Empty cardboard cores of toilet paper, what do you call them? In our family they were called Doot Ta Dos. When we emptied a roll of TP, we'd hold the core to our mouth and yell Doot Ta Do (DTD! Did one of my brilliant siblings start that great tradition or did it come from elsewhere?
The lower corner cabinet in our kitchen was a swivel-out flour bin. It's usage ended when flour was marketed in more user-friendly packaging than 100-pound bags.
Then it became a home for DTDs. It was some do-good thing or a maybe-some-day craft project of my Mom's. I don't recall what the mission was and, later on, I doubt Mom did either.
It was plumb full of the things, 100s of 'em. They became part of the huge bonfire that my oldest sister Mary and I had going before the farm was sold.
Trish inspired this little story: she held up and empty plastic bottle and said Doot Ta Do!
Do any readers know the origin of DTD? If so, please share.
I love that story! Never throw anything away was a mantra in my childhood home. I do know that a use for DTDs in our home started during Covid when Charlie joined our family and they (and paper towel cores) became the BEST toy ever. We have several pics of our crazy eyed girl romping with a DTD in her mouth! Thanks for giving it a name.
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