Q

[swoof]

When putting a roll of toilet paper on its holder/spindle - Overhand or Underhand?

Comments

[thomasirvin]

Ash and I used to argue about this quite a bit. Overhand, totally. Otherwise it's so hard to find where it starts.

[themadsaxer]

Overhand... easier to handle. What do four-star hotels do? Overhand, decorated with a little triangle!
Exception: In the presence of playful cats, then you must hide those tempting, hanging sheets.
Archie Bunker and Meathead once debated this question, though I can't remember who was a proponent of what.

[hornrimsylvia]

if it's just me, the proper way for the toilet paper to be is with the flat end sitting on the roll...that way you can take the roll to bed with you when you're sneezy in the middle of the night.

[teachersarah]

Overhand... underhand... as long as it's on the spindle and not on the magazine rack.

[ascii_alice]

Ditto. I can't remember one instance of being annoyed (even a little bit) that the toilet paper was or was not in a certain position.

[anonymous]

It depends of course on where along the wall the dispenser is positioned. If above the knees (this is often the case, but not always) the paper should spill over the top of the roll, because you'll undoubtedly be pulling down on it. It should be like a ceiling fan chain. If, however, the dispenser is below the knees (I recall some old hotels where this is the case) it should come up from below. I should be like a lawn-mower pull-rope:
D.

[anonymous]

Actually, I should be like a lot of things, but never a lawn mower's pull rope. How unfair of LJ not to allow us to edit our posts. How retarded of me not to preview:
D.

[hornrimsylvia]

you can edit if registered, gentle reader.
and by edit, i mean delete and rewrite.

[anonymous]

Registering is for suckers. Anonymity is the new black:
D.