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How do you put the Toilet Paper on the roller?
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My personal preferance is having the sheets come from OVER the roll. Elisabeth's is from UNDER the roll.
If this just a male thing? An American male thing? or just a regional thing?
To me it makes more sense to have it come from OVER the top. It's easier to find the end sheet, it's easier to count out just what you need, and it seems easier to tear it off that way.
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I'm with you, James (sorry, Elisabeth!). It just seems to make more sense that way. My hubby agrees, and he grew up in Ontario, so it can't be entirely an American thing...
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I prefer under... think it just looks tidier that way...  Wendy 
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I'm kind of a freak when it comes to this. In my view, toilet paper must come over the roll. In fact, when I go to my mom's house (where she throws it on any old way), I will actually turn the roll around if it's on "wrong." Oddly enough, though, we had a maid service come in before Thanksgiving to do a major house cleaning. And after they left, I noticed that they turned every roll of TP in all of the bathrooms to roll under.  Susan
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You know, I'm not going to vote, so I guess I'll never know what the answer is.
I probably would go for 'over the roll' if I ever gave the matter much thought. (In some hotels I've seen the ends very neatly folded under the paper to produce a nice, pointed downward arrow. Very neat.)
In practice, I just put the paper out, and it comes whichever way it comes. Kind of like flipping a coin, really.
Actually, now I think about it, while this house has toilet roll holders, my last place didn't, so I just put the rolls on their end within easy reach.
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P.S. Edited to say that the poll caught my attention because of the TP in the title. 'Town planning'? I thought. Surely not!
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Originally posted by Krissie:
Actually, now I think about it, while this house has toilet roll holders, my last place didn't, so I just put the rolls on their end within easy reach.
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LOL! I'm with Susan all the way. Must go OVER, and I'll switch it if it's not.  It's a pet peeve of mine, a silly one, yes.  That said, we actually don't put the rolls on the holders anymore; we just leave them as Chris said she does with hers. If we don't do that, the entire roll ends up as a nice fluffy kitty cat bed. :rolleyes: Sara EDIT: And a suggestion for you, James and Elisabeth: If one or the other bothers you, why not install the holder vertically?
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I'm with Sara and the others. Must go over the roll because, quite simply, it looks tidier that way (hello, Wendy  ). And yes, I'll turn around offending rolls in my bathroom if someone else puts them on the wrong way - it's just one of those silly, petty things that bugs me. Yvonne
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The timing of this poll is funny. I don't usually change the roll in my house, my mother does. But the other day I was at the toilet and noticed we were out of toilet paper, so I took a roll and slipped it the way I had grabbed it, thinking it wouldn't make much difference whichever way. It ended up with the sheets coming from UNDER the roll... which, for some reason, just looked totally wrong. I took it off and put it with the sheets coming from OVER the roll. That felt right I'd never noticed it before. I don't know if we make a habit of putting it this way in our house, or it just struck me somehow. But it's over the roll for me. See ya, AnnaBtG.
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And yes, I'll turn around offending rolls in my bathroom if someone else puts them on the wrong way - it's just one of those silly, petty things that bugs me. Ditto. It's amazing that rolls in my house don't end up being switched back and forth several times daily when you stay with us! Wendy
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or that there wouldn't be a roller. Um...don't have a holder. <g> Used to have one, years ago, but frankly it irritated me. Now, we have a shelf next to the loo and I just put three out in a nice little pyramid on that. When we did have a holder - can't say I gave it any thought either way. LabRat
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Under, under, under. Absolutely under. And when people are staying at my house and happen to be changing the roll, if they put it the wrong way around it looks wrong to me. I won't go as far as changing it back, but it looks wrong anyway. /me wonders if Sara switched it when she stayed here for a couple of days...Kaethel
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Definitely OVER the roll. I put a new roll on yesterday and had a freak attack when I put it on wrong. Although I have to admit I get pretty lazy sometimes and don't stick the TP on the roller when it's time for a new roll. However, that really doesn't fly with my best friend who happens to share a bathroom with me on our side of the apartment, and she's also an over the roll kinda girl. JD :p
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/me wonders if Sara switched it when she stayed here for a couple of days... I tend to leave it if I'm in someone else's house because I know, as sad as it is *sigh*, there are people that don't agree with me. Sara
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I can't answer the poll. Frankly, as long as the roll is on the holder, and I can find the end, I don't care.
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I'm with you Karen. I've never noticed which I tend to do more.
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My bathroom, Wendy. I wouldn't dream of interfering with someone else's loo rolls. Yvonne
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I wouldn't dream of interfering with someone else's loo rolls. Think you can get arrested for that in certain parts of the country. LabRat
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That said, we actually don't put the rolls on the holders anymore; we just leave them as Chris said she does with hers. If we don't do that, the entire roll ends up as a nice fluffy kitty cat bed. My cats do that only on very rare occasions (although, if you throw a piece of tissue in the trash they'll certainly dig it out and try to eat it...  We need a grossed-out smiley <g>). But I read somewhere, recently, that they won't if the roll is turned under. Anyone know if that's true? That said, I prefer over so it probably would come down to a battle of wills between me and the cat But I don't care so much that it would bother me at someone else's house, etc. Kaylle
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