Important question: what's the correct way to spool a toilet roll?

Snickers Man

Never mind all that Brexit malarkey: time to solve a genuine conundrum.

My other half and I are like Jack Sprat and his oul' wan: not able to agree on anything important. Like should the bog roll be put on the spindle so that it dispenses in a clockwise (ie the loose end is nearer to you on the throne than the spindle itself) or anticlockwise (the loose end is behind the spindle from your vantage point) direction?

Never mind which of us prefers which but I have noticed that she actually CHANGES the orientation after I KNOW I replaced the roll last time from the way I prefer it to the wrong way.

Which is the correct way?

Over, not under.

dudara

Honestly, life’s too short for this.

And I’m someone with a reasonable love of order and precision. But loo roll, not worth my effort

kneemos

Get an upright one.

Signore Fancy Pants

Facecloth, rinse and repeat.

You people are too fancy.

recyclebin

There is already a thread for toilet etiquette!!!!!!

Loose end closer to you by the way.

NickNickleby

small children or a kitten in the house? then under
only adults? then over.
Wife says under? then under
Wife says over? then over.

so, there you have it, problem solved.

you're welcome.:D

Up Donegal

Over the top towards you - it's the only way!:D

Andreas77

Also had this issue with ex-friend. She preferred roll to be dispensed from far side, closer to wall, whereas I preferred to pull roll from front. I maintain that full frontal roll gives better attuned, more welcoming and voluminous appearance. She worried that roll would appear more abundant than it is.

NickNickleby

Signore Fancy Pants wrote: »

Facecloth arsecloth, rinse and repeat.

You people are too fancy.

I hope.

Stop moaning ffs

Over and towards and facing you.

You really want to wipe your hole only to be bitten by a wasp or spider?


Only an idiot puts it behind.

Potential-Monke

Well, the patent is loose end to the outside, and your descriptions are not great, as the directions are the reverse depending on if the roll is to your left or right.

knockers84

Ever happen to you that your in a friends house and ****e must of getting on their hand as their **** stains on the sides of the toilet roll? Usually left the toilet roll on top of the cistern

Happened before to me as well in a public toilet where someone shoved their **** into the plastic toilet roll holder.

I Carry around a small pack of hankerchiefs now

khalessi

https://www.businessinsider.com/patent-shows-right-way-to-hang-toilet-paper-2015-3?r=US&IR=T

think the patent diagram answers the question

colm_mcm

Andreas77 wrote: »

Also had this issue with ex-friend. She preferred roll to be dispensed from far side, closer to wall, whereas I preferred to pull roll from front. I maintain that full frontal roll gives better attuned, more welcoming and voluminous appearance. She worried that roll would appear more abundant than it is.

Problem with the frontal roll is that the roll rubs off the wall when you pull the paper - this can cause unintentional tearing. When the end is on the inside you pull the roll away from the wall with the sheet.

NickNickleby

I love those evenings when there's nothing on telly. Might as well get some value out of my FibreBroadband, by showing off my expertise in the bathroom. Which is not to be confused with : showing off my expertise, in the bathroom.

Potential-Monke

colm_mcm wrote: »

Problem with the frontal roll is that the roll rubs off the wall when you pull the paper - this can cause unintentional tearing. When the end is on the inside you pull the roll away from the wall with the sheet.

Wut? What animalistic way are you pulling the roll? I've never had unintentional tearing when using it the right way.

Ficheall

Over, unless the extra few inches leaves the paper hanging undesirably close to, say, the toilet.

Spanish Eyes

If you are influenced or care..... yer man from the hotel in Kenmare Francis Brennan is someone who always preached an "over" presentation!

I think he is gas.

But another thing, from experience, flattening out the roll does stop kids from taking a 100metre length to wipe their nether regions.

Just thought I'd share. LOL

Snickers Man

Potential-Monke wrote: »

Well, the patent is loose end to the outside, and your descriptions are not great, as the directions are the reverse depending on if the roll is to your left or right.

Good point.

Snickers Man

NickNickleby wrote: »

I love those evenings when there's nothing on telly. Might as well get some value out of my FibreBroadband, by showing off my expertise in the bathroom. Which is not to be confused with : showing off my expertise, in the bathroom.

You're talking about singing in the shower, right?

I hope!! :eek::eek:

NickNickleby

Snickers Man wrote: »

You're talking about singing in the shower, right?

I hope!! :eek::eek:

I wish!!

No my expertise lies in the field of toilet roll management and deployment. My only expertise, many would say, grudgingly.

Gregor Samsa

Loose end out front. I go to the trouble of correcting it in other peoples houses if I encounter it the wrong way. It’s like seeing a dog with its ear folded back. You have to fix it.

Capt'n Midnight

Edgware

In my younger days we did not have that problem in our local pub. The publican used supply pages of the Sunday World cut in quarter size. Used be some very interesting reading except you might be reading Pub Spy but then the next quarter sheet would be Jimmy Magee or a quarter picture of some dolly bird