Over or under? Toilet roll debate finally settled thanks to 128 year-old manual

Via The Mirror

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Apparently, there are two types of people in the world.

As for how this is decided, it’s all to do with toilet roll.

By now, you will have come across the age-old question: Should your toilet roll hang over or under ?

Maybe this question has caused conflict in your own home. Perhaps you’ve ended a relationship or even disinherited a family member based on their toilet roll orientation.

It did seem as if there was no answer was in sight, but some good news just in: There is!

CHOICE magazine discovered a 128 year-old patent dating back to 15 September 1891. It helpfully included a detailed graph which was explicit in showing the paper being left up and over the roll, rather than hanging under.

According to the MailOnline , the magazine wrote: “Here at CHOICE, we’re fearless in finding truth in the most complex consumer concerns… which is why we set out to provide a conclusive answer to the controversial question of whether to hang your toilet paper over or under the roll.

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“So, at risk of permanently losing members, we’re here to announce that ‘over’ is the correct way to hang toilet paper.”

The number of responses to this bombshell revelation are testament to how heated this debate has become.

“Over. Under makes me uncomfortable,” wrote one reader.

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“Over. Because I’m not a monster,” agreed someone else.

But over in camp “Under”, someone else said: “Under all the way. It gives you better, quicker and easier one-handed control of the number of sheets used.”

Can’t we just all be friends?

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33 Comments
RayK
RayK
March 9, 2019 9:18 am

Over is my choice, because I don’t have a cat. If you have a cat that likes to play with the toilet paper, under will keep the paper on the roll, rather than piled on the floor.

Pequiste
Pequiste
  RayK
March 9, 2019 10:55 am

Shhh.

Some Green Kommukrat(TM)* will read this, and thinking that saving water is the most important issue in the world (and water conservation is important BTW), will introduce federal legislation to outlaw the venerable flush toilet in the U.S.S.A.

Upon its passage somewhere after the 2021 installation of a replacement for DJT, the nation shall institute the most-progressive American Universal Compulsory Human Litter Box Usage Act.

* AOC
** Kamala Harris, Liz Warren, Hickenlooper, Beto or Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign platform?

Stucky
Stucky
March 9, 2019 10:24 am

“By now, you will have come across the age-old question: Should your toilet roll hang over or under ?”

The actual age old question is why we haven’t advanced PAST that barbaric toilet paper.

Why is it a good idea to SMEAR shit all over your ass with paper? Why why why????

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“Washing with water through the use of a bidet or bidet seat instead of constantly wiping and irritating your undercarriage allows you to get an overall clean feeling faster and more effectively than toilet paper alone. Water is more sanitary because it gently cleans the area instead of smearing with toilet paper”

Pequiste
Pequiste
  Stucky
March 9, 2019 10:39 am

Never forget the tried and true corn cob.

So sad: the lost arts and pleasures of the outhouse.*

*Also offensive to Muslims because the holy crescent moon is displayed on the door, infidel.

TomMacGyver
TomMacGyver
  Pequiste
March 9, 2019 11:23 am

Where the hell is the Sears “Wish Book” when you need it? That thing taught millions of kids “You can wish in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills up first…

EL Coyote (EC)
EL Coyote (EC)
  Stucky
March 9, 2019 11:36 am

Stuck, You sound like Marie Antoinette. Old Pangloss said one of their childhood pastimes was crumpling up newspaper to turn it into ready TP. It beats using a corncob and may be the white man’s greatest contribution to the world.

ILuvCO2
ILuvCO2
  Stucky
March 9, 2019 4:54 pm
Pequiste
Pequiste
March 9, 2019 10:33 am

While I am myself an “over” man, this posting is offensive and hurtful to Muslims; no toilet paper is ever needed, kaffir – they use their left hand directly.*

*Coming to a restaurant near you infidel (if not already there.)

Kebab anyone?

KaD
KaD
March 9, 2019 10:43 am

If the paper is under then you are reaching further to get the paper by the width of the roll.

TomMacGyver
TomMacGyver
March 9, 2019 11:25 am

Under… Over puts more drag on the roll, and the paper breaks off. Under lets you make the sheet as long as your shit…

StackingStock
StackingStock
March 9, 2019 1:05 pm

I guess I’m the only one who doesn’t put it on the roller, 20 years and counting.

Anonymous
Anonymous
March 9, 2019 2:51 pm

Tell me when it’s time for the innie/outie discussion.

Francis Marion
Francis Marion
March 9, 2019 4:09 pm

Over, of course. What kind of animal would hang it under??

niebo
niebo
March 9, 2019 4:15 pm

As RayK mentions, “Over because I don’t have a cat.” Well, I do have a cat, and that feral li’l sh*t doesn’t care if it’s over or under, cuz if it’s on at all, it’s coming off in all directions, so I put mine in the refrigerator and take it with me when I go.

JimmyTorpedo
JimmyTorpedo
  niebo
March 9, 2019 6:23 pm

Would you like me to come over and take care of “your toilet paper” problem Niebo?

I was visiting a friend in Ireland. He got up and went to work and I stayed hung over on his couch. I had my coffee and morning ablutions and switched the roll from under to over while I was doing it.

I came back to the kitchen to find his roommate was home. When I went to the W/C a 2nd time, the roll was switched back and a frosty attitude from the roomie ensued.

Llpoh
Llpoh
March 9, 2019 7:28 pm

This toilet debate was totally settled thirty years ago. I hung the roll under, and said to the new missus that is how it is done. She said hang it over or she would kick my ass. So over it is.

And let us not even discuss the conversation re the keeping of the toilet seat.

Pequiste
Pequiste
  Llpoh
March 10, 2019 8:53 pm

Now you are getting down to brass tacks (so to speak).

mack Brown
mack Brown
March 9, 2019 8:02 pm

Ok here is the real question, why are human beings the only creature that uses toilet paper. I mean monkeys don’t need it, dogs don’t need it. Are we crapping wrong?

TampaRed
TampaRed
  mack Brown
March 9, 2019 8:46 pm

we need to use tp because we’re not flexible enough to lick our ass–
over or under?which side is the decoration on?
speaking of tp,serious question 4 you guys–
i have a gal who rents from me that has a drain line w/a long run to the septic & it clogs up regularly,with the problem being paper more than crap–
my question,how many of the women in your life flush the paper that they dab themselves with,as opposed to flushing it?

james the deplorable wanderer
james the deplorable wanderer
  mack Brown
March 9, 2019 11:28 pm

Are you prepared to lick your own ass clean? GEEZ, the questions folks around here come up with!

Pequiste
Pequiste
  james the deplorable wanderer
March 10, 2019 8:58 pm

Wait! A new addition for the sex-addled West plus another letter for the LBGTQPIBN continuum:

Autocoprophagy.