My German "Aunt" (she's not really my aunt, but she's about the same age), had read an earlier post about toilet paper. She thought it was very funny, and was also a little bit confused. But I showed her the sample of my purple toilet paper that I brought with me. Then yesterday, as we arrived at my German grandfather's place (again, not really so related, but distantly. I will call him "Opa"), she pointed to these hay bails covered in white plastic. "Look. It is like toilet paper for the cows," She said.
And then, wonder of wonders, I saw something which I have never seen. At my German grandparent's house, they had, in their bathroom, not just colored toilet paper, but white paper printed in blue with little whales and shapely waves. I stared in awe. Two-toned paper. I did not think it was possible. But there it was. It didn't seem to be scented. I think it was plain. But I was still amazed.
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You know, those two-toned ones usually come with embossing and scent as well. At least, that's what we had as kids. :)
And the hay bales are called silage. It's essentially encased in the plastic to become rotten grass. They start to smell like vomit after a while. Lovely, right? The cows really like it.
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