Thread: TP: toward the wall or away from the wall?

Originally Posted by Chimensch

After three marriages (sigh) I can tell you that it's a man/woman thing. Most men like the TP to hang away from the wall for convenience and women like it towards the wall for neatness. The rationale, as I understand it, is that the loose end of the roll is easier to hide and provides an overall better esthetic image, like a House Beautiful magazine photo.

I have to disagree. It isn't the hanging sheet that is ugly, it's the roll itself. If you have a short amount hanging from the front you have hidden half of the ugly roll making it look more aesthetic IMO.

It's so true with the kids putting it all over the floor, lol.
I put it away, but my wife does it towards and i notice a lot of people do, it ****s me lol.

Originally Posted by hoglahoo

If you'll stuff a used anti-static cling sheet into the roll (between the tp holder and the cardboard), it will provide just the right amount of friction to allow the roll to turn without continuing to spin when you yank a sheet from the roll.

I think it's genius

I had my own moment of genius. I realised that thousands of marriages could be saved if the toilet seat operated like the lid on a pedal bin. Man goes in, stands on the pedal, does his business then when he leaves the seat lowers, maybe with a nicely damped motion. (No, not THAT kind of damped!)

Needless to say, I found the Japanese had beaten me to it.

Originally Posted by Rajagra

I have to disagree. It isn't the hanging sheet that is ugly, it's the roll itself. If you have a short amount hanging from the front you have hidden half of the ugly roll making it look more aesthetic IMO.

That's not it at all... it's that the two options are representations of the male and female genitalia. Think about it... one hanging out, the other hidden.

Originally Posted by fccexpert

Anyone who has ever lived with cats or small children know that the paper must be arranged to feed TOWARD the wall. Anything else and you will soon have a pile of toilet paper on the floor and none on the roll.

So true I was always a toward the wall guy until I moved into my house. The dispenser here is sunk into the wall so hanging it toward the wall isn't really an option so I had to switch... my cat hasn't noticed the change yet, heh.

Ever since I got my cats (well my wife got herself cats, and they are be default my cats too), the TP only goes toward the wall. When it is hung to unroll away from the wall I always end up with a pile of TP on the floor, completely unrolled, because the cat(s) find it sooooooo fun to unroll it. When I was BC (before cats) I really did not care.

Matt