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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsToilet paper- do you hang it over or under, or place on a counter.?
Last edited Wed Apr 19, 2023, 02:03 PM - Edit history (3)
we do over. I edited the title of postWalleye
(31,032 posts)That cat excuse doesnt play in my house.
Ocelot II
(115,781 posts)However, the inventor evidently did not consider that there could be cats in the home.
sl8
(13,841 posts)Jeebo
(2,025 posts)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
(25,223 posts)sdfernando
(4,937 posts)but maybe she just hasn't discovered it yet?
hauckeye
(635 posts)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.
it ends up. I have my pedantic side, but this doesn't fall within it.
LakeArenal
(28,829 posts)debm55
(25,223 posts)LakeArenal
(28,829 posts)Im anal about other household things.
Like straight lines. Crooked pictures, floor mat at a kilter. Tv moved off center on the table.
debm55
(25,223 posts)Backseat Driver
(4,394 posts)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
(86,687 posts)As long as there is some, that's my concern.
3catwoman3
(24,021 posts)really care.
debm55
(25,223 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,111 posts)It's how my wife wants it, so that's how we do it.
sdfernando
(4,937 posts)is my business and only between me and my doctor!
debm55
(25,223 posts)Ohio Joe
(21,761 posts)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
(25,223 posts)3catwoman3
(24,021 posts)
in a cabinet so our one cat cant get it. He absolutely loves to shred toilet paper.
We have to remember to tell guests where to find it.
Butterflylady
(3,546 posts)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
(25,223 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)sense.
Chainfire
(17,576 posts)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
(42,589 posts)Lifes too short to fight with that dispenser and spindle day in day out.
Raine
(30,540 posts)my mother did it under so did my husband so under it goes.
debm55
(25,223 posts)Luciferous
(6,084 posts)Niagara
(7,639 posts)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
(25,223 posts)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
(7,639 posts)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
(1,229 posts)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, its hard to get a smooth tear, but if you hang it under, it tears right off.🤷🏽?♀️
No cats here, and the dog wont go near the bathroom because she really doesnt want a bath. Ever! So no worries.
🕊thatcrowwoman
debm55
(25,223 posts)Jeebo
(2,025 posts)... 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
(25,223 posts)sakabatou
(42,165 posts)Rhiannon12866
(205,677 posts)Pausan
(11 posts)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
(5,812 posts)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
(8,926 posts)In my house thats 3 different places in 3 different bathrooms. A wall, side of a cabinet, and a stand alone toilet paper holder.