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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ok...we've had this discussion before..and now we need to revisit it!!! TOILET PAPER - do you put it so the paper hangs down BEHIND the roll or in front of the roll...???? |
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Elizabeth
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Member Ascendant
since 1999-06-07
Posts 6871Minnesota |
IN FRONT...definitely. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
I've said it before and I stand by my opinion BEHIND No contest. |
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Poet deVine
Administrator
Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
In front!!! If it's not, how do you pull it without pulling the whole roll???? |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
You pull the bit of paper at the end???? You are more likely to pull the whole roll if it is in front!!! When you have enough you stop pulling! OH MY GOD!!! It won't stop!! It's like a machine or something! HELP! HELP. HELP!!! It's the attack of the killer toilet paper! I'm glad it's not a double roll!!! [This message has been edited by Severn (edited 03-02-2001).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
You pull with one hand, and stop it with the other...that way it doesn't keep unraveling.. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
Or...... you pull GENTLY from the BOTTOM negating the need to use two hands...... |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
You guys use PAPER to wipe your butts? What kind of animals are you?!?!  I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
What Dopey dear? Do you use a sea shell? Bark? Dock leaves? Heaven forbid - you use NOTHING?  K |
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Skyfyre Senior Member
since 1999-08-15
Posts 1906Sitting in Michael's Lap |
*blinks* Oh, you mean you're supposed to wipe...? hehe Kidding, folks ... personally I don't care HOW it gets put on the darn thing as long as it gets put on -- and not left on the counter to soak up any stray water from the sink!  Linda |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
I don't know,   my toilet roll holder is on sideways. Kethry Those of us who refuse to risk and grow get swallowed up by life. Patty Hansen. |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Kethry!!! Now I'm totally confused.. |
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Dee Member Elite
since 2000-08-19
Posts 2330Queensland, Australia |
I love comming here and having in depth conversations with you guys! Do ya think we can change the world with this one? Love ya all! Dee I wish you every happiness and may you always have the best of the good things in life. a brand |
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Nan
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-20
Posts 21191Cape Cod Massachusetts USA |
No contest - OVER.... Pull with one hand... Let it rip... Stop it with the elbow when it hits just the right length...  Hey Kethry... Left or Right??? |
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Romy Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1170Plantation, Florida |
I agree with SkyFyre, any way is the best way as long as it isn't sitting on the sink, floor or tank cover! (sigh...I have kids who just don't understand!)LOL! And Dopey... is it banana peels or palm leaves?? Debbie |
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Sven
since 1999-11-23
Posts 14937East Lansing, MI USA |
In a fit of philosophical angst, I find that I have no choice but to. . . agree with K. . .  ----------------------------------------------------------- To the world, you may only be one person. But to one person, you may be the world. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
lending support to severn here too  [This message has been edited by kaile (edited 03-03-2001).] |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Ok.. I guess I'm just an OVER achiever!!! |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
WAHOO!! Sven agreeing with me! Kaile agreeing with me! I'm speschul, I'm speschul! Bottom is best... |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Romy, my friend.....palm leaves and banana peels are for the less fortunate people of Puerto Rico. I.....yes *I* use a jet stream of water to clean myself. I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Colin Senior Member
since 1999-06-05
Posts 596Callington, Cornwall, England |
It's so easy.... You hang the paper BEHIND the roll and that reminds you what it's for  Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. - Bill Vaughan |
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Swamp¤Faeryie Member
since 2000-12-04
Posts 393fairyland....of course;) |
i'm with romy and linda,WHO CARES!! LOL obviously someone does,but i don't,as long as it gets put on,i do not care HOW |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Nan what happens when it's on the wall behind you? And you can't reach it with your elbow? You know after the last one we had here, I have a hard time remembering what way I had it. Funny to say, I think about that sometimes. (of course when you're sitting there with nothing else to do) For now it's on the TOP! ROFL Sharon!! Do you realize you must have gotten brain washed from the last debate? LOL /pip/Forum6/HTML/000042.html I've tried the link a few times, and it's not working for me. So if it don't work for you, change to ALL Topics, 200 per page. It's on the last page (3) "on a roll" posted by elvira. [This message has been edited by WhtDove (edited 03-05-2001).] |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
Please...surely we have all suffered the agony of defeat...when, in our haste, we realize that the next roll of toilet paper is in the closet? those grossly agonizing two steps away...Or??? EVEN WORSE? THE desolation of realization that NOT ONLY was the new roll not put on the roller? but also? was sopping wet from god knows what "kid adventure?" arrrggghhh.... ALSO: A Point of Interest: I once read an interview with Steven Speilburg's MOM....wherein she stated that she had a bath nicely decorated in Sea Green and bought toilet paper to match...until? she realized that she could not keep green toilet paper, as "little stevie" kept making toilet paper monsters from the green stuff... methinks he's repaid the green stuff by now... |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Interesting story about steven spielburg or however you spell his last name hehe.....but tell me this.....was the green stuff the toilet paper....or...erm....something a bit more nasty? I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Like Dopey, I'd like to have a biddet too -- i think it's spelled that way but, after that I'd still like to wipe using both makes you feel cleaner so, my vote is you roll it from the FRONT sorry Kamla, I have to agree with the others "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Serenity you crack me up! Not only calamity if it's in the closet, but that dreadful feeling when that "new" roll, that's now all wet from God knows what, is the LAST ROLL in the house. |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Ah but not ALL of them Acire...heh heh And I believe it is 'bidet' isn't it? K |
