Over or under? This is also serious stuff.

Over.

Just over....please.

Both.

My kids don't make distinctions and they wrap that paper all over the house.

White Christmas - even in March!!!!

under
this causes a slight but useful amount of 'lift' to the roll.(not related to aerodymanic lift)
Doing so, you'll notice the roll has less friction on the roller which helps to prevent
Premature Toilet Paper Detachment.So, you can easily pull out 10-15 feet or more of one continuous portion to do your bidnez.

over
causes more friction on roller.
load this way if you wish your guests use less paper and or you are nearing the end of the last roll in the house and expect you'll need to make at least another 'pit stop' before going for groceries to replenish the TP.

For those guests you wish would GTFH put some shims in the ends of the roller to prevent the roll from moving at all so, only single sheets at a time can be removed.
Yes, they can remove the roll from the roller.
For those guests who are rocket scientists, I would devise something that is spring loaded which flies out when the roller is removed.
maybe some ball bearings, to give them something to think about next time they feel like not playing fair and using more than they 'should be'.
another idea is to have it hooked up to a mp3 player with the sound of that warning you hear in movies just before the submarine dives or the space ship self destructs.
btw make sure you have stocked up on TP BEFORE you have that next Texas Chili beer party.

Q:How many men does it take to change a roll of toilet paper?

A: No one knows. It's never happened.

We don't want to fight, argue, or answer questions...

"We just want a beer and to see sumpin' nekkid"
-Jeff Foxworthy

Hang the roll under, and you get all kinds of useful logical benefits. Most of them are covered here, with the notable exception of "if the paper is in a location that's hard to see while seated on the toilet, you can more easily locate the hanging tail if you hang it under." This is also useful if you are in a house full of computer and music geeks who frequently pop the circuit breaker - sometimes while you're on the toilet, so you have to finish in the dark. There is no room in the house darker than the bathroom. I mean, complete pitch blackness. Ask any kid who owns toys that glow in the dark.

But if you hang the roll over, it's prettier. So the average woman - who cares about "pretty" in the bathroom, for some ludicrous reason I simply don't grasp - wants it hung over. And since I don't really care one way or the other, I hang it over simply because I don't want some woman horrified to discover that I hang it "wrong." I've heard women claim they broke up with boyfriends over this.

Okay.....I made my completely sexist and insensitive joke, so now I can make a very honest statement that:

IF you were to ask me right now whether I hang it up or down, I'd have to go look and see, and then couldn't guarantee you that is the way it is hung every time I change a roll. I have been known to just stick the roll on the floor and not even hang it until after a few uses. The lid as well as seat are always down because I have animals and do not fancy a wet slurping kiss unexpectedly hitting my face after he decided maybe to sneak an illicit slurp or two instead of asking me to fill his bowl.

I really never would think that these issues would actually come up in a REAL conversation in a household. IF they really do.......maybe it's time to think of getting out more together and finding something fun to do together to talk about later instead of being stuck philosophizing about which way a toilet roll functions the best. How many times can you discuss it before boredom drives you to divorce? What's on next week's topic list....how many drops of dish soap is required to fulfill the task without under/over usage?

Buy a bidet and just hang his and hers towels......and refrain from conversations whether the towel needs two or three folds.

This very topic is covered in Chapter 9, Pgs. 111 -113 of "Work The System" by Sam Caprenter to illustrate lack of innate systems thinking by the vast majority of people.

Needless to say, a systemic analysis of the act of loading toilet paper on a toilet paper dispenser, and of the toilet paper retrieval process, gives only one possible conclusion...

Over.

Don't get me wrong, I don't really care which way it goes. I prefer it under, but my bathroom downstairs doesn't even have a holder, so it doesn't matter.

And for those who argue about it (I've seen it happen, almost coming to blows), I'd humbly suggest my original solution is a good one. Whoever chages the roll, gets to decide.

Simple.



~M~

Michael, I am disappointed that you have breached my copyright on the "serious stuff".

While I admit the over/under argument interests me (over, of course), this does not excuse your breach of copyright.

Be advised that the full resources of Nar Nar Goon will be used against you.

If you have trouble finding Nar Nar Goon, it is just north of Koo Wee Rup.

I must warn you that you are likely to be attacked by bunyips, which are native to the area.

Shame on you.

Apology accepted.

I can tell the bunyips to go to bed as it is very late here.

I never really thought about that... I guess it would have to be over. Just doesn't seem right the other way.

Any predictions how soon a single sheet of TP(one ply) is worth more than a single Dollar Bill or has that already occurred?