# What is the correct way to load a roll of toilet paper on the dispenser?
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 24, 2002, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419 "2002-11-24T00:57:19Z")
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### Author:  [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)
#### Post date: [November 25, 2002, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419/41 "2002-11-25T19:10:16Z")
Over the top:
[ol]
[li]Clearance between TP and wall.[/li]
[li]Stress at the TP breakaway line is optimally outwardly directed; not always possible on under, frequently stressful, and besides, you can’t see the lines.[/li]
[li] Excessive spooling, as noted.[/li]
[li] Distance from user minimized with OTT[/li][/ol]
Ever corporate bathroom goes Over The Top, and since the janitors are paid to determine this, I accede to the pros. 😃
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### Author:  [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419/42 "2002-11-26T00:00:41Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Freyr \*
> \*\*MEBuckner wrote:
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> Moderator’s Note: The correct answer is that it is a matter of individual preference. \*\*
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> I disagree. The correct response is: “Yes, honey I’ll put the toilet paper on the roller the way **YOU** do it!”
Well, I didn’t say _whose_ individual preference, did I?
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### Author:  [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419/43 "2002-11-26T04:14:56Z")
The important thing is that the paper gets _on_ the damned spindle. There is NO excuse for propping the new roll on top of the spindle rather than throwing away the old cardboard and hanging the new roll. We won’t name names, but the guilty party knows who he is. Don’t you **Dr.J.**?
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### Author:  [@juliuslizard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/juliuslizard)
#### Post date: [November 26, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-the-correct-way-to-load-a-roll-of-toilet-paper-on-the-dispenser/138419/44 "2002-11-26T17:35:03Z")
I once read in a magazine poll that men usually don’t really care, but 85% of women prefer the toilet paper to be hanging from over the top. I, being a woman, prefer it to hang from the top as well.
Yesterday, I pulled some off the roll a little too quickly. The paper was hanging from the back bottom, and due to gravitational pull and the momentum of the spin, the paper went out of control. Since I was busy wiping couldn’t do anything for that moment, I watched as the paper quickly piled up on the ground below. It took forever to wind it back up, and after I was finished, I hung the roll back on the dispenser the other way around.
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