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snowpants Member Elite
since 2000-09-16
Posts 2061KS |
Ahhh...now THIS is my kind of discussion! I'd have to say behind, for a couple of reasons...one, that's just always the way we've done it while I was growing up...two, don't 'cha think it's a bit disorienting when it's in the front?? Anywho...that's my vote...BEHIND...once again, thank you for this refreshing and ever-so-important discussion!! I love it!!sp  do I believe we'd be better off apart? can I see my world without you in it? baby, not for a single minute... |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I prefer to just unroll the whole roll of toilet paper......seperate each individual piece and stack them up. That way I don't have to worry about front or back...... I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
While being in the minority does not make me wrong these are the results of a survey I found at http://www.toiletpaperworld.com/tpw/encyclopedia/navigation/surveys.htm along with lots of other information on the subject of TP and other paper related issues. 68% like to hang toilet paper with the first sheet going over the roll, while 25% prefer to hang the first sheet under the roll. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
ps..also found this... ( i ain't gonna try it...lol) Unrolling Toilet Paper There's more than one way to get toilet paper off the roll. Materials: roll of toilet paper leaf blower dowel rod, about two feet long Instructions: Thread the dowel rod through the toilet paper roll. Unroll about two feet of toilet paper, letting it hang down. Have one person hold the dowel horizontally, with the hanging paper facing away from the leaf blower. A second person should hold the leaf blower. Turn on the leaf blower, directing the stream of air just over the top surface of the roll. What happens? When the leaf blower is turned on, what happens to the pressure above the roll of toilet paper? Why does the paper unroll? Reference: Jacobs, S. (1994). Whelmers, Volume 1: Science Demonstrations that Spark your Imagination . Wichita, Kansas: Jake's Attic Productions. (Distributed by Sargent-Welch Scientific Company, 1-800-SARGENT product #60395R). Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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CocoBaci Member Elite
since 2000-05-06
Posts 3043 |
behind coco |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Good grief Jamie - you are supposed to be FURTHERING our cause..not damaging it! K...and I have found a lifetime can be lived in one moment... |
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WhtDove Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-22
Posts 9245Illinois |
Just goes to show ya (thanks Jamie) that TOP rollers RULE!! |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
I was furthering our cause K---being in the minority sometimes just means being part of an elite group-- heh |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
Elite group eh? Suppose I can handle that...lol |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I think you're right Kamla --- bidet it is "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
long live the bidet. I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Severn Member Rara Avis
since 1999-07-17
Posts 7704 |
long live behind the roll bog paper...heh...white or coloured? Patterned or plain? The options are endless! Loo paper to match the decor - I mean..who would chose a bidet over all the fun one can have with paper? K |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Hey --- I chose paper and bidet "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Paper is so old fashion! Get with the times people! I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
Hope you wash with soap after Dopes  "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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DancinQueen
since 2000-07-29
Posts 1092Kokomo,IN,USA |
Well we put it in BACK just because we have a puppy and he likes to make a mess of things by pulling the roll all throughout the house ¤Sometimes the hardest thing to get over, is something you never really had¤ |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
Well.........I won't say whether I use soap or not....you can just assume I do. I was born myself, raised myself, and will continue to be myself. The world will just have to adjust. I'm in love with my shadow I admire it daily |
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Acies
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Member Rara Avis
since 2000-06-07
Posts 7665Twilight Zone |
I'm not even gonna think about it  "So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this give life to thee." W.S. |
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Jamie Member Elite
since 2000-06-26
Posts 3168Blue Heaven |
This is the reply i received from an email inquiry on the subject ........ Thank you for your issue. Many hotels install the toilet paper to pay out from over the top in order to make a nice pointed triangle on the end sheet. This points out to the user that someone cleaned the bathroom and paid attention to the 'finer' details. However, others feel that in a public facility it is best to install to pay out from underneath. In this way the dispensing and tearing is more controlled and therefore less people will touch the roll of paper, therefore less cross contamination. Also, keeping the paper closer to the wall by dispensing from underneath provides a 'cleaner less intrusive' environment, especially in close quarters. Some dispensers have a top cover that helps the user pull and tear the paper. In this case the roll should be dispensed from the top allowing the user to 'pull up' on the paper an tear it easily. So, it depends on the dispenser, the location and the facility. However, the simple concern about the installation of the roll may have a deeper meaning and may be indicative of a different issue in the personality of the user. This question remains one of the most frequently asked. I hope this helps. Feel free to call again. Kristy L. Klein kristy@toiletpaperworld.com E Commerce Coordinator Consumers Interstate Corporation 42 Stott Ave. Norwich, CT 06360 Jamie Tu ne cede malis, sed contra audentior ito. - Virgil. "Yield thou not to adversity, but press on the more bravely". |
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Poet deVine
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Member Seraphic
since 1999-05-26
Posts 22612Hurricane Alley |
Imagine standing up in front of a group and telling they you work for 'toiletpaperworld.com'..... |
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Dopey Dope
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Member Patricius
since 2000-08-30
Posts 11132San Juan, Puerto Rico |
I think it's best not to |
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