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Toilet Roll, inny or outey??
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23-06-2012 8:01am#1
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But... Whyyyyyy?
Well, the first reason is really simple - there was no holder in the bathroom of my house when I bought it.
We never had one in the house I grew up in, the roll was always on the cistern, and I quite liked the stretch required to reach round to get it - toilet-yoga, if you like. In my now-house I have a small table in the bathroom and the toilet roll sits on it. No more toilet yoga for me, unless I'm feeling nostalgic and place it on the cistern. Fun for all the family...
It's so annoyingly fiddly putting a roll on a holder, especially if it's one of those that has bits at the side that have to be pressed inwards to get the holder part to fit into the bit that's stuck to the wall. The simple slide-on ones are grand.
Then there's the 'who used the last of the roll and didn't put a new one in the holder' arguments - they don't exist any more.
At this point, I'd like to add - the whole "toilet seat up or down" argument doesn't exist for me either, primarily because I live alone
, but also because I close the toilet lid, so everyone who visits or stays with me has to lift one or both contraptions, and close the lid again when they're done. Problem solved, and my cats don't spend time leaving their paw prints inside the toilet bowl.
Lastly, I ask the same question you've asked, but from the other direction. Why do people want the toilet roll on a holder at all? What's the point?0 -
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It looks better. Everything must have a place. It just looks a little.. uncouth not to have one.Fizzlesque wrote: »Lastly, I ask the same question you've asked, but from the other direction. Why do people want the toilet roll on a holder at all? What's the point?
Oh god.. It gets worsesyndeyfife wrote: »
So now the toilet roll is on the floor.... 0 -
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Fizzlesque wrote: »Well, the first reason is really simple - there was no holder in the bathroom of my house when I bought it.
We never had one in the house I grew up in, the roll was always on the cistern, and I quite liked the stretch required to reach round to get it - toilet-yoga, if you like. In my now-house I have a small table in the bathroom and the toilet roll sits on it. No more toilet yoga for me, unless I'm feeling nostalgic and place it on the cistern. Fun for all the family...
It's so annoyingly fiddly putting a roll on a holder, especially if it's one of those that has bits at the side that have to be pressed inwards to get the holder part to fit into the bit that's stuck to the wall. The simple slide-on ones are grand.
Then there's the 'who used the last of the roll and didn't put a new one in the holder' arguments - they don't exist any more.
At this point, I'd like to add - the whole "toilet seat up or down" argument doesn't exist for me either, primarily because I live alone, but also because I close the toilet lid, so everyone who visits or stays with me has to lift one or both contraptions, and close the lid again when they're done. Problem solved, and my cats don't spend time leaving their paw prints inside the toilet bowl.
Lastly, I ask the same question you've asked, but from the other direction. Why do people want the toilet roll on a holder at all? What's the point?
Fizzlesque has just proven himself to be one of the great thinkers of our time, up there with the guy who invented the Chunky KitKat Caramel!
An inny toilet roll is just unnatural, there's a myriad of problems that it could cause - the end could be hidden from sight leading you to believe it is some kind of end-less roll, and having you use your hand, or worse just hopping up and walking off sans wipe, you could smash your knuckles off the wall due to the unnecessary proximity of the roll end to said wall, the list goes on...!0 -
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Fizzlesque wrote: »Well, the first reason is really simple - there was no holder in the bathroom of my house when I bought it.
We never had one in the house I grew up in, the roll was always on the cistern, and I quite liked the stretch required to reach round to get it - toilet-yoga, if you like. In my now-house I have a small table in the bathroom and the toilet roll sits on it. No more toilet yoga for me, unless I'm feeling nostalgic and place it on the cistern. Fun for all the family...
It's so annoyingly fiddly putting a roll on a holder, especially if it's one of those that has bits at the side that have to be pressed inwards to get the holder part to fit into the bit that's stuck to the wall. The simple slide-on ones are grand.
Then there's the 'who used the last of the roll and didn't put a new one in the holder' arguments - they don't exist any more.
At this point, I'd like to add - the whole "toilet seat up or down" argument doesn't exist for me either, primarily because I live alone, but also because I close the toilet lid, so everyone who visits or stays with me has to lift one or both contraptions, and close the lid again when they're done. Problem solved, and my cats don't spend time leaving their paw prints inside the toilet bowl.
Lastly, I ask the same question you've asked, but from the other direction. Why do people want the toilet roll on a holder at all? What's the point?
You say the toilet seat up or down argument doesn't exist for you because you close the lid. You live alone so that is the major reason, but you say visitors have to lift one or both contraptions and close the lid again when they're done - but in what way do they have to? Is it a rule of coming to visit? Do you stand guard at the door for when they exit?
So you live alone? With cats? How many cats have you got? Have they all got names?0 -
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Gongoozler wrote: »You say the toilet seat up or down argument doesn't exist for you because you close the lid. You live alone so that is the major reason, but you say visitors have to lift one or both contraptions and close the lid again when they're done - but in what way do they have to? Is it a rule of coming to visit? Do you stand guard at the door for when they exit?
So you live alone? With cats? How many cats have you got? Have they all got names?
Phew, lots of questions.
The toilet seat up or down argument always struck me as daft - from both gender's side. I've been closing the lid for years.
