# Toilet paper roll in toilet **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157 "2011-10-19T17:35:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cryptic\_C62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@Cryptic\_C62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cryptic_C62)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/1 "2011-10-19T17:35:59Z")
Dropping an item in the toilet is extremely frustrating and embarrassing, particularly if it’s an item that can be irreparably harmed by water – cell phones, iPods, kittens, etc. After a bit of thought, I have come to believe that of all the items that could conceivably fall into a toilet, the least frustrating would be a roll of toilet paper. It’s not like you’re losing something important, you’re just accelerating a process that was going to occur anyway. Right? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/2 "2011-10-19T17:38:44Z")
I’ve done it, and it’s not fun. You have to fish it out lest it clog the toilet; but a big wet mass of TP pretty quickly disintegrates when you try to lift it out of the water. Plus you’ve wasted the whole roll - what if it were the last roll you had on hand? Not as bad as dropping your phone, but worse then dropping, say, your hairbrush. ---
**Author:** ![postcards](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8e8cbc/32.png) [@postcards](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/postcards)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/3 "2011-10-19T17:40:20Z")
But then you’ll have a soggy mess to remove (because you **do not** want to flush an entire roll at once) and if it’s the last roll in the house it sure will be frustrating. ETA: I type slow. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/4 "2011-10-19T17:46:18Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > I’ve done it, and it’s not fun. You have to fish it out lest it clog the toilet; but a big wet mass of TP pretty quickly disintegrates when you try to lift it out of the water. Plus you’ve wasted the whole roll - what if it were the last roll you had on hand? > > Not as bad as dropping your phone, but worse then dropping, say, your hairbrush. :eek: Not as bad as something you run through your hair a couple times a day?!? I’d be buying a new hairbrush, sir. > [@Cryptic C62](#): > > Dropping an item in the toilet is extremely frustrating and embarrassing, particularly if it’s an item that can be irreparably harmed by water – cell phones, iPods, kittens, etc. Kittens can swim. Other than being wet and hating you for 5 minutes, they’d be no worse for wear. As far as I’m concerned cell phones belong in the toilet. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/5 "2011-10-19T17:53:59Z")
Protip: If the thing you have dropped is a toothbrush, do not flush! ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/6 "2011-10-19T18:26:54Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Protip: If the thing you have dropped is a toothbrush, do not flush! Or a cue ball. I speak from experience. ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/7 "2011-10-19T18:49:23Z")
> [@picunurse](#): > > :eek: Not as bad as something you run through your hair a couple times a day?!? I’d be buying a new hairbrush, sir. I guess it depends on what else was in the toilet. But rinse your brush in bleach and it should be fine, right? > [@Lancia](#): > > Or a cue ball. I speak from experience. You must have a HUGE bathroom. Or a toilet in your game room. :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/8 "2011-10-19T18:57:50Z")
> [@Lancia](#): > > Or a cue ball. Dude, did you feel like an endangered turtle on the beach? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/9 "2011-10-19T19:30:06Z")
> [@Dung\_Beetle](#): > > Protip: If the thing you have dropped is a toothbrush, do not flush! Or, indeed, brush. ---
**Author:** ![Lancia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lancia/32/17174_2.png) [@Lancia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lancia)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2011, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/10 "2011-10-19T22:45:09Z")
> [@Skammer](#): > > You must have a HUGE bathroom. Or a toilet in your game room. :dubious: My grandpa’s house, when I was a kid. He had a pooltable in the basement, along with the requisite unfinished bathroom/washroom. IIRC (I was 6 or 7), a group of grandkids decided to see what would happen when we flushed the cue ball. End result: toilet death. ---
**Author:** ![lurkedtolong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/edb3f5/32.png) [@lurkedtolong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lurkedtolong)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2011, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper-roll-in-toilet/600157/11 "2011-10-21T00:13:33Z")
i once dropped and flushed $80 in the form of 4 $20 bills. They must have fallen out of my back pocket when I sat down, I was at home but decided that they were irretrievable or not worth the work in sanitizing them so i flushed.