I don't think she was joking. if so why would she said this.
Odd. That very statement was, for me, the clearest indicator that she WAS joking.
Washing and reusing the square of toilet paper was by far the most ridiculous of all the "proposals." First of all, the paper would deteriorate given that toilet paper is designed to dissolve in water. Secondly, that single square has a single dab of urine on it. If you wanted to reuse it, it would make more sense to set it aside to dry for the next time. It wouldn't really need washing. Urine isn't all that hazardous a substance that it needs to be washed out. I don't suppose one would want to share used squares, but I don't see the harm in reusing one's own for, say, a day or two.
Secondly, as I mentioned in an earlier post, there was banter in that statement. "Whose judgment I trust implicitly," when applied to a loved one making a ridiculous statement, is almost surely intended as irony. I suppose it's possible that her brother was teasing her with her statement and she was too dim to recognize the irony, but the chance of there being two in the family who don't recognize the absurdity of washing that square has to be all but zero. I would assume both were in on the joke.
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