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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsOver or under on the toilet paper?
I'm totally over, and get so annoyed when my household members do it under. But of course, I'm usually the one to replace it anyway. I'm anal like that--no pun intended.
geardaddy
(24,931 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Good job!
siligut
(12,272 posts)Now I can see it is easier, but not so much that I ever cared before. I place it over now so visitors won't think I am a philistine.
Scuba
(53,475 posts)That really made me laugh!
tabbycat31
(6,336 posts)However, I used to have a cat that would destroy the roll if it was over, so I've been under out of habit (from saving the roll).
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Haha...yeah, pun intended!
Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)Easier to reach the top of the roll and hold it while I deftly tear off the exact amount I need, no more, no less, without tearing it off at a point between the perforations. An "over" installed roll would cause a more awkward reach under to hold the roll for proper metering.
I have the actual calculations, but I've mis-placed them at the moment. Maybe I wrote them down on TP
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)That is waaaaayyy too complicated for me...but no offense!
Populist_Prole
(5,364 posts)But I still find the "under" method easier from my seated position.
LeftinOH
(5,358 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)hifiguy
(33,688 posts)and no, neither of my cats has ever paid the slightest attention to the toilet paper, or the bathroom, for that matter, unless I enter the bathroom.
Cats seem under the distinct impression that humans are incapable of using the bathroom without feline supervision.
Lasher
(27,636 posts)That is a cozy feeling, particularly late at night when my feet are cold.
RebelOne
(30,947 posts)kcass1954
(1,819 posts)Old habits die hard - had a cat 35 years ago who used to sit on the toilet lid abd spin off an entire roll.
These days, I'm ecstatic if any one else puts on a new roll. One more thing I've learned to let go of.
Motown_Johnny
(22,308 posts)or at least not one who likes to tear at the TP.
If you did you would know it is better to go under with it. The TP does not unroll as the cat claws on it and it makes less of a mess. It also seems to be less fun because they will lose interest and eventually stop clawing at it altogether.
I will admit a slight preference for over, but not much of one. I guess I am just not that anal.
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Or Q-tips, which my last cat did.
LaurenG
(24,841 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)When I somehow find it "switched" under, yeah I get pissed and all accusatory. Some people might call me a bitch, but that's ok. I am one, sometimes.
ALERT!!!!
sakabatou
(42,174 posts)Polly Hennessey
(6,804 posts)Over, it must be over. Never, never under. That is wrong, just wrong. I don't know why it is wrong, but it is. If I see under, I immediately change it......it's as if the universe is off-kilter. Oh, dear.
benld74
(9,909 posts)a2liberal
(1,524 posts)The only correct way.
quakerboy
(13,921 posts)anyone who says different should have their TP privileges revoked and go back to using leaves... Oh, wait, they are over as well!
dana_b
(11,546 posts)Scout
(8,624 posts)meow2u3
(24,772 posts)Yes, I have cats. No, I don't want toilet paper all over the bathroom floor.
mysuzuki2
(3,521 posts)Moondog
(4,833 posts)now and again. I figure the hell with it, and I feed his habit.
unapatriciated
(5,390 posts)Damn Pinto beat me to it. But would have to say he is in error. It is sideways and to the right, unless you are left handed.
Justice wanted
(2,657 posts)RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)You need to get to know me better.
Xipe Totec
(43,890 posts)My ex-lump (by the way, official as of March 1st of this year), absolutely freaked out over this issue of tissue...
For her it was under. Always, and here is why....
There was a register vent in the bathroom which would blow under the toilet paper. If you installed the paper over, the air from the floor register would unroll the entire roll of tissue onto the floor in a matter of 30 minutes.
She once screamed at my brother (8 years old at the time) for putting a roll of toilet paper over.
Ever since, I've always made it a point to put the toilet paper over and not under...
RiffRandell
(5,909 posts)Except for her yelling at your brother. Ex-lump
cherokeeprogressive
(24,853 posts)You'll never stay in a 3, 4, or 5-star hotel where the toilet paper is underneath or behind the roll and next to the wall where you have to reach for it.