# TP Roll Poll! Which way does your toilet paper go? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 3, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761 "2010-12-03T04:33:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![SandyHook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dec6dc/32.png) [@SandyHook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SandyHook)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/21 "2010-12-04T02:57:00Z")
I abstained. This is one of those arguments that I find so silly that it’s almost physically painful. I mean, come on, you get excited about proper toilet paper hanging. When I stick a roll on now I make sure that I grab the roll without looking, jab the bar through, and stick it back so that i don’t know how it will come out until it’s over. A much more mature approach. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/22 "2010-12-04T03:44:37Z")
It circles round and round about 5 times clockwise and disappears down the middle. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/23 "2010-12-04T04:24:49Z")
A. The rest of you are kitten eating heathens. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/24 "2010-12-04T04:26:36Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > One of the TP companies did a country-wide survey late last year. The results showed that only 15% of people are deviants who prefer the paper to come from the back. Cats are no excuse, why are they in there when you’re not? That was Cottonelle. Go over! ---
**Author:** ![thelurkinghorror](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7c8e57/32.png) [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/25 "2010-12-04T05:08:17Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > One of the TP companies did a country-wide survey late last year. The results showed that only 15% of people are deviants who prefer the paper to come from the back. Cats are no excuse, why are they in there when you’re not? It’s so adorable that you think you can tell cats what to do. ---
**Author:** ![saje](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saje/32/3631_2.png) [@saje](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saje)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/26 "2010-12-04T14:10:12Z")
Over the top, and I have indoor 9 cats. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/27 "2010-12-04T14:34:57Z")
Normally over the top, but the holder-bar-thingy mysteriously disappeared a couple of months ago so now the roll just sits sideways on top of the radiator. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/28 "2010-12-04T14:47:17Z")
I abstained, as until the furry terrors get over their fascination with TP it will be kept in the vanity. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 2:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/29 "2010-12-04T14:54:09Z")
> [@LouisB](#): > > I have it right; the rest of you guys are still learning. Honestly, I don’t know why I do it the way I do but I’ve been doing it that was for a lot of years. I think I’ve just gotten stubborn about it. Maybe I’ll give the other way a try just to prove I’m not set in my ways. I’ve now changed to the over the top way in both bathrooms; I think I’ve been wrong all these years but better late than never. ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Onimous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea5d25/32.png) [@Ann\_Onimous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Onimous)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/30 "2010-12-04T18:39:32Z")
I’m an over: hubby’s an under, if it makes it on the roll at all. Most of the time he just puts the roll on the back of the toilet. We have a mixed marriage. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/31 "2010-12-04T20:47:35Z")
Whichever way happens to result from me putting the roll on the holder. Sometimes its one way; sometimes t’other. ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2010, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/32 "2010-12-04T21:59:30Z")
it goes on end sitting on the counter. ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/33 "2010-12-07T03:41:41Z")
> [@thelurkinghorror](#): > > It’s so adorable that you think you can tell cats what to do. I make mine mind when it comes to what rooms they’re allowed in. Sorry you can’t. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/34 "2010-12-07T15:48:31Z")
Yes, our cat knows not to come into our bedroom, and obeys. We’ve had him since 1995. It can be done. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2010, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/35 "2010-12-07T22:10:03Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > Cats are no excuse, why are they in there when you’re not? Because that is where the cat box is. ---
**Author:** ![gurujulp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@gurujulp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gurujulp)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2010, 12:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/36 "2010-12-08T00:02:29Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I just put it in there any old way. I don’t care or even notice which side is up. I have lived with family and roommates my entire life, and you and one other are the only ones of everyone EVER who really doesn’t care or notice… And I have only your word on something you claim not to notice… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2010, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/37 "2010-12-09T20:32:01Z")
Every motel or hotel from Motel 6 to the St. Regis hangs it over the top. Every public bathroom from the downtown bus station john to the top convention center in town hangs it over the top. If you hang it the other way, it usually does not stay in place and rolls down the wall and hits the floor. ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/38 "2010-12-10T04:52:52Z")
Over the top. No other way. I have been known to change it in other people’s bathrooms (yes, it’s kind of jerkish, I don’t do it anymore). I don’t like my TP to touch the wall. And my cat doesn’t attack it, so she’s not an issue. And as she came into my life as an 8-year-old Siamese the chance of my training her to do anything is pretty much nil. It’s more the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![interface2x](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c0e974/32.png) [@interface2x](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/interface2x)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/39 "2010-12-10T14:26:51Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > One of the TP companies did a country-wide survey late last year. The results showed that only 15% of people are deviants who prefer the paper to come from the back. Cats are no excuse, why are they in there when you’re not? Because I keep their water in the bathtub. I got sick of stepping in puddles in the kitchen so I put the water dish where I didn’t care if it got spilled. So for now I’m a “backside” guy, but prior to these two cats I was always an “over” guy. ---
**Author:** ![Sailboat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sailboat/32/461_2.png) [@Sailboat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sailboat)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2010, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761/40 "2010-12-10T15:13:59Z")
It’s _underhanded_ to post a poll on this topic without searching, but complaining about that is _over the top_. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tp-roll-poll-which-way-does-your-toilet-paper-go/562761.md?page=3)