FabGuys.com forum: Izal

By *effnwbiguy OP Man
3 weeks ago

bolton

Anyone remember Izal toilet paper. A broadcaster says he has a memory od using it at school and so do i. Very hard toilet paper which seemed slippery too .

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By (user no longer on site)
3 weeks ago

As Ben Elton once said it did the opposite of what it was designed to do, Azal actually repelled shit!

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By *ndreaNWCDTV/TS
3 weeks ago

Paphos

Zan Izal, was like greasproof paper, totally non adsorbent, shiny surface and when folded produced sharp creases…

Since it was provided by every institution, hospital, school, govt office etc it does make one think that corruption in the supply chain was around long before covid…!!!

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By *astDevonGuyMan
3 weeks ago

Seaton

Yep, didn’t remove anything , just spread it about. Though bend some over a comb you could make a great kazoo or it made fantastic tracing paper …….

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By *enjonMan
3 weeks ago

Sutton Coldfield

"Anyone remember Izal toilet paper. A broadcaster says he has a memory od using it at school and so do i. Very hard toilet paper which seemed slippery too ."

The toilet paper for the plebeians, Soft toilet paper was the preserve of the wealthy!! Picking your own dock leaves to use would have been preferable

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By *hiteroseMan
3 weeks ago

Neverwhere

"Anyone remember Izal toilet paper. A broadcaster says he has a memory od using it at school and so do i. Very hard toilet paper which seemed slippery too .

The toilet paper for the plebeians, Soft toilet paper was the preserve of the wealthy!! Picking your own dock leaves to use would have been preferable

I think there's some on here who would only go searching for dock leaves after using stinging nettles.

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By *olfstarMan
3 weeks ago

Edinburgh

There was a knack to it - if you scrunched it up and then unscrunched it, it was fine! My father for some weird reason preferred it! It had a strange smell - I think the claim was it was somehow medicated, and it was great fun for using with a comb

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By *xmareMan
3 weeks ago

Norwich

"Anyone remember Izal toilet paper. A broadcaster says he has a memory od using it at school and so do i. Very hard toilet paper which seemed slippery too .

The toilet paper for the plebeians, Soft toilet paper was the preserve of the wealthy!! Picking your own dock leaves to use would have been preferable

Standard issue in upmarket boarding schools - wasn't restricted to the plebs. Could double as tracing paper.

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By *amplighter1Man
3 weeks ago

ryde

It never worked for what it was intended for horrible stuff

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By *speedoMan
3 weeks ago

eastbourne

I used it as tracing paper when I was s kid. I seem to remember it had a smell too

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By *astguy7Man
3 weeks ago

Paddington

"I used it as tracing paper when I was s kid. I seem to remember it had a smell too "

Hope it wasn't used!

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By *evanianMan
3 weeks ago

Gogledd Ddwyrain Cymru

People who were subjected to the use of Izal toilet paper can still be recognised by a certain grimacing facial expression, if you know, you certainly know! 🫩

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By *DC2000Man
3 weeks ago

Coningsby

Bronco toilet paper, just as bad.

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By *IPMANMan
3 weeks ago

West London

I can remember using newspaper...

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By *DC2000Man
3 weeks ago

Coningsby

"I can remember using newspaper..."

Newspaper! You were lucky! There's posh!

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By *tephen_b50Man
3 weeks ago

Bristol

i remember it well. That glazed surface, impervious to moisture; the crap just slithered all over it. The small economy sized sheets, so you had to be careful not to get crap all over your fingers. The horrid smell of it.

i can say one thing in its favour: it made sheets of old newspapers, which was the traditional substitute, feel like comparative luxury

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By *eepeter4Man
3 weeks ago

Bournemouth

I know someone from Liverpool who used the Sun newspaper to wipe his ass.

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By *iddle aged and chubbyMan
3 weeks ago

Shefford

Tough enough not to put your finger through!

Unlike the modern thin soft stuff!

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By *tephen_b50Man
3 weeks ago

Bristol

It could have been worse, though.

Someone i knew about 30 years ago went to Russia, and their toilet paper had wood chips in it ...

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By *ro4hoes2Man
3 weeks ago

Newport

I remember it coming in white boxes in school, a roll in the supermarket. One wipe of the balloon knot post dump and you had shit up to ya neck,it certainly had a glide to it 🙄

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By *ichy2022Man
3 weeks ago

SEKent

The stuff of nightmares - hard - no absorbancy - sharp when creased - I would do my best to wait to get home for a no2 in the 60s

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By *lverston GuyMan
3 weeks ago

Bristol

When I first joined the Civil Service in Central London in Summer 1977, we had Izal toilet paper with “Government Property” on each sheet. It wasn’t until the early 1980s when we were given soft bright pink loo paper. Apparently, the bright pink was to stop people nicking it! The soap was “White Windsor” with the ERII crest on it (my boss used to nick the odd bar of it as she said it was good for cleaning her husband’s shirt collar and chuffs. God it was rough on your hands as well as the Izal paper ripping sheds on your arse!

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By *ndrew SummerMan
3 weeks ago

Bath

Would you fuck an ass that had just used this????

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By *oosterladMan
3 weeks ago

ipswich

It was only 4 inches square one sheet at a time no roll. Very parsinomious. Belongs in the anals.. of history along with frozen milk bottles festering on the classroom radiator and the grey cartons with red drinking straws.

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By *hilmeMan
3 weeks ago

Bournemouth

Yeah chase it around untill it disappears

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By *arrington Nice GuyMan
3 weeks ago

Warrington

It was awful paper we used it as tracing paper, that was all it was good at

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By *akedFun.Man
3 weeks ago

Brighouse

Awful awful awful

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By *LE69Man
3 weeks ago

Slough

Was a bastard if you had the runs!

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By *tmguylookingMan
3 weeks ago

Chesterfield

I read somewhere that the company who supplied it actually gave it away in large quantities to their existing customers who were buying different cleaning supplies from them, hence the widespread use of it in schools, hospitals etc.

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By *cr MannixMan
3 weeks ago

Manchester

"When I first joined the Civil Service in Central London in Summer 1977, we had Izal toilet paper with “Government Property” on each sheet. It wasn’t until the early 1980s when we were given soft bright pink loo paper. Apparently, the bright pink was to stop people nicking it! The soap was “White Windsor” with the ERII crest on it (my boss used to nick the odd bar of it as she said it was good for cleaning her husband’s shirt collar and chuffs. God it was rough on your hands as well as the Izal paper ripping sheds on your arse! "

Government property? To deter you from nicking it? 😄

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By *lverston GuyMan
3 weeks ago

Bristol

Government property? To deter you from nicking it? 😄"

Presume so! But who in their right mind would want to nick that stuff!

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By *arvey69Man
3 weeks ago

Bodmin

I believe it was Michael Heseltine when he was Secretary of State for Defence that stopped its use with the armed forces.

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By *IPMANMan
3 weeks ago

West London

When I first left school, I worked with a "lady" of a certain age who had done war service...

Apparently during the time she was fighting for the nation the rule was 3 sheets per dump...

One up ,one down and a polisher !

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By *IPMANMan
3 weeks ago

West London

Having said that...have you tried wiping your arse in Spain ?

The bog paper there is about the same width as a Sainsburys till receipt and about as effective.

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By *effnwbiguy OP Man
3 weeks ago

bolton

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