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Entry: Wetwipes - A775299
Author: LuckyStar. It's good - but it's nat right. - U190170

As Keeper of a handy pack of wetwipes (for emergencies) I felt I was honour bound to write this one.

Just realized that I probably should have posted this here.
From: CUTE AND CONCISE, HOW NICE!

I Like It. This is just the kind of information that an Earthbound hitchhiker has to have at their disposal, especially if they come from an environment where the term is unknown.

I think the only real problem is in the origin. The baby wipes you mention in the 1980s were preceded by a smaller version used at restaurants and take out places for cleaning food-greasy hands. The baby wipes were an enlarged version with that specific market, to be sure; but they wetwipe, handy-wipe, wetnap, and some pink-packaged version designed for typists (back in the days of typewriter ribbons), all preceded the baby-wipe.

It may only be local, but I've been around awhile and cannot remember the last time somebody used wads of cotton on a baby's bottom. Seems that for more than 50 years, all I've seen used were washcloths and diapers.

Oh, you could use a couple of paragraph separators in the different varieties section.

It shouldn't take to long to get this one on its way.

Thank you, I'll switch that chronology around a bit

This is interesting.

I don't think wetwipes are quite as well-known as you seem to make out. I think there may be people who haven't heard of them, so you should say what they are at the start of the entry.

I certainly started out using cotton wool and water on my baby twelve years ago, but changed over after a year or so to babywipes.

babies bottoms --> babies' bottoms

Thanks, I'll expand the opening para.

Yes I was having babies in the 90s, and the midwives and hospital staff definitely showed us the cotton wool ball and warm water method.

Hi LS

Nice little entry -

Shouldn't this footnote - Apologies for the intricate alliteration going on inside that sentence - read -I apologise about the associated alliteration amongst the aforesaid.

but can I use that without attributing the copyright to your good self?

Look - if the BBC can claim anything I write is theirs.....

*sneaks off to change it while no-body's looking*

Well wetwipes are certainly something we're all using during this sunny spell in the UK.

A Scout has recommended this for inclusion into the Edited Guide, so I'm just checking that everything's ship-shape and ready to roll.

So, um, is it ready yet?

Crikey, 2 entries picked in the one day, is this a record

I'll have a quick skim over it and check I've made all those adjustments - dont go away...

Just one thing I wanted to check - which DNA book was it that contained the story of the lemon-secnted freshening towels! I'll check that out at home tonight. Unless anyone knows right here right now

Well those lovely people on ask h2g2 have given me the details I need, so I think it's ready now

Oh, and it isn't a record I've seen it happen before. But it's not common and it's very nice

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