I got into the habit of closing the lid completely when I lived in my brother's house for a while, many years ago, as that's what he preferred to do, and I realised it makes sense - the lid is there for a reason.
I ask my guests to close the lid because otherwise the cats get into the toilet bowl. If a guest forgets, I don't block their exit and reprimand them --- it's not a rule of coming to visit, just a request while they are visiting (like some people ask their guests to smoke outside). Some of my friends already do the same in their own houses, so no need to ask them.
Two cats and they have a few names each and another name they share (Bob).
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Fizzlesque wrote: »Phew, lots of questions.
The toilet seat up or down argument always struck me as daft - from both gender's side. I've been closing the lid for years.
I got into the habit of closing the lid completely when I lived in my brother's house for a while, many years ago, as that's what he preferred to do, and I realised it makes sense - the lid is there for a reason.
I ask my guests to close the lid because otherwise the cats get into the toilet bowl. If a guest forgets, I don't block their exit and reprimand them --- it's not a rule of coming to visit, just a request while they are visiting (like some people ask their guests to smoke outside). Some of my friends already do the same in their own houses, so no need to ask them.
Two cats and they have a few names each and another name they share (Bob).
Anything else you'd like to know?
Just one more - why do your two cats have a few names each, and one that they share? Do they respond to all the names you call them? Oh sorry, that's two.0 -
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Gongoozler wrote: »Just one more - why do your two cats have a few names each, and one that they share? Do they respond to all the names you call them? Oh sorry, that's two.
They have a few names each because when I have pets, I prefer to wait till I get to know their personalities a bit before I name them, rather than try to think of a name, I like to see what name evolves. It took me longer than usual to get names for these cats so I gave them interim names when I had to register them at the vets (and the microchip register).
One was called Oscar, the other was Lidl. I was going to call them Lidl and Llaldi (Llaldi being a Scottish word I learned when I lived in Scotland) but I reckoned I'd be forever explaining. Then, when they were a bit older, I realised I'd got them the wrong way round. Oscar turned out to be the girl cat, not the boy cat.
Lidl got stuck up a tree (twice) and I had a fiasco of a time trying to rescue him, so I changed his name to Fiasco.
Oscar can be a bit moody, so called her Moodley. Which then morphed into Moodles. .
They're both black and when they were first with me it took me a while to be able to tell at a glance which one was which, so I called them both Bob. Somehow Bob just became the name I use for them the most, and it's as versatile as an egg - lots and lots of scope for making up additional versions (Bob-lone, Billy Bob-lone, Bobaloon, Bobleski etc etc....too many to mention).
They have no idea they have even one name, never mind many. Cats don't respond to names, the way dogs do. They probably think the sound of the plastic bag their treats come in being rattled is their name, as that's the one thing they respond to without fail
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Fizzlesque wrote: »They have a few names each because when I have pets, I prefer to wait till I get to know their personalities a bit before I name them, rather than try to think of a name, I like to see what name evolves. It took me longer than usual to think of names for these cats so I gave them interim names when I had to register them at the vets (and the microchip register).
One was called Oscar, the other was Lidl. I was going to call them Lidl and Llaldi (Llaldi being a Scottish word I learned when I lived in Scotland) but I reckoned I'd be forever explaining. Then, when they were a bit older, I realised I'd got them the wrong way round. Oscar turned out to be the girl cat, not the boy cat.
Lidl got stuck up a tree (twice) and I had a fiasco of a time trying to rescue him, so I changed his name to Fiasco.
Oscar can be a bit moody, so called her Moodley. Which then morphed into Moodles. .
They're both black and when they were first with me it took me a while to be able to tell at a glance which one was which, so I called them both Bob. Somehow Bob just became the name I use for them the most, and it's as versatile as an egg - lots and lots of scope for making up additional versions (Bob-lone, Billy Bob-lone, Bobaloon, Bobleski etc etc....too many to mention).
They have no idea they have even one name, never mind many. Cats don't respond to names, the way dogs do. They probably think the sound of the plastic bag their treats come in being rattled is their name, as that's the one thing they respond to without fail
Are you sorry you asked?
Not at all, thank you for taking the time to answer in such detail. It's all so understandable now.
And sorry for taking this off the central topic.0 -
FYP!
You haven't quite turned me on this lid down all the time thing. I can see the merits in it (especially when you have cats that appear to have a liking for toilet water, I'd hate to taste your tap water if they prefer the jacks!), however, as long as it's kept reasonably clean, I'd be willing to respect everyone's personal preference for seat up, down, or lid closed
I wonder was the guy who invented the Chunky KitKat Caramel a woman then aswell, it's amazing the things that can blow your mind (no dirty jokes thank you!)
You're very kind, Lustrum. Thank you, Sir.
The cats don't want to drink the water in the bowl (they prefer the bathoom sink tap) but they do seem to think it's fun to clamber in and around (I'm not too sure what they're trying to do to be honest, whatever it is, it's not allowed) and when a friend stayed in my house while I was away, I got home to a toilet covered in paw prints. She'd forgotten to close the lid.
I've never eaten a Chunky KitKat Caramel, but it sounds tasty.
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Gongoozler wrote: »Not at all, thank you for taking the time to answer in such detail. It's all so understandable now.
And sorry for taking this off the central topic.
Detailed answering is my curse/strength - I'm never completely sure which.0 -
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