Even more differentFollow

I'd think that the appeal of over the top is that the end of the roll is always visible. I see that group as being more about efficiently using the roll with a minimum amount of time spent finding the end. Most of the arguments for under and down I've seen are about aesthetics. The end of the roll isn't visible, so it looks neater. Also means you get to sit their spinning the roll hoping an end will appear, but that's the price of a beautiful bathroom experience. To be fair, I've also heard the whole "my cat plays with the end if it's visible" argument for under and down users.


Agree completely on the slackers who just toss the roll nearby. I have some friends who do this and it drives me nuts. It's like there's a perfectly good holder right there. Why is the roll always in some random spot on a counter nearby? It's not like the 5 seconds it takes to put it on the holder is that much more of an effort after you've already gotten the roll out in the first place.


Oh. There is one case in which I'll always argue that over the top is better (and also makes me wonder what people are thinking sometimes): Those holders where the rolls are recessed inside a box of some kind (more common in public bathrooms) with an actual space inside the box beneath where the roll is. If you roll it under and behind, the end will roll out and into the bottom of the box if you roll it the wrong way. Even if you roll it correctly, you can't over roll it, or it'll fall into the box (and you'll have to roll it around again and grab at the end as it comes by). Silly design to begin with, but really silly if you put the paper in that way.

I set mine on the bathroom counter next to the toilet, since I am too lazy to bother with the TP dispenser.

I learned to be an over the top guy (when it actually is on the dispenser) from my parents. However, there are a number of relatives who flip their TP and have it come out from the bottom. When I asked 'why?' to a few of them over the years, the answer that I usually got was that they did that because of their pets. If they put the TP over the top, then the cats or whatnot would unravel the roll if they were playing with it. By keeping it coming out from the bottom, the TP would never unravel.

I had to vote for the either/or option...since ours is one of the vertical ones...so it's more of a "do you want it facing towards you, or away from you" ordeal. If mom changes it... well wait she doesn't, she just takes the roll out and sets it on the counter, leaving me to change the roll itself...which I generally always put facing towards me (I guess in a horizontal case that would be over the top then). I really have never cared though.

What if it's left on the toilet tank? I always find that a ridiculous situation; how the hell am I supposed to reach that, let alone realize it's there, and who the hell would leave it there?

It shouldn't be necessary to evaluate and prepare materiel before the act of pooping. The TP should be within sight and within reach of a sitting position. Unless you happen to be co-habitating with a sadistic wench, or a mischievous four year old. Alas, I yearn for a return to a simpler life.

The hell it shouldn't. The last thing you want to have happen is there not be enough TP left on the roll to clean yourself up. Waddling around a bathroom with your pants at your ankles looking for more TP is simply unacceptable.

We do keep the pack of toilet paper in the bathroom nearby; I just don't relish the idea of opening a new roll every time I go.

Dig a hole and squat.

How many other people use your toilet...?

What a thoughtful habit.

I was low on the totem pole, so I've seen what kind of mess women can make in a latrine.