i have heard tales of how these humble bus tickets have helped many a jeb sessioners.
let us present the facts of this humble receipts as alternative sanitary wipes:
a typical bus ticket is at least two inches (2") in length, and at least one inch and a half (1 1/2") in width. this is quite a small paper to handle in wiping your behind. chances are, you might end up with some pieces of that darn jebs nastily clinging on one of your fingers (what a ghastly scenario especially if neither soap nor alcohol is available to rid it off afterwards!).
the thickness of a typical bus ticket is almost the same as that of any regular tissue paper. perhaps this is the attribute why some people do not hesitate to use it in times of need. while a typical tissue paper is soft to touch, a bus ticket is tough and rough to the touch. this can potentially injure some sensitive behinds. they are also less malleable as compared to tissue paper, so their effectivity rate will surely be lower than that of the tissue paper.
the sanitary rate of bus tickets is surely lower than that of a tissue paper. bus tickets are not sterile as they are always exposed to the open. sometimes they are even kept closest to the money (distinctively folded length-wise and held by the fingers of the bus conductor) for easy access. to those who are unaware, money is a petridish for various bacteria and virus which could possibly end up inside one's system through a contaminated ticket. all this said, the bus ticket is not a sterile option.
to a commoner (masa), bus tickets are the easiest-to-acquire sanitary wipes. traditionally, filipinos tend to undermine the benefit of carrying tissue paper. this is particularly true with the male population who still harbor this notion that carrying tissue paper is totally inappropriate. thus, most of the proponent of bus tickets as sanitary wipes are males.
conclusion: bus tickets have come a long way from their humble roots as mere scraps of paper. they have transcended the boundaries of prejudice. they are the new unsung heroes of emergency jebs sessioners. they are the last resort when all is not available.
i can't help but include this situational joke of how to maximize the usage of a bus ticket as sanitary wipe. it goes something like this:
how will you effectively use one bus ticket as sanitary wipe? (paano mo gagamitin ang isang bus ticket bilang panglinis sa pwet?):
i answered this way -- i will use it just in the same manner how i usually use tissue papers then i will hope to God that no sticky jebs will cling on my fingers.
i was told that my answer was impractical. it was proposed that a single bus ticket should be used in this manner:
you fold it into four then slowly cut the middle portion in a diameter just enough to insert one finger. with one finger inserted in the hole made, use the ticket and the inserted finger to wipe the jebs off your behind. to finish it off, use the cut portion as the final wipe for the jeb-laced finger. voila! a perfect cleaning device.
(yuck yuck yuck!)
