I’m with Atomicktom on this one. The toilet paper sits on the back lid of the toilet, mainly because our roll thing is in a stupidly awkward position. I couldn’t care less about the lid’s position, however.
And separate toothpastes. My husband can do his anal-end-squeezing on his tube of Crest all day and not worry about me squeezing mine in the middle like all well-adjusted people.
How is the back of the toilet a less awkward position than anywhere the toilet paper hanger could realistically be? Where’s your hanger? In the kitchen? I hate hate hate hate finding the toilet paper roll on the back of the toilet, 'cause it’s, y’know, in BACK of me when I need to wipe, and too much contortion leads to further…uh…messiness.
Actually, our toilet paper isn’t even hung, because if we hang it on the roller, one of the cats plays unroll-and-claw with it. It sits on the radiator facing the toilet.
Our toilet paper is over the top, as the universe intended it shall be. Hanging it to roll behind is just plain wrong, in so many ways I don’t even know where to start.
In our house, fortunately I’m the only one who cares, so my way is The Law. Especially since Papa Tiger frequently empties the roll and <gasp!> doesn’t instantly refill it. Or he just pulls another roll out and leaves it on the counter or the back of the toilet. Naturally, the instant I see this, it is put in the holder, properly rolling over the top.
But we leave the toilet seats and lids down, too, because of the four-legged members of the family. Especially our yellow lab, Isaac, who once drank happily from a gutter in the French Quarter and suffered no ill effects whatsoever, even though the humans all wanted to throw up at the thought. So we try to keep him from having access to the nice flavored water or the nice tootsie rolls in the cat’s box. Stupid dog.
We use different toothpaste so it doesn’t matter. And we each have a bathroom that is one person’s primary, for showers and stuff, so I can leave my stuff around the tub the way I like it and he can do the same. Avoids a lot of arguments. Because, after all, what is important?
I can’t believe that there is a toilet paper thread nearly four hours old and swampbear hasn’t weighed in yet.
It’s all about the cats, like LiLi says. Over-the-top means that the cats determine how much usable paper is left on the roll, and Behind means that they leave it alone.
Over the top, of course. Do you want to wipe your rear with something rubbing against the wall? I thought not.
As for seats, I’m with the OP, but I’m badly outnumbered in my house by women, so I never even tried to keep the seat up. In any case, the downside of falling into the toilet in the dark far outweighs the trouble of lifting it when needed. The lid in the master bathroom usually stays up, since sitting down to find a lid in the way is only slightly less annoying than not finding a seat. (I’m at the age where most trips to our bathroom come between 2 and 5 am.)
It’s beyond me why you would want TP against the wall. You’re rubbing the wall with your toilet fingers, and it’s harder to grab the paper when it’s against the wall.
It is hard for me to imagine caring enough about toilet paper to have a shouting match about it. Whenever I’m tempted to try to out-argue HoosierDaddy about anything, I try to remember the words of Click and Clack when people call with a marital car-related dispute. They always ask “Do you want to be right or do you want to be married?”