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View Poll Results: Should the flap of the toilet paper roll face the front or the back?
The front, definitely! 54 85.71%
The back, no question about it! 9 14.29%
Voters: 63. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 26 Sep 2003, 11:03 AM   #16
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Flattery...will get you baked goods. Probably cookies
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Old 26 Sep 2003, 11:10 AM   #17
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Will it do me any good to email you my home address. LOL
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Old 26 Sep 2003, 11:13 AM   #18
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(over-hangers of Toilet Paper, UNITE!) <----this is me trying to be On-Topic, barely...
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Old 27 Sep 2003, 07:52 AM   #19
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Well, I see that the majority likes it the way my wife does it, and not the way my mother does it! I think I'll stick to the way I was brought up!

(I did learn to compromise between the way I was brought up and the way my wife likes things in that I pull the seat up while flushing and only then put it back down the way my wife likes it!)
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Old 27 Sep 2003, 08:34 AM   #20
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I really don't understand the question - surely you just make certain you've finished reading the newspaper first before tearing it into squares. Or is it that just a Scottish custom?
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Old 27 Sep 2003, 09:20 AM   #21
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redmyrlin, funniest thing I've seen/heard all day.
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Old 13 Jul 2004, 02:46 AM   #22
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Qualified Answer

Front, because it's easier to remove the sheets.

But if you have cats in the house who love to scratch the sheets off the roll, you need to hang the roll with the loose end at the back.

My cats used to shred the toilet paper to pieces, thus making it almost unusable. When I complained to my sister, she told me to hang the rolls backward. Problem solved. The cats had no fun with the toilet paper and stopped shredding them.
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Old 13 Jul 2004, 03:12 AM   #23
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Front!
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Old 13 Jul 2004, 03:46 AM   #24
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Re: Qualified Answer

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Originally posted by dragon1
Front, because it's easier to remove the sheets.

But if you have cats in the house who love to scratch the sheets off the roll, you need to hang the roll with the loose end at the back.

My cats used to shred the toilet paper to pieces, thus making it almost unusable. When I complained to my sister, she told me to hang the rolls backward. Problem solved. The cats had no fun with the toilet paper and stopped shredding them.
I used to be a "back" person because I felt this gave looked better, aesthetically. However, I made the switch to front for enhanced functionality.

Cats -- I'll have to try that experiment. Usually my cats are good about this except when I have one of those weeks where I have a meeting (or something) every night of the week. That's when they usually attack the roll. However, I probably should stick to my original solution -- spend time with my cats if their behavior indicates they are feeling ignored.

Two more suggestions for strange polls:
1) A "Crunchy Wheat -- Nicely Sweet" Poll
OR
2) A "Tastes Great -- Less Filling" Poll
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Old 13 Jul 2004, 06:50 AM   #25
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Re: Re: Qualified Answer

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Originally posted by Chipper


Two more suggestions for strange polls:
1) A "Crunchy Wheat -- Nicely Sweet" Poll
OR
2) A "Tastes Great -- Less Filling" Poll
I think you have to come up with something better then these two suggestions to beat this poll or Coume's thread about piercings before it will qualify as the "weirdest thread on EMD ever

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Old 13 Jul 2004, 03:59 PM   #26
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Front!

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Old 13 Jul 2004, 07:48 PM   #27
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I go for the front Wow, a topic to discuss our bathroom behaviour ! Sure this shouldn't be on a forum on sexuality instead of here ?
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Old 13 Jul 2004, 08:59 PM   #28
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Front

Seriously folks!


It is said that an engineer was trying to figure out on how to secure an aging dam which was showing signs of various weeknesses becoming a serious menace to villagers below in the valley.

A passerby tried to solve the problem with him.

Finally, after a bit of reflexion, he told the engineer:

"I've got an idea! Why not drill a series of holes all the way across, in a horizontal manner?!"

"How's that?" asked the engineer.

"Gosh!" he said, "haven't you ever noticed that when you try to break off sheets of toilet paper, they never rip off at the line?!"

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Old 14 Jul 2004, 11:06 PM   #29
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There's such a thing as toilet paper

You mean you don't use your......................................

A soft green leaf is best
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Old 15 Jul 2004, 02:32 AM   #30
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There's such a thing as toilet paper

You mean you don't use your......................................

A soft green leaf is best
Back to nature type, huh?
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