jug@whuxlb.UUCP (Grauman Joe) (08/18/83)
After following the boiling/freezing water series and noting the newly proposed cream-in-coffee series, I thought that the following might also generate some interest: Which way is the proper way of putting toilet paper on the roll? Should the paper come over the top or from the bottom of the roll? .DS Joe Grauman whuxlb!jug .DE
davido@tekid.UUCP (David Olson) (08/19/83)
If you have small children and the paper comes out the top, it makes
it much easier for the children to spin the roll (using a downward
swiping motion) and create a massive pile of unspooled toilet paper.
From the voice of experience,
Dave Olsonpaulh@tektronix.UUCP (Paul Hoefling) (08/20/83)
/* * Which way is the proper way of putting toilet paper on the roll? * Should the paper come over the top or from the bottom of the roll? */ I think that the correct answer to this is: Who gives a sh*t ??? Do it the way you prefer, and don't worry about social correctness. After all, it's *your* bathroom. P.S. Roommates, posslq's etc will have to work it out between/among themselves. Happy computing... Paul Hoefling (...!teklabs!tektronix!paulh - usenet) (paulh at tektronix - csnet) (AB00PLH on Cyber)
bobr@tekgds.UUCP (08/21/83)
I've heard parents claim "It's obvious which way the toilet paper should be on the roll!" It's the direction that keeps children from unrolling yards of it by spinning it in the direction which is easiest for them, i.e. the paper should come off the back of the roll. Robert Reed, Tektronix Graphics Design Systems, tektronix!tekgds!bobr
faunt@hplabsc.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (08/22/83)
...or your cats.
grunwald@uiuccsb.UUCP (08/22/83)
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uiuccsb!grunwald Aug 21 00:33:00 1983
If you own a cat, you hang the paper over the back, not the front, no
matter what the wrapper says.
One day, I cam home to a bathroom full of TP because Koshka (my cat)
was feeling a little playful that day. They can't unwind it if it's hung
over the back.
"and you thought life was simple"lbo@ihnss.UUCP (08/22/83)
Dave Olson pointed out that if the paper is mounted coming out over the top, then small children can spin the roll and "create a massive pile of unspooled toilet paper." This phenomenon is not limited to children - cats have been known to do this too. My parents once had a cat that did this. I don't think that he did it entirely for amusement, though. You see, he only did it to the roll in the downstairs bathroom, which was mounted on the wall not far from where his litter box was kept. He pulled on the T.P. each time he had finished doing his business, and at no other times, as far as we could tell. (He seemed to use it to clean the litter particles out from between his toes.) I suppose that he figured that's what toilet paper is for, and considering what humans use it for, maybe he had a point. We got him to stop by placing a roll of T.P. on a shelf within reach of a human with need, instead of mounting the paper in its official holder. With all this interest in toilet paper, should we create a net.scatology? [:-) --- go get your dictionaries, boys and girls!] Lew Oberlander Bell Laboratories ihnp4!ihwld!lbo
vrs@uoregon.UUCP (08/27/83)
#R:whuxlb:-128000:uoregon:7700001:000:177 uoregon!vrs Aug 24 20:21:00 1983 From the bottom of course, so the free end will tend to fall away from the roll, making it more accessible. I hate it when one has to spin and spin the roll to find the end.