# In a public bathroom, there are no cats **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 14, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788 "2015-01-14T03:01:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/1 "2015-01-14T03:01:00Z")
Therefore, I expect the TP to be installed up and over. C’mon, people, we’re living in a society here. ---
**Author:** ![kayT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayt/32/3633_2.png) [@kayT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayT)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/2 "2015-01-14T03:05:23Z")
Hey, just be grateful there’s paper. Be even more grateful if it’s thicker than .000001 mil. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/3 "2015-01-14T03:08:35Z")
> [@kayT](#): > > Hey, just be grateful there’s paper. Be even more grateful if it’s thicker than .000001 mil. There are plenty of public restrooms that use TP thicker than that. You can’t shave tree bark that thin. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/4 "2015-01-14T03:16:08Z")
Just be glad you don’t have one of those TP dispensers that only let you take two sheets at a time. ---
**Author:** ![johnpost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f17d59/32.png) [@johnpost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johnpost)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/5 "2015-01-14T03:26:03Z")
but it’s thick. no breakthrough. ---
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/6 "2015-01-14T03:33:46Z")
All toilet paper hung in a regular holder will hang down from the top of the roll, therefore being “up and over” regardless of the orientation of the roll. I therefore sagely suggest that a new terminology should be adopted for the ageless argument of which way the roll should go. These new terms are “in” for towards the wall, and “out” for away from the wall. “Out” is, of course, the proper way. Feel free to argue over what terms to use for those giant rest stop rolls that hang parallel to the wall. ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/7 "2015-01-14T03:42:57Z")
Monster. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/8 "2015-01-14T03:58:47Z")
In public bathrooms, I’m too grateful for there being toilet paper at all. I couldn’t care less which direction it’s facing. ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/9 "2015-01-14T03:59:55Z")
I’ve had cats that unroll it, and don’t seem to be deterred by the direction. Now I have one that sinks his claw in and bites the whole roll, only unravelling it unintentionally. Therefore the TP lives on top of the toilet by itself. FTR there are advantages of both, but like the Oxford comma, one way has many, many, more advantages, yet people still prefer the other. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/10 "2015-01-14T04:11:06Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > In public bathrooms, I’m too grateful for there being toilet paper at all. I couldn’t care less which direction it’s facing. That’s going against the grain. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/11 "2015-01-14T04:35:17Z")
These are their stories. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/12 "2015-01-14T04:40:40Z")
What about Schrödinger’s bathroom? ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/13 "2015-01-14T04:54:47Z")
Wouldn’t it be “These are _not_ their stories”? ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/14 "2015-01-14T05:06:10Z")
What the fuck is all this cat litter doing here in a public restroom? Damn it, I just stepped on a turd! I get WiFi in a public restroom? ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/15 "2015-01-14T05:28:29Z")
Ive had many cats over the years, and have always placed my toilet paper up and over the top. Only once has a cat unrolled it. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/16 "2015-01-14T05:46:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > That’s going against the grain. In my own bathroom, do it wrong and there will be fisticuffs. But, this is about those public ones where my gratitude for its mere presence overshadows preference! ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/17 "2015-01-14T13:06:48Z")
> [@](#): > > In the world of mules > There are no rules –Ogden Nash “The Mule” in commentary for Saint-Saens’ _Carnival of the Animals_ ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/18 "2015-01-14T14:05:49Z")
And the floor is paved with cheese. ---
**Author:** ![DingoelGringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@DingoelGringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DingoelGringo)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/19 "2015-01-14T14:11:49Z")
> [@SeaDragonTattoo](#): > > In public bathrooms, I’m too grateful for there being toilet paper at all. I couldn’t care less which direction it’s facing. Now here above is sanity. I spent 3 years in Panama and there one has to carry one’s own paper when visiting a public restroom. I have sacrificed several handkerchiefs over that time period when I forgot before leaving the house. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2015, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/in-a-public-bathroom-there-are-no-cats/709788/20 "2015-01-14T15:02:16Z")
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