Have an opinion on the direction the toilet paper goes? I'm sure you do because we all do. Today is your chance to make your voice heard. We all know there's only one right answer to the age old question ...
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I first ran this question in 2011. It got hundreds of comments, most of them more enthusiastic than you would think.
Results
(for 2011)
- 73% prefered over
- 27% preferred to be difficult
It's now 2025 and
I know which way is right. Do you?
Laura Bee
Over! Because that's how it was growing up. Somewhere along the way my mom changed her style but she has her own power room now so I allow it there. My daughter is still undecided. Sometimes over, sometimes under. Chaos!
Nancy T O'Donnel
Over! Never the other way. Impossible to easily find the start of the next
sheet.
Carrie Anne
Definitely OVER!
Hubby thinks it’s under. So, I’m always readjusting the roll. LOL
Hmmmm, it’s the really important things in life….
(Also I think I read it somewhere, that over is correct.)
Maybe it was here! 🧻🚽
Elizabeth Anne Weber-Falk
I do both. On the wall it goes under on the little stand that also holds extra rolls. We go over as my husband and I prefer different ways. It works and we are always right.
Leslie
Under is an abomination.
Patrice
🥳🤣
Patrice
🥳🤣head circumference was my laugh for the day. I have the smallest head that I fit a big brain into. But ALL HATS go right down over my eyes!
Margaret Peters
Definitely over! The other way is neanderthal-ish! LOL
Teresa Chandler
Over. Unless you have a cat that likes to use it as a front paws treadmill.
Elizabeth
I know that the original patent shows the roll as 'over', but...
I have cats, so add me to the 'under' crowd, especially since my youngest was originally called 'Smoke', but within the month his name was changed to 'Mischief', and he has been ever since. Besides, if it's 'under', there seems to be less paper left adrift, than if they're hitting the 'over' and just letting it run.
Sharon
How can this be a question😜over is the only answer!
Michelle Strimple
OVER. PERIOD.
Jan Knox
I'm in America. In the late 1770's, we rejected Britain and its ways. We, like teenagers rebelling against their parents, do things the opposite way. We drive on the opposite side of the street, we hold our dinner fork in our right hand (ever wonder why we hold it in left hand to cut and then switch?), and our toilet paper is 'over.' We win. So there.
Karen
Golly. If you're in America all you've recently won is the booby prize. ~ karen!
Gayle
Historically, I preferred over, and if my husband made a mistake, I would correct it immediately upon discovery.
Not sure what has happened more recently, but I have taken to preferring under. Perhaps I have a different brain, or no longer want to 'follow the crowd', and so my fight has been taken to the toilet paper roll debate...on the whole I figure it is one of the increasingly few safe opinions I can share. SO THERE!!!!😉😅
FRANLIE ALLEN
My spouse and I debated this for quite some time. I preferred under, as I found the paper ripped off easier without having to hold it to keep it from continuing to unroll. Also, when I had cats and a toddler, the over position allowed them to unspool it much more quickly. However, apparently the over roll is the traditionally accepted, and perhaps even recommended by the inventors.