TOILET tissue panic-buyers can now access a useful online calculator which will enable them to estimate just how long their preciously purloined paper will last.
Australia is not alone in the stockpiling stakes, with a German website launching the service for anxious hoarders who can enter the size of their stash and the average number of visits to the bathroom each day to come up with a very useful survivability metric.
For example, with a stock of 10 rolls, and three daily trips to the dunny, the calculator advises that you have enough toilet paper for 53 days - significantly longer than any COVID-19 quarantine period.
There's also an "advanced mode" where you can provide details (too much information?) such as the "number of wipes per trip" and "number of sheets used per wiping" to get a more accurate result.
"Many people use more toilet paper than necessary...for the 'small business', one or two sheets are quite sufficient," the website advises.
Saving sheets, to eke out the scarce stocks, can be as simple as using less each time.
The site also helpfully notes that "nutrition can have an influence on the amount of paper needed for 'big business' - if a lot of toilet paper is used, this can be a sign that the bowel is not working properly".
Check out the English language version of the site at blitzresults.com/gb/toiletpaper.
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