Toilet Roll

[midagetrolop]

After hearing that Cliff Richard was alleged to say that it annoyed him because they had the toilet roll hanging wrongly - what is the correct way to hand your toilet roll - clockwise or anti-clockwise, and does it really matter?

[Oneeyedvic]

My wife informs me that toilet roll should be hung with the paper hanging down from the front as this way it does not effect her nail varnish.

I inform her, that if she wants it hung that way, she can hang it that way - I couldn't care less!

[chakka35]

I reckon that it should be hung so that it rolls clockwise when looked at from one end and anti-clockwise when looked at from the other. Simple!

[4getmenot]

I asked this a few months ago apparently it should roll from the front, anyone having it roll from the back is thought of as tight.

[Ethel]

It is a very serious consideration and really does matter.

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Tee hee hee

[daffy654]

I remember that discussion 4get :-)
Mine is always hung with the paper hanging loose at the front,I have been known to change it to this way in other people's houses too.

[MiniN]

daffy, i'm the same...i change it in other peoples houses too....it annoys me when it hangs at the back....

its a weird thing to be obsessive about but i'm sure they are weirder things, right?

[chrisrob]

I think Ethel's link is brilliant!

[dustypuss]

Ethel nice link

it doesn't bother me at all I just stand my role on its end on top of the cistern.

[catcuddler]

glad its not just me ethel and mini lol

[sara3]

loved Ethel's link and of course, it is quite correct.

otherwise you may just lose sight of the end of the roll!

[Panic Button]

It has to be over the front in posh hotels, so the chamber maid can do a bit of basic origami with the end.

[brionon]

Should ??? I know Richard is a Twerp but - Should ?

[naomi24]

Vic's wife is quite right. Of course it matters. I always insist that ours are correctly positioned, (although I'm not sure why I insist, since it's only me who ever changes them. Whoever heard of a man bothering to reload an empty holder?). However, if I'm out anywhere, as long as there is a toilet roll available, I'm happy!

[terambulan]

Oneeyedvic.....if your lady has extra long nails do you have to do her 'honours'. Lots of my customers have those long 'stick on nails' and I do wonder how they manage.

I have to clip my nails to type on here!

[mibn2cweus]

over is the only way to go . . . imho

[netibiza]

Always under, I change it wherever I go.

[jno]

Ann Landers, one of the original American agony aunts/etiquette columnists, reckoned this was the single most asked question she every got.