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Re: The Great Toilet Paper Controversy
Posted By: Tranio, on host 198.36.174.1
Date: Friday, December 17, 1999, at 12:29:32
In Reply To: Re: The Great Toilet Paper Controversy posted by Howard on Wednesday, December 15, 1999, at 17:04:28:

> > > > Over the top, or around the back to the bottom? It's simple to solve this dilemna by looking at other rolled dispensers. Tape dispenser: over the top. Plastic wrap: over the top. Aluminum foil: over the top. How is wrapping paper rolled? So the print is visible (again) from over the top.
> > > >
> > > > Yes, rolling over the top. It's not just common sense, it's the law.
> > > >
> > > > Come back next week for "Toilet Seats: Up or Down?"
> > > >
> > > > -Faux "mister sanity in an insane world" Pas
> > >
> > > But I find the under is more asthetically pleasing to my eye. Especially where toilet paper is concerned. And besides, haven't you ever wanted to just rebel against the laws of "roll it overness" just once in your life? Come on, break those ties that bind. Do something really radical. Roll that toilet paper UNDER!!!
> > >
> > > Drac "Now I know why public restrooms mount the dispensers sideways" imas
> >
> > Teetering at the edge of creating graphic visuals, allow me to point out one simple fact. When one is sitting next to the roll, one's vantage point is adequate enough to find the end regardless of whether it comes from the top or bottom. However, when one is standing up, one's perspective is quite different. Looking down upon the roll, if it comes over the top, it is easily visible. But if it comes off of the bottom... from that vantage point you can't see the end until it's practically on the floor, because your standing there rotating the thing around and around trying to find the covetted end square, muttering to yourself about not finding it, and perhaps you missed seeing it the first five times it passed by.
> >
> > I guess a bidet and a towell might eliminate this discussion altogether.
>
> How about an outhouse and a Sears-Robuck catalog?
>
> Did you know that Sears once made their catalog so that the pages were connected edge to edge by perforated lines? You didn't? Nether did I. That must have come from the Twisted Mind.
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> > Tra "Did you hear about the plumber who worked atop a sktscraper? ... He plunged to his death." nio
>
> Hey, Sam. Did you see that? "He plunged to his death!!!" More material for Really Bad Jokes!
> Howard

Thank you, Howard. Oddly enough, I actually made that up seconds before I typed it. Usually, I toss out ones that I've heard elsewhere, like:...

Did you hear about the flasher who reconsidered retiring... He decided to stick it out for another year.

Bah dum bump!

Tra "...now appearing every afternoon in the Yucksters Lounge..." nio