what's the correct way to place toilet paper onto the holder?

I do have a preference and I am lucky, in that my wife shares my preference. Harmony and understanding prevail. Sympathy and trust abound. It is the Age of Aquarius in our bathroom. Sways, segues to "Let the Sun Shine In", then to "I'd Like to Buy the World a Home (and Furnish It With Love)".

I pronounce it "scone"

idgaf

I do it willy nilly with no thought whatsoever to which direction it is in

One of the legends of Bayshore concerns the night that Henley wrote a long memo to the maid to complain about the toilet paper coming off the bottom instead of the top of the roll (if it were meant to come off the bottom and unroll all over the floor, Henley figured, the little pink flowers would have been printed on the underside of the sheets).

“It was a joke,” he says, when I ask about the incident. “But don’t you think it should come off the top?”

"I'm not a racist, but..."

"I wasn't looking at her, but..."

"It was a joke, but..."

I care a lot about this

... is the right answer.

I no longer need to use toilet paper at all because someone once asked me this question and it is impossible to give a shit

I never cared about this until I heard the story about Don Henley being an asshole about it. I started thinking about it a lot after that and decided that he was absolutely 100% correct.

Lol are these scatallogical references intentional

Heh

In the case of my post, yes, that is the joke

In my case, no.

Hate toilet roll holders in general. Just sit it on the cistern/shelf/floor.

The Simpsons taught me overhand was improper

I hate The Simpsons too.

Just a quote generator for boring idiots.

You sound smrt

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https://i.imgur.com/919XhNQ.jpg

I care a lot about this (for real).

who does anything but under??????

(just having them in a stack atop the toilet also acceptable imho)

My disgust knows no bounds you absolute animal.

what toilet paper LOL!!!

Simon you’re dead to me

Glad to know you're on the right side of history, silby.

I only care about this and banning cars

Hate toilet roll holders in general. Just sit it on the cistern/shelf/floor.

― Eyeball Kicks, Saturday, May 23, 2020 8:55 PM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

jfc just wipe your ass on the floor why don't you

Everybody walk the dinosaur.

if you passionately believe that over is aesthetically preferable to under you've been conditioned by Big Hotel and you're doing their work for them by arguing

Who's to say Big Hotel doesn't deserve its Bigness.

okay I am not so dogmatic that I will argue extensively, but:

Over: the excess (or "tail") is set out from the wall. Floating majestically, a respectable distance from any surface, commensurate with the width of the roll itself. You can grab this without touching anything. It is sanitary and elegant. I should note that the original patent for toilet paper roll holders shows that over was the original intent.

Under = depending on the configuration of your roll and holder, the excess or tail may in fact be flush with the wall! Which means you may have to touch the wall to grip and tear your selected amount of paper.

Now, think about that for a moment. How clean were the last hands that grazed that wall when grabbing some toilet paper? My guess is, not very.

otm, booming post.

ah, the well-known Appeal to Hygienic Concerns argument.

not very convincing tbh

whose rolls are flush with the wall????

ymp has opened my eyes. I’ll never not have an opinion about this again

This must be ilx's sneezing panda ffs

whose rolls are flush with the wall????

In many houses,especially older ones, the holder is built into the wall. So the free end exits the recess and then hangs along the wall.

Like this:

https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/4106X65YwmL.jpg

I ask you: if the free end exits from under the roll, where is it going to be hanging? Along the wall. Which will likely be teeming with bacteria-laden fecal aerosols. Now, if you're ok with touching the wall each time you want to get some toilet paper, go right ahead.

But I prefer having it come off the top, so the the free end is floating in space.

over: the way everyone in my family has done it since time immemorial

under: cat owners

Ladies and Gentlemen the Toilet Roll Is Floating in Space

Over is even better in a corporate setting.

https://i.imgur.com/O2z6Ftr.jpg

Ever tried to get a sheet from one of these that was positioned under? You have to pull the whole weight of the giant roll toward you, and most of the time time, the tiny edge you've clasped breaks off in your fingers.

When it's positioned over, where the end is on the side of the seat and not the door, it's easier to pull.

Next thing some of of y'all are gonna tell me is that contestants on The Price Is Right should spin the Big Wheel underhanded for better results.

the Rick Barry method

under: cat owners

finally, someone is talking sense about this otherwise disturbing methodology

Switching from over to under didn't dissuade Jonesy a bit. After we put the roll on the toilet tank, he lost interest.

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