# It's raining toilet paper rolls. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 17, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459 "2010-10-17T17:56:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/1 "2010-10-17T17:56:28Z")
[And the pilot has been arrested and charged.](http://www.northjersey.com/news/101410_Westwood_HS_field_bombed_from_air_with_wet_toilet_paper_pilot_arrested.html) ---
**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:** [October 17, 2010, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/2 "2010-10-17T18:00:48Z")
Wipe-out! ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/3 "2010-10-17T18:23:18Z")
I wonder what the ‘state aviation codes’ say, specifically? [Here’s the relevant Federal rule](http://www.risingup.com/fars/info/part91-15-FAR.shtml): > [@](#): > > **Sec. 91.15 — Dropping objects.** > > No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property. I’m guessing that toilet paper rolls probably do not constitute a significant hazard, and that the pilot probably did take reasonable precautions. But since he’s being charged under state laws, it looks like his flying is going to be bogged down. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/4 "2010-10-17T18:24:22Z")
What an ass-wipe! ---
**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:** [October 17, 2010, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/5 "2010-10-17T18:52:21Z")
Once again proving that soccer players are a bunch of crybabies. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/6 "2010-10-17T20:13:43Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Once again proving that soccer players are a bunch of crybabies. Gotta go along with that. ---
**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:** [October 17, 2010, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/7 "2010-10-17T20:19:54Z")
> [@BrotherCadfael](#): > > > [@silenus](#): > > > > Once again proving that soccer players are a bunch of crybabies. > > Gotta go along with that. The high school where I coach has boy’s soccer(winter) and girl’s soccer(spring). Guess why the players won’t run cross country in the fall? “I don’t want to run so much.” ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/8 "2010-10-17T21:50:08Z")
Sheesh. I could see how it would be a problem if he was dropping toilet paper rolls over a populated area to see how many times he could cut them with his prop before he ran out of altitude, but I doubt that anyone could ever be hurt by a falling roll of Charmin, even if it was dropped from the stratosphere. Maybe he should have dropped turkeys instead… ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/9 "2010-10-17T22:17:51Z")
It’s a Jersey thing. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2010, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/10 "2010-10-17T22:22:33Z")
> [@cornflakes](#): > > Maybe he should have dropped turkeys instead… That would be pretty spectacular, seeing a bunch of turkeys soaring majestically down to the field. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/11 "2010-10-18T01:17:49Z")
“As God as my witness…” ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/12 "2010-10-18T13:54:27Z")
> [@](#): > > Saunders surrendered to police late Thursday morning, and was charged with violating a state aviation statute that prohibits low-flying acrobatic stunts over thickly inhabited areas or public gatherings. How come he wasn’t charged with littering? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/13 "2010-10-18T17:02:46Z")
I’ll assume he got bored with just crop dusting aisles at the grocery store. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2010, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/14 "2010-10-18T18:53:49Z")
> [@](#): > > Saunders surrendered to police late Thursday morning, and was charged with violating a state aviation statute that prohibits low-flying acrobatic stunts over thickly inhabited areas or public gatherings. Dropping toilet paper out of a plane is the lamest acrobatic stunt I’ve ever heard of. Now, if he actually fired the rolls out his ass… ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/15 "2010-10-19T01:08:06Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I’m guessing that toilet paper rolls probably do not constitute a significant hazard, and that the pilot probably did take reasonable precautions. Depending on whether it’s USED or not. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/16 "2010-10-19T12:01:49Z")
What kind of plane is best suited for dropping loads of toilet paper? Obviously, a split-tail Bonanza. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2010, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/17 "2010-10-19T13:50:36Z")
Does it have a good roll rate? ---
**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/18 "2010-10-20T03:14:30Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > The high school where I coach has boy’s soccer(winter) and girl’s soccer(spring). Guess why the players won’t run cross country in the fall? > > “I don’t want to run so much.” No idea where you are, but I have two stories to share. We have a very competitive soccer club here. Every year there is a run to recruit for the cross country team in middle school. They ask the fifth graders out to run on the High School course. The soccer kids always come out in force and routinely take the top 15 out of 20 recognized spots. They make a point of wearing their team gear… and most have never run a cross country course in their lives. The second was two weeks ago and I was in St. Louis with a bunch of 14 year old soccer boys. In the same hotel were a bunch of 14 year old hockey players. The hockey boys were talking smack about the “soccer pussys” and started throwing things at them etc. while they were on the computers in the lobby area. Finally one of the hockey boys grabbed one of our kid’s cell phones. Our kid quickly grabbed his arm and hit a pressure point which made him immediately drop the phone. This really pissed off the kid and he tackled him out of his chair. Faster than I could react, our kid had him pinned against the wall with his hand on his throat and calmly said “we’re done with this now… right?” Meanwhile all of his buddies had run away. Probably not a good idea to pick on the “soccer pussy” who also happens to be a 3rd degree black belt in mixed martial arts. We have two players who also play hockey and joke that any one of our soccer boys could kick the asses of the guys on their hockey teams. So, yeah, running a 110 yard field non-stop for 90 minutes with a 10 minute break in the middle. Sure… they are all wimps. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/19 "2010-10-20T08:03:28Z")
I’ve heard of doing a barrel roll, how does one do a toilet paper roll in an airplane? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ducati](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@ducati](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ducati)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459/20 "2010-10-20T18:18:08Z")
As an errant ute, I would occasionally cut band practice (after school) to work on my pilot’s license. Instead of doing touch-and-goes, I would fly over the field where my friends were marching and throw \*\*dry \*\*TP rolls and sandwich bags of flour at the tubas. I don’t think I ever hit one. My band director would yell at me the next day, but I’d always claim ignorance of the alleged acts. Good times. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-raining-toilet-paper-rolls/557459.md?page=2)