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Corn Cobs
Leo Started conversation Feb 1, 2007
Suprised this didn't come up in PR: at least in early America, corn cobs were stacked in the outhouse for the purpose...
Corn Cobs
The H2G2 Editors Posted Feb 1, 2007
Cobs are actually mentioned in the entry: " Leaves, corncobs, grass, soil, sand, mussel shells and even coconut shells were all commonly used."
I was reading the travel book by Rory Stewart, The Places In Between, and he mentions villagers in remote parts of Afghanistan using handfuls of dirt and stones and this was in 2002.
Corn Cobs
kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 1, 2007
Sand?! 
Corn Cobs
The H2G2 Editors Posted Feb 2, 2007
A surprisingly large percentage of the world is currently deprived of the dignity of using decent toliet facilities, or *any* toilet for that matter.
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kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 Posted Feb 2, 2007
but....SAND?! For burying the evidence maybe, but not for getting near any delicate crevices!
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- 1: Leo (Feb 1, 2007)
- 2: The H2G2 Editors (Feb 1, 2007)
- 3: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Feb 1, 2007)
- 4: Fizzymouse- no place like home (Feb 2, 2007)
- 5: Woodpigeon (Feb 2, 2007)
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- 7: kelli - ran 2 miles a day for 2012, aiming for the same for 2013 (Feb 2, 2007)
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