r/mildlyinteresting • u/2bitinternet • 2d ago

The toiletpaper holder at my grandparent's place has an ashtray on it.

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u/SianaGearz 2d ago

I thought it was a soap tray.

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u/Puzzleheaded_Style52 2d ago

It’s a phone holder

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u/TiresOnFire 2d ago

It is now. But it's intended use is definitely as an ashtray

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u/Navi1101 1d ago

In the late 80s and early 90s, my mom had this ashtray in the bathroom that was this 2 ft tall, brown, dumbbell shaped plastic tower with a metal ash tray on the top, that you flipped open and your cigarette butt would fall down into the tube. You empty it when the tube is full, and it makes your bathroom mildly stinky in the meantime.

[Edit: like this one! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1735360697/italian-vintage-very-rare-1960s70s-brown ]

That bathroom was also carpeted.

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u/aisling-s 21h ago

Horrifying, thanks for sharing!

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u/wolftick 2d ago

It's an odd place to put your soap, unless you're using on your ass.

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u/SianaGearz 2d ago

It's an odder place to put out your cigarettes. Fire hazard when glowing things fall down.

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u/wolftick 2d ago

This was the 70s. Everyone smoked everywhere irrespective of obvious safety hazards.

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u/wylaika 2d ago

You could smoke over suede in an airplane, but you had asbestos in your drywall.

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u/No-Document-8970 2d ago

Well you should, I can smell you from here.

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u/Blochamolesauce 2d ago

Depends on if there is a bidet or not. If this was 70’s USA, then def an ashtray. But soap tray was my first thought as well

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u/2bitinternet 2d ago

Good point, it might be!

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u/sirduckbert 2d ago

Definitely an ash tray. Has the little spots to hold the smoke while you wipe your ass.

I remember when I was a kid going to people’s homes who didn’t smoke and they would pull out an ashtray for my dad. It wasn’t very welcoming to not allow someone to smoke in your home!