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thegadfly · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

...so I notice I am low on toilet paper, and I'm thinking about how I need to buy some while I am out... then I start thinking about whether or not I am going to renew again at the end of my current contract, because I don't want to be leaving a cupboard full of TP if I leave... but my contract isn't up for another 8 months... man, they sell TP in huge bricks here!

How long does one of those sofa-sized bundles of TP last you folks?

tzechuk · Joined: 20 Dec 2004

LOL.. you can go to your local corner shop and buy one roll at a time. It costs something like 200 won a roll.. may be they will sell you 5 rolls.

Radius · Joined: 20 Dec 2009

thegadfly · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

"...yes, Boss, I have decided to renew my contract yet again -- I just have too durned much toilet paper left to leave it to the new guy -- but be assured, I will be stealing rolls from the school at the end of the NEXT contract!"

Illysook · Joined: 30 Jun 2008

you can buy a smaller brick. The hard part is finding some that doesn't have dyes or perfumes. I had to ask the clerk for help and she didn't speak any English, so I found a bottle of perfume and made the universal sign for no with my arms crossed and after several rounds of this, I bought a big brick of unscented TP. I'm allergic to many fragrances and dyes, and scented TP is sorta ridiculous isn't it?

gossipgirlxoxo · Joined: 13 Sep 2009

LOL I've had similar thoughts lately, coz I'm moving and don't want to lug a brick of TP. But I'm going to have to use what I have very sparingly for the next few weeks...
어떡해?? 어~떡하냐고??
And no, I won't be buying that cheap nasty stuff from the local sooper, I'm all about the Cody hwangto 3-ply with the bears on it!! Nothing but the best!...unless I run out, and then it's nothing but nothing... Laughing

Olivencia · Joined: 08 Mar 2009

But when you buy in bulk it's cheaper. OP I known exactly what you mean. Either try rationing your existing toilet paper you have so you can get through the next 8 months (one or two seets a day) or whenever you go to a restaurant stock up on a healthy supply of napkins....and watch this problem of yours be "wiped" away Smile

Bondrock · Joined: 08 Oct 2006 Location: ^_^

Why is Korean Toilet paper so large?

Because it's 휴지.

PaperTiger · Joined: 31 May 2005 Location: Ulaanbataar

Steal some or buy individual rolls from a corner store.

BoholDiver · Joined: 03 Oct 2009 Location: Canada

Isn't toilet paper a trifle cheap to worry about leaving some?

You can always give it away. I love getting things for free. I bet I am not alone in that.

nomad-ish · Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 3:59 pm Post subject:

jiberish · Joined: 17 Jul 2006 Location: The Carribean Bay Wrestler

I poo at home where my poo is supposed to go.

PeteJB · Joined: 06 Jul 2007

I buy the single 950 won roll - It's thick, smells nice and lasts about 2 weeks.

thegadfly · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

Yes, it is indeed a trifle. I mean, I prolly will renew again anyway, but it was a thought that ran through my head, and I thought that it was funny that the tipping point on the scale was "yeah, I may as well stay another year -- after all, I still got all this toilet paper...."

thegadfly · Joined: 01 Feb 2003

...and Bondrock, I actually laughed at that... but it may be the lack of coffee in my system....