# Bread wrapper twist ties direction? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 2, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723 "2017-05-02T15:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/41 "2017-05-03T19:07:21Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > Men generally twist clockwise. Women counter-clockwise. I have no idea why. My old man pointed this out to me when I was a kid. I’ve tested it at parties several times. People are amazed like it’s a magic trick. It would seem that getting into the bread would be a major Marital Issue. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/42 "2017-05-03T20:00:04Z")
> [@Ornery\_Bob](#): > > … > > There are as many ways to get a loaf of bread into a bag as your imagination will allow. > > … I would not leave anything to the imagination of Dopers.😃 ---
**Author:** ![jebert](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ec9cab/32.png) [@jebert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jebert)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/43 "2017-05-03T22:25:57Z")
I started pretty much the same thread 2 years ago. [http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762294&highlight=twist](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=762294&highlight=twist) I didn’t get a definitive answer. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2017, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/44 "2017-05-03T23:55:06Z")
The ties wrapped around the cables of the DVD player I unwrapped today were wrapped CCW. Obviously from the Southern hemisphere. Or wrapped by a female person in either hemisphere. Wait, do women wrap CW in the Southern hemisphere? ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/45 "2017-05-04T01:12:29Z")
Only when facing east. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/46 "2017-05-04T01:23:53Z")
It takes less energy to twist things counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere (clockwise in Southern) … when we’re twisting in the same direction as the Earth’s rotation that extra twist is added to our efforts … not much, but over a human’s lifetime it can add up to a full rotation or two … maybe … why doesn’t your bread come with a [plastic clip](https://perryfjellman.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/bread-clip.jpg) thingy? … ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/47 "2017-05-04T01:30:45Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > … I always make sure to twist it the correct way when I put it back on. What do ya mean “put it back on”? The tie goes in the garbage so the bread can be opened and closed with a one handed twist and tail under. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/48 "2017-05-04T01:57:10Z")
I too use the twist and tail under method. But that won’t work until about 1/4th of the loaf has been eaten. Before then the tail isn’t long enough to go under the loaf and stay there. The flat plastic clips are the best method on nearly full packages of whatever. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/49 "2017-05-04T02:01:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > Only when facing east. On odd numbered days of the month. Or is it Monday, Wednesday, Friday? Dammit. ---
**Author:** ![Personal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Personal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Personal)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/50 "2017-05-05T03:24:16Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > It would seem that getting into the bread would be a major Marital Issue. :dubious: It’s not as disrupting as the tp roll over-under argument. That one has to be decided within the first week of a relationship. The twist tie controversy is barely even an annoyance. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/51 "2017-05-05T04:12:28Z")
> [@E-DUB](#): > > I hate the fact that my favorite crackers no longer come with anything to secure the 4 “baglets” inside the box after you open them. This is why [alligator-type paper clips](http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mfQ6IuTOpa8iPuxUGlpgk6g.jpg) are indispensable in the kitchen for exactly this kind of job! ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/52 "2017-05-05T12:33:46Z")
> [@Personal](#): > > It’s not as disrupting as the tp roll over-under argument. That one has to be decided within the first week of a relationship. The twist tie controversy is barely even an annoyance. Install two TP rollers. ---
**Author:** ![watchwolf49](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e9c0ed/32.png) [@watchwolf49](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/watchwolf49)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 12:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/53 "2017-05-05T12:50:02Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Install two TP rollers. The roll of TP sits on it’s side on the counter top … so it comes off counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern … ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/54 "2017-05-05T13:01:06Z")
Not exactly a judgement of Solomon, but a compromise nonetheless. ---
**Author:** ![Ranger\_Jeff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranger_jeff/32/2065_2.png) [@Ranger\_Jeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranger_Jeff)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/55 "2017-05-05T20:26:40Z")
I save the plastic tabs from my English muffins to use on my bread. ---
**Author:** ![markn\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@markn\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/markn_1)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2017, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/56 "2017-05-05T21:24:07Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > Off topic - anyone else have difficulty with clockwise/counter clockwise? I can always figure it out eventually, but my initial thought is always that it depends on your point of reference or something. It does depend on your point of reference. If you look at a transparent clock from the back, the hands are moving counterclockwise. If you thread a nut onto a bolt and look at it from the nut end, the nut is moving clockwise, but if you look at it from the bolt head end, it’s moving counterclockwise. ---
**Author:** ![Ongytenes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/f6c823/32.png) [@Ongytenes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ongytenes)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/57 "2017-09-20T22:27:57Z")
A man in the bread industry told me that machinery is being replaced by equipment manufactured in China instead of Germany. The Asian equipment twists ties backwards. ---
**Author:** ![bob\_2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bob_2/32/3341_2.png) [@bob\_2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bob_2)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/58 "2017-09-20T22:34:10Z")
We use [Klippits](http://www.lakeland.co.uk/2894/48-Klippits-Food-Storage-and-Sealing-Bag-Clips---Mixed-Sizes) - cheap and versatile. Bread is usually sealed with a strip of sticky tape which is not reusable. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/59 "2017-09-20T23:06:16Z")
Yea …those plastic thingy are very useful…guitar picks…flipflop fixers…tick removers…splinter scrapers…cat toys…you can even paint with them…but I never leave it back on the bread…They are worthless for keeping the bread fresh. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723/60 "2017-09-20T23:08:27Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > This is why [alligator-type paper clips](http://thumbs2.ebaystatic.com/d/l225/m/mfQ6IuTOpa8iPuxUGlpgk6g.jpg) are indispensable in the kitchen for exactly this kind of job! Ah, yes. Good old binder clips. Myriad uses around the home. I usually grab a box or two every time I’m in Office Max. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/bread-wrapper-twist-ties-direction/785723.md?page=4)