Have an opinion on toilet paper? I'm sure you do because we ALL do. Now you have your chance to make your voice heard. We all know there's only one right answer to the age old question ...
I know which way is right. Do you?
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Bee-Naz
I'm with all the rest of you. Definitely over all the way!!
Also just curious, am I the only one who corrects 'the under' when using other people's bathrooms? There's probably a social etiquette rule about this that I choose to ignore. I blame my self diagnosed OCD. :)
cheri
What a hoot!! OVER!!!! I, too, am OCD enough to change an under.............
Alanna
Is it bad if I'm so intent on making sure it's over that I switch it at friends' houses? Because I do, without shame.
Robyn
LMAO.....There is a constant silent battle in our family when we get together. We have one family member that believes under is correct and the rest of the family believes over is right. That roll gets switched all day long.....I am sending them all a link to this post!
Renee
Interesting you posted this today when I just saw this illustrated guide yesterday:
http://currentconfig.com/2005/02/22/essential-life-lesson-1-over-is-right-under-is-wrong/
I agree - over!
kathryn
hahahah! hahahahahahahhahaahhhhhahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahhhhhhaaaaahahahahaaaahahahahahahaahhhhhhaaaaaahhhhhhaaahahahahaha! thank you thank you THANK YOU Renee for the diagrams to illustrate what is THE TRUTH.
Karen - you have unleashed a MONSTROUS debate here. fork tines and true pies pale into insignificance. I am very entertained (as well as right).
Have a lovely weekend all!
kfh XX
SK Farm Girl
Well now, having lived with bowel disease for most of my life, I am a self-declared TP oficianado! Really, I have papers to prove it! Not open for debate, signed/sealed/delivered, fat lady singing, case-closed - OVER!!!! Upon resting me arse on the throne, my eyes immediately fall upon the holy grail - toilet paper! If it is not "in the upright position", I will let out a weary sigh and take it upon myself to right the wrong and place the roll where it belongs - OVER!! OVER I tell you, OVER! PS - I'm passionate about my TP! The only debate here is how long is too long in the lou?
Laura
oh my! i say under...the hubs says over. however, with children, under is always better so that the paper raider (aka my year old son) will be less prone to grab and run. he will will just chew the whole roll. :)
p.s. if the hubs actually REPLACES the toilet paper, it never goes in the holder. it sits on top of the old cardboard roll.
Connor
Over. This is not open to debate.
Tricia Rose
Over, but much harder is to find paper which DOESN'T HAVE STUPID CUTESY FLOWERS QUILTED ONTO IT!!!
I don't know why Cotonnel changed from their handsome waffle grid, but it broke my heart.
Angela
Charmin Ultra Strong just has wavy lines and diamonds instead of flowers and such.
Sierra
I never spared even one second thinking about this until I had a college roommate who FLIPPED OUT on me for putting it over. Or was it under? Don't remember. Don't care. I chose to not worry about the orientation of the paper that I wipe my bum with. It's going to be covered in in a minute anyway.
Melissa
Ummm... It sounds like we are all in agreement so far... OVER. It's the only correct way to place the toilet paper roll. No debate about it. I'm going to suggest that it is possibly a gender thing and that guys just don't "get" it? Or do they just not care and put it on whichever way is easiest in the moment?
What am I thinking? We're lucky if they even notice that the empty roll needs to be replaced. I'm at the point where I'm just glad he changes it when it's empty so I'm not stuck there looking for facial tissue in a pinch. And if he puts it on the wrong way, I'm tolerant and I fix it.
Doug
I'm a definite Over guy.
It never occurred to my wife that there was a difference.
Of course, it never occurred to me that there are two ways to fold the legs of our ironing board or that it would matter if there were.
Tina
Definately Over! Hubby and I both agree...Thank Goodness, Cause Under drives me Insane!
chisaka
If you have cats UNDER
if you don't have cats OVER
although some cats could care less, then its definitely OVER!
Bridget
Absolutely agree that it all depends on if you have a cat that enjoys "toilet paper rolling." The cat likes over.
Jessica
Over! Over over over! (except when my cat was a kitten and liked to unroll it at night for fun)
Aimee
OVER.
Honestly, I never even saw an under until I was an adult, and when I did, I thought it was kind of odd that someone had done it upside down, shrugged and moved on. It didn't occur to me that it could be a choice! :)
jen
Neither.
It's just sitting on the counter -- because we are too lazy to replace the rogue spring.
Aimee
That's how we "roll" too! Counter all the way (one of our loos doesn't even have a spot for a roll holder anyway, so why bother)! :)
lynn
x3!
Sara
The reason we counter in our house is due to the fact that I'm the only one who thinks it should be hung up (over!). I gave up trying to convince my hubby and stepsons to take the 20 seconds to do it.
Marti
Over. Like a waterfall. OVER-OVER-OVER!
Wait. I'm back on the caffeine and all caps thing again, aren't I?
Sorry. I'll be over in the corner there...
Karen
Hah!! ~ k
Lynne Hosmer
that was funny!
Janelle
Is this even a debate? Over!
Vicki Jane
Over!! Otherwise you are scrabbling for the end! Not fun at 3am when you still have your eyes half shut!
Kate
OVER! Totally over, under drives me BONKERS
Mama Bean
I am an adamant OVER type of person. I had finally convinced my husband to comply with this. Then, my toddler discovered it's really easy to unroll an OVER roll. It is (slightly) less easy to unroll an UNDER roll. So (for now) it is UNDER. But one day, all will be returned to rights in my world... one day...
Humble Momma Pie
I am with Mama Bean ---- we used to be die hard "OVERs" but with kids (and others tell me you have to do the same with cats), you have to do "UNDER" since it prevents unwinding, but also seems easier to get started for little hands.
Renee
First, another vote for "Over," if only for those blurry 3 a.m. bathroom trips.
Reading about the toilet-paper loving toddlers/cats reminded me of a tip I read in the Tightwad Gazette. A stingy grandfather wanted to stop his grandchildren from overusing toilet paper when they came to visit (I know, right? Stingy doesn't cover it), so he would step on the toilet paper roll (breaking the tube) before putting it on the dispenser. At best, the poor kiddos got like two or three sheets a turn.
I would never do it, but something about the evil genius of it stayed with me.