This one came from my sister and her workers. When and where did streaming toilet paper start? I could find the earliest possible date in 1890 when roll paper was developed. I could find nothing on the history of bedecking trees and such with streamers of the stuff though. Can anybody provide an answer or guide me to a source?
Anecdotally, the first time I personally witnessed a TP’ing was in August, 1970. I am confident the practice precedes that date by several decades.
See Auburn University traditions - Wikipedia for an earlier possibility.
I can verify it goes back to at least the late 50’s as a Halloween practice. It was venting against those houses not providing candy or just nasty houses would would yell at you for retrieving a ball going into the yard.