archived)

Damn right brother
And this makes us superior.
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:53, archived)

Indeed
I wouldn't trust anything else that bled for 5 days and didn't die ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:54, archived)

*pisses on camp-fire to put it out*

( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:55, archived)

yes but I don't doe that as a rule either
does this make me a man?!

*weeps for lost feminimity*
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:55, archived)

How many testicles do you have?

( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:06, archived)

ones kept in jars
that you've ripped off blokes who don't meet your standards don't count ;)
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:07, archived)

There was a bit of a fad
amongst Pagan women for 'Moontime Cloths'

I'll leave that to your imagination, lets just say they were not unlike the washable cotton things mentioned above
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:53, archived)

I don't really care
it just fits with my pseudo hippy persona. Mine get flushed ;)
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:54, archived)

Wristwatch crisco!
Don't kid yourself :)

Unfortunately it is floating in my toilet. If it was in a bin there would be no problem.
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:58, archived)

Fish it out
and bin it. Be a man. It's been rinsed hasn't it?
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:00, archived)

Hmmm
at least 4 times by now.

I'm not pissed off on a squeamish level, just that I was always fairly sure they aren't soluable and will end up being eaten by swans sparking a Blue Peter appeal.
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:02, archived)

Check the box
They should break down fairly quickly :)
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:04, archived)

Haha
went to check the box in the bathroom and found that my cat has had a massive shit in the bath.

*new anger target acquired*
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:07, archived)

at least it was in the bath
could have been worse.

unless there was water in the bath, and you didn't notice before you got in. in which case is possibly couldn't have been worse.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:09, archived)

Last night she puked all over the Sopranos Season 2 DVD boxset.
It was lying open on the floor in front of the telly. It's not mine :(
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:15, archived)

Ahahahahahahaha
Cat female? You poor outnumbered sod!
( Dekazer, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:11, archived)

both mine are female
all three of them piss on the floor for one reason or another

I can't fucking win, I might as well kill myself now.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:12, archived)

Female indeed.
She's mine, gf has one too - he's a boy and has dug up my lawn most succesfully since they moved in.

Christ I wish I'd gone to work today.
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:14, archived)

I'd wee on it until it's almost
gone round the bend and then flush it to send it on it's way.

I hold very little illusions about my female counterparts, and am generally happy to do things like scrub the toilet bowl down with bare hands - but fishing used sanitary products out of the toilet may be a bit above and beyond the call of duty!
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:03, archived)

Well
I always used tampons, and they flush.
( Wicca'd Witch needs ideas for a new sig on..., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:48, archived)

Ladies at our works have been advised to use the bins
due to a rather large blockage in the pipes. We had to buy one of the maintenance guys a 'special suit' and send him down with a big stick.
( chobb ,ø¤ºGREATº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRAPISTº¤ø,¸¸,ø¤ºRECOMMENDEDº¤ø, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:50, archived)

Throw away sanitary towels otherwise they end up on beaches and sea gulls make them into little houses
Or so I'm told.
But I also mostly use tampons.
( Hoohah Bibbly-bobbly-bubbly-snibbly wib-wib floppit., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:51, archived)

difference between a tampon and towel
towel = flat, lines pants

tampon = cyrindrical, insterted inside.
( watashi-wa Evenin'!, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:52, archived)

towel:
large, fluffy, used for drying self

tampon: French for buffer. useless fact for today.
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 10:53, archived)

tampon can also mean stamp
in french..
(. . . . ., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:00, archived)

I thought that
was timbre?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:02, archived)

thats forests
silly.
( Jay, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:03, archived)

If a man speaks in a forest
and there is no woman there to hear him, is he still wrong?
( the mighty badger Aphrodite, on a bar stool, by your side, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:05, archived)

Pfft!

(FluffehNinja, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:07, archived)

Hahaha
:D
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:08, archived)

well not sure
but ive always thought tampon was stamp. meh
(. . . . ., Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:05, archived)

*coughs*
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( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:02, archived)

Lovely :)

( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:04, archived)

I cant believe they didnt make me an offer to create their ad campaign...

( Mykeyboy A massive, salty filing cabinet, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:06, archived)

Tampax:
Stops the Devil's treacle oozing down your leg
( Fenris temporary Lazarus, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:08, archived)

Mooncup
A couple of people i know apparently use this device, which is like a rubber cup you push up your axewound that catches the ladyglobs.
( Mike Fishcake teamfishcake.co.uk - better than your mum's face, Thu 31 Mar 2005, 11:27, archived)