Nora,
no! tampons are just fine in most toilets. applicators may not be (plastic ones especially), but tampons, yes.
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le nubian - Mar 28, 2012 7:44:08 am PDT #10533 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Pix - Mar 28, 2012 8:01:44 am PDT #10534 of 30001
The status is NOT quo.
Unless you have a septic system rather than city sewers, in which case they are a very bad idea.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2012 8:17:04 am PDT #10535 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
At the car dealership where I have spent my morning there is a sign in the bathroom "please do not flush any feminine products". So.
Does this mean tampons? WTF?
That's a pretty common sign in the public toilets I use. We have it at the office, and I keep meaning to scrawl on it that anything that comes out of my nethers is a "feminine product". Well, "meaning" in the sense that it's never ever going to happen, but the semantic urges are strong in this one.
Then again, the idea that flushing tampons is bad seems to be more widespread than I'd thought it was, no matter what the tampon box actually says. I had no idea so many people thought that it officially was a Bad Thing.
Kate P. - Mar 28, 2012 8:17:31 am PDT #10536 of 30001
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I thought tampons in the toilet were verboten always.
I thought that their flushability was the main advantage to using tampons! (Apart from their supposed comfort, but I've never found them very comfortable.)
le nubian - Mar 28, 2012 8:22:09 am PDT #10537 of 30001
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
yeah because I cannot imagine taking a tampon out and...putting it somewhere other than the toilet.
25 years of tossing tampons in toilets would be a hard habit to break.
§ ita § - Mar 28, 2012 8:29:52 am PDT #10538 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Flushability is a big reason I use tampons, but then I learnt that not everyone considers them flushable, so really, I should just stay home on my period, in case I fuck up someone's toilet.
Because *that* would be embarassing.
omnis_audis - Mar 28, 2012 8:50:52 am PDT #10539 of 30001
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
TCG and I are officially homeowners!
Wooot!!!! Congratulations!!! Welcome to your new home!!!
eta: pom poms didn't work. So, imagine pom poms.
Scrappy - Mar 28, 2012 8:52:40 am PDT #10540 of 30001
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
Hooray! May your teacup home be a cozy and welcoming haven.
Liese S. - Mar 28, 2012 8:57:56 am PDT #10541 of 30001
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yay, congrats!
Laura - Mar 28, 2012 9:02:15 am PDT #10542 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Woot! That is awesome news. Can you hide smelly cheese in the walls or something for the upstairs former neighbors to never find?
Funky old plumbing and/or septic systems have kept me aware of what was or was not flushable. The same goes for the not so flushable wipes too. Even the ones that claim to be flushable can be an issue in some plumbing circumstances.