Apparently, the distribution of preference is almost exactly 50/50. A slight majority of males was found to prefer ‘wall-side’, but not enough to be statistically significant. A slight majority of females was found to prefer ‘away-side’, but not enough to be statistically significant.
But females were found to use about 3 times as much toilet paper as males. So if you’re male and you value your relationship, give in to her preference. She’s got a bigger stake in this than you. Yeah, I know, right?
However, regardless of preference, there is a right way and a wrong way. If you look at the patent for the Toilet Paper Roll you will see that it is intended for the end to come over the top, just like the way he is placing it in panel 2!
baseball bat has handle (the part where you put your hands) and barrel (the part which actually should hit stuff). There is no front and rear end of toilet roll. Unless someone is already making these 😀 Are you guys making fun of left handed batters because they hold it the wrong way? Who am i kidding … we made fun of kids for far stupider reasons, of course you are making fun of them
I’ve heard that if you have cats, the “away-side” orientation is better. Otherwise the cats can just rotate the roll (and have a lot of fun doing it) until it’s completely unspooled.
I have lived with cats since I was 5, and I have never seen a cat do this with TP. However, I do know several cat owners to whom it does happen. In their cases, the TP orientation doesn’t matter because if it’s the “wrong” way the cats still just shred the roll.
Considering all the whining and shouting people who prefer the toilet paper over the top do, I have to assume they *know* it’s wrong and are overcompensating.
I’m in the “It’s correct however way it’s put in” camp. EXCEPT for those spring loaded or gravity fed ones like they have at the mall and my work.
The gravity fed ones, if it is over the top then there is too much pressure on it and the sheets tear way too easily plus when it inevitably tears too soon it’s a pain to rotate it around to get to the loose sheet. These MUST rotate under for both torque to roll and for ease of getting the loose sheet.
The spring loaded is the exact same problem but in reverse. These MUST be over the top.
These two situations are the only two that end with me yelling obscenities at the janitorial staff for not doing it right. Otherwise I don’t care if it is over or under or rotated on a side.
Now those hotels that place the TP in strange locations, those people are evil. I’ve had the TP placed:
* Directly behind my head
* So far behind that it is near impossible to reach.
* Placed such that you have to be a gymnast to be flexible enough to get to it.
* Placed outside of my reach (which I have really long arms! I don’t know what normal people are supposed to do.)
* Placed underneath the sink on the opposite wall of the bathroom.
And the hotel staff never seems to care either. Oh well.
Wow, single-digit numbers in the brackets next to “Discussion” for weeks, but you bring up toilet paper and the comments explode like you rated fruit on a chart.
What does it mean when you stop even putting toilet paper on the handle and just leave it sitting on the floor next to your toilet like some caveman because you can’t even be bothered to exert the bare minimum of effort?
If she puts the toilet paper roll on the wrong way she’s not the one.
Apparently, the distribution of preference is almost exactly 50/50. A slight majority of males was found to prefer ‘wall-side’, but not enough to be statistically significant. A slight majority of females was found to prefer ‘away-side’, but not enough to be statistically significant.
But females were found to use about 3 times as much toilet paper as males. So if you’re male and you value your relationship, give in to her preference. She’s got a bigger stake in this than you. Yeah, I know, right?
Panel 4 is brilliant, by the way.
However, regardless of preference, there is a right way and a wrong way. If you look at the patent for the Toilet Paper Roll you will see that it is intended for the end to come over the top, just like the way he is placing it in panel 2!
if it was intended to be this way, it wouldn’t be possible to put it “the wrong way”. Patent just shows one of the uses 🙂
Maybe his brain couldn’t conceive of someone doing something so wrong.
That’s like saying you can hold a baseball from either end so they must both be correct. Sometimes you just can’t save people from themselves.
A baseball bat even. See, I’m proving the fallibility of man already.
baseball bat has handle (the part where you put your hands) and barrel (the part which actually should hit stuff). There is no front and rear end of toilet roll. Unless someone is already making these 😀 Are you guys making fun of left handed batters because they hold it the wrong way? Who am i kidding … we made fun of kids for far stupider reasons, of course you are making fun of them
If you have cats that like to play with toilet paper the best way to have it on the roll is panel 1! (I know from experience!)
This!
It *is* possible to do this accidentally. At work it requires a little tool to get the empty rolls off and the holders only go on one way.
I will never stop fixing those atrocities! Never!!!
It’s the opposite with me. When I was younger I didn’t care, but now it drives me crazy and I always have to correct it.
If you have cats that play with toilet paper then the way it is in panel one is the only way for it to go!
I’ve heard that if you have cats, the “away-side” orientation is better. Otherwise the cats can just rotate the roll (and have a lot of fun doing it) until it’s completely unspooled.
I have lived with cats since I was 5, and I have never seen a cat do this with TP. However, I do know several cat owners to whom it does happen. In their cases, the TP orientation doesn’t matter because if it’s the “wrong” way the cats still just shred the roll.
I will never be an adult. I knew it.
Considering all the whining and shouting people who prefer the toilet paper over the top do, I have to assume they *know* it’s wrong and are overcompensating.
Well, if you just *have* to be anal about something, I think there’s probably very few better candidates.
No, you don’t have to, you’re making a choice to assume.
I’m in the “It’s correct however way it’s put in” camp. EXCEPT for those spring loaded or gravity fed ones like they have at the mall and my work.
The gravity fed ones, if it is over the top then there is too much pressure on it and the sheets tear way too easily plus when it inevitably tears too soon it’s a pain to rotate it around to get to the loose sheet. These MUST rotate under for both torque to roll and for ease of getting the loose sheet.
The spring loaded is the exact same problem but in reverse. These MUST be over the top.
These two situations are the only two that end with me yelling obscenities at the janitorial staff for not doing it right. Otherwise I don’t care if it is over or under or rotated on a side.
Now those hotels that place the TP in strange locations, those people are evil. I’ve had the TP placed:
* Directly behind my head
* So far behind that it is near impossible to reach.
* Placed such that you have to be a gymnast to be flexible enough to get to it.
* Placed outside of my reach (which I have really long arms! I don’t know what normal people are supposed to do.)
* Placed underneath the sink on the opposite wall of the bathroom.
And the hotel staff never seems to care either. Oh well.
Wow, single-digit numbers in the brackets next to “Discussion” for weeks, but you bring up toilet paper and the comments explode like you rated fruit on a chart.
Well, that’s a sign Adam hit a very serious matter. Everybody has an opinion on this.
Now, I’m not sure if you’re just acknowledging my observation, or you got my xkcd reference.
https://blog.xkcd.com/2008/02/25/fruit-opinions/
What does it mean when you stop even putting toilet paper on the handle and just leave it sitting on the floor next to your toilet like some caveman because you can’t even be bothered to exert the bare minimum of effort?
That you hate the mechanism responsible for holding the bar on which the toilet paper is mounted in place.