For a while I had to resort to cumsocks, in my house we just didn't have tissues, no one ever seemed to catch a cold and for cleaning up worktops we used cloths etc that could just be washed and re-used, I also did a lot of sports so id end up with worn out socks I wasn't going to wear anymore. All that combined = cumsocks I could just throw away with an easy excuse that they were worn out.

Luckily we eventually got some rescue dogs, who thanks to their previous owners being utter shitbags weren't house trained and often messed when they got nervous (even rain would have this effect) and the best we could get them to do was use puppy pads, so suddenly the house was awash with tissue and I never had to use the sock method again.

Of course I'm sure a lot of people used socks because they're lazy and plain old nasty, but for me a teenage boy with no income or pocket money and the above reasons tissues just weren't an option.