# Toilet Paper **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 19, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362 "2009-10-19T17:44:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/21 "2009-10-19T20:38:07Z")
Question: does the TP correlate to the paper towel rolls? In my house it was always TP under, but paper towels over. ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/22 "2009-10-19T20:46:35Z")
Ann Landers ran the same poll. Her office was waist-deep in mail for weeks, and a lot of it was very angry stuff. She vowed never to do another poll. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/23 "2009-10-19T20:55:14Z")
The unanswered question is: what’s our vector, Victor? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/24 "2009-10-19T21:45:36Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > Question: does the TP correlate to the paper towel rolls? In my house it was always TP under, but paper towels over. Y’all are gonna think I’m making this up, but our paper towels are sideways too … see how we avoid all the conflict in our marriage? 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/25 "2009-10-19T22:57:16Z")
> [@NinetyWt](#): > > Y’all are gonna think I’m making this up, but our paper towels are sideways too … see how we avoid all the conflict in our marriage? 🆒 Yeah, but does the roll run clockwise or counter-clockwise? ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/26 "2009-10-20T02:16:43Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Yeah, but does the roll run clockwise or counter-clockwise? Yes. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Countrypolitan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/858c86/32.png) [@Countrypolitan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Countrypolitan)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/27 "2009-10-20T02:22:14Z")
If I could hang it, it’d be over. My #1 will shred the roll, regardless of how it’s hung, so now it stays in the drawer. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/28 "2009-10-20T02:26:06Z")
Only bad people hang it under. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/29 "2009-10-20T02:27:28Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Yeah, but does the roll run clockwise or counter-clockwise? That would depend on whether they’re in the Northern or Southern Hemisphere. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/30 "2009-10-20T02:38:37Z")
> [@ArchiveGuy](#): > > Yeah, but does the roll run clockwise or counter-clockwise? That depends on whether it’s last been used by my mother (strongly right handed) or by me (mostly leftie). ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 6:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/31 "2009-10-20T06:09:18Z")
This is a good poll. Another would be “do you fix the roll if someone puts it on ‘wrong’?” I do. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2009, 7:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/32 "2009-10-20T07:09:51Z")
Over, and I am glad to see that a vast majority of Dopers are sensible. ---
**Author:** ![Indistinguishable](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/90ced4/32.png) [@Indistinguishable](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indistinguishable)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/33 "2010-01-29T18:37:32Z")
I don’t really care, and it’s bizarre to me that anyone does to any significant degree, but I just want to see [this post](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=12048682&postcount=22) vindicated, given how close that goal already is. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/34 "2010-01-29T19:28:54Z")
Under, I have cats. But beyond that, I believe it is the natural order of things. No damned internet poll is going to tell me otherwise! I will admit my paper towels hang over, but only because the rack is under the sink and it’s a logistics issue. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362/35 "2010-01-29T20:32:02Z")
This is a zombie, so I’m going to lock it. Current poll [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=549774). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/toilet-paper/514362.md?page=1)