Magenta Appel-Pye, Mullumbimby
Stephen Hawking said ‘intelligence is the ability to adapt to change’. So, in that vein, I tried out the idea that Bronwyn Sindel gave us in last week’s letters. She told us to ‘cut an old washer [flannel/ face cloth] in half, soak it in a bowl of water and wring it out and that makes an excellent wipe after urination’.
It was brilliant! It cleaned up those annoying little drips girls have even better than toilet paper. TMI? Too bad.
I’m saving shitloads of dunny paper. Imagine the savings for families with lots of girls. Remember that urine is sterile, unless you have a urinary tract infection. There are fewer bacteria in urine than in tap water. So rinsing out those washers at night is safe.
The older generations remember growing up without toilet paper. They used old telephone books, cut into quarters and hung up in the loo. Perhaps we shouldn’t be throwing all our newspapers in the recycle bin?
For four decades The Echo has printed the stories some people loved, some people hated, and some pretended not to read. If you want us to keep telling the truth, the real truth, not the sugar-coated version. We’ll need your support to keep the presses rolling. 
