Toilet paper- do you hang it over or under, or place on a counter.?

[debm55]

Last edited Wed Apr 19, 2023, 01:03 PM - Edit history (3)

we do over. I edited the title of post

[Walleye]

1. Over. It doesn't roll right when it's under

[unweird]

2. Over

That cat excuse doesn’t play in my house.

[Ocelot II]

3. Over. That's what the patent application envisioned.

However, the inventor evidently did not consider that there could be cats in the home.

[sl8]

5. The same gentleman also envisaged it going the other way, as well:

https://www.cnet.com/pictures/roll-through-toilet-paper-patent-history-pictures/null/

[Jeebo]

4. Under. I have cats.

And it's not an excuse. For those who are not aware of what Unweird is talking about, cats will paw at the toilet paper and unroll it until it's all over the floor in a pile. That really happens.

-- Ron

[debm55]

7. Can't they still pull if off? Thanks

[sdfernando]

19. My cat does not touch the TP....

but maybe she just hasn't discovered it yet?

[hauckeye]

6. Depends on where the dispenser is placed

The one in our en suite is so close to the toilet you have to lean away to get the paper if it comes over the top.

[RobinA]

8. However

it ends up. I have my pedantic side, but this doesn't fall within it.

[LakeArenal]

9. Which ever. Don't generally look or care.

[debm55]

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[LakeArenal]

13. Some people are very anal about it

I’m anal about other household things.

Like straight lines. Crooked pictures, floor mat at a kilter. Tv moved off center on the table.

[debm55]

14. Too funny, LakeArenal

[Backseat Driver]

15. Some of it takes too long to find the loose end; even

known to use it off the roller - I'm in a hurry to get outta there! Never fear - it's soft, absorbent, recycled, and eco-wrapped to avoid most plastic nanoparticles. I'll never run out again, said Scarlett O'Hara when it's wrapped in red, up or down. Who Gives A Crap subscription is being delivered today! (So they say)

[2naSalit]

26. Same here...

As long as there is some, that's my concern.

[3catwoman3]

11. As long as there is some there, I don't...

…really care.

[debm55]

12. Ain't that the truth.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Over

It's how my wife wants it, so that's how we do it.

[sdfernando]

17. How I hang

is my business and only between me and my doctor!

[debm55]

21. I'll pass.

[Ohio Joe]

18. Neither

When the toilet paper is hung, it becomes a cat toy regardless of over or under so... We just set it on the counter and the cat ignores it.

[debm55]

20. Good idea

[3catwoman3]

25. In our ground floor guest bathroom, we have to close it up...

…in a cabinet so our one cat can’t get it. He absolutely loves to shred toilet paper.

We have to remember to tell guests where to find it.

[Butterflylady]

22. Worked for several years as a housekeeper at several

Classy hotels. We were trained that tp goes over the top. We were also trained that the first sheet was to be shaped like an arrow pointing down so the guest never had to find the beginning.

[debm55]

23. Thank you butterflylady.

[CTyankee]

30. my cleaning lady does the arrow thing. I often wonder why myself but your explanation makes

sense.

[Chainfire]

24. We are an over family; it is just easier to grab.

While white, soft toilet paper represented a giant step forward in hygiene and comfort for humanity, many are still missing the subsequent major improvement; the heated bidet toilet seat. It is the last luxury that my wife and I would give up in hard times.

[tanyev]

27. Counter.

Life’s too short to fight with that dispenser and spindle day in day out.

[Raine]

28. Under even though I know the proper is over

my mother did it under so did my husband so under it goes.

[debm55]

29. Raine, I didn't think there was a proper way, it's just how we do things. anyway is correct.

[Luciferous]

31. Under

[Niagara]

32. What's toilet paper?

I place the roll going over. I suppose I'm lucky, I've never had a feline roommate ever mess the toilet paper roll.

[debm55]

37. When I taught they were saying that the TP companies were going to rid of the inner core. I was in a

panic because I used them with my younger students in art to make projects like trees,etc. I had everyone on my street saving the roll and had 3 garbage bags full of them. They never did anything to the core. I had enough cores to last until I quit.

[Niagara]

40. I save a few of the cores right before Halloween.

I cut out eyes in the cores, spray paint them black, place them around the bushes, and during trick or treat hours place a glow stick in the core.


When I get trick or treaters, they love it.

[thatcrowwoman]

33. Grew up in an under house

Then married into an over family and that worked fine, too. Except for the first couple of months when we first lived together and no matter which way I put it, it would be the other way next time I needed it. Dear husband Happy Hussein is quite the trickster, bless his heart.😉

Switched back to under when we moved into our crooked little house on the mountain.The bathroom is quite compact and the dispenser is on the wall to the right of the tank. If you set the Scott tissue (safe for septic systems) going over, it’s hard to get a smooth tear, but if you hang it under, it tears right off.🤷🏽‍♀️

No cats here, and the dog won’t go near the bathroom because she really doesn’t want a bath. Ever! So no worries.
🕊thatcrowwoman

[debm55]

34. We use Scott too. and I have hoticed that too.

[Jeebo]

35. You don't need toilet paper so much if ...

... you have a bidet sprayer. You'll still use toilet paper, but not nearly as much. Have you ever spent any time in southeast Asia? I have spent a lot of time in Thailand, and a little in Taiwan, South Korea, China and Japan. Every hotel room but one that I've ever stayed in in those countries had a bidet sprayer in the bathroom. It's a very simple gadget, just a little trigger nozzle and flexible hose mounted on the wall next to the toilet and fed by the same water supply that feeds the toilet tank. It's a MUCH better way of cleaning up your backside than just toilet paper, although you'll still use a little toilet paper too. I have some friends in the Philippines who say bidet sprayers are all over the place in that country, too. I don't understand why they're not all over the place in this country as well.

But, to answer the question posed in the original post above, I have cats, so under. As I said in my earlier post above.

-- Ron

[debm55]

36. Does it really get you clean?

[sakabatou]

38. Over, with one on the counter for easy replacement.

[Rhiannon12866]

39. Under, always - especially if you have a cat.

[Pausan]

41. Over... Unless You Have A Whole House Fan

Got home from work one day, used the toilet, and turned on the fan.

The landlord had installed the Whole House Fan in the ceiling of the bathroom.

When I went back some time later to turn off the fan, it had sucked about half the TP roll into the attic.

Expensive poop.

Under works better in this scenario...

[Scottie Mom]

42. Over -- always.

Even with a cat and a dog.

IMO, it looks odd when hung the other way and, most of all, it is difficult to get the roll started if the first piece is against the surface at the back of the hanger.

[GoodRaisin]

43. Where it's easiest to reach.

In my house that’s 3 different places in 3 different bathrooms. A wall, side of a cabinet, and a stand alone toilet paper holder.