This post has 17 comments.

1. EuroCrash
   12 Jan 08
   11:48 am

   Silent protest against stuff that is needlessly ornate.
2. Tim
   12 Jan 08
   12:10 pm

   being lazy
3. Chamblee54
   12 Jan 08
   12:23 pm

   You have to make a decision. Does it go clockwise over the top, or counter clockwise under the bottom?
4. Eater
   12 Jan 08
   1:23 pm

   I don’t even have a roller-thingie. I just set the roll on the edge of the bath-tub.

   That roller-thingie just limits your ability to manipulate the roll as you see fit, and that’s a form of oppression.

   Okay fine we’re lazy.
5. Mish
   12 Jan 08
   1:29 pm

   Yeah it’s laziness. cause I have two teenagers that do the exact same thing. I won’t do it. I’m afraid it will fall in the toliet.
6. your seester
   12 Jan 08
   1:54 pm

   It goes over the top to the back if you have toddlers or puppies - harder to unroll it all over the house. Otherwise it goes over the top to the front. (this info directly from the handbook “The Secret Book of Rules Only Women Know.”)
7. lenfu
   12 Jan 08
   7:48 pm

   Hmmmmm, I see. I would never buy that thin of TP. I’d make sure it was at least ultra soft with Aloe But hey, the seat is down, now that has to count for something, yes no?
8. EuroCrash
   12 Jan 08
   8:45 pm

   In addition to laziness and protest, I’ll add:

   –Some of the new ‘plush’ rolls don’t fit the holders ( properly fitting contemporary America in the process…)

   –Cat-proofing. True story: a former roommate’s cat would act out by attacking the roll, but only if it was on the roller.
9. Some Other Mike
   12 Jan 08
   8:48 pm

   The above post was actually mine; sorry about that. The cold I’ve had this week has apparently settled into my brain.
10. griftdrift
    12 Jan 08
    10:46 pm

    Because
11. tt
    12 Jan 08
    11:37 pm

    I have a sign in one of my bathrooms that sits directly above the ‘holder’. It says ” REMEMBER, CHANGING THE TOILET PAPER ROLL DOES NOT CAUSE BRAIN DAMAGE”. I just went in to check it and guess what? Yep, it looks just like your picture. I’m going to have to figure out how to put that phrase in to picture form for those people who seem to be reading challenged…or are just challenged with life.
12. Bear
    14 Jan 08
    11:09 am

    http://www.charmin.com/en_us/pages/extender_request.shtml

    Get your free roll extender.

    I got one and it works!
13. Seth
    14 Jan 08
    12:19 pm

    Griftdrift stole my comment.
14. the jesus
    15 Jan 08
    10:10 am

    It’s pretty simple: because our frequency of usage is so much lower than yours, there are man laws about how many times per 12 months (rolling average) that we actually have to change it. If we violate the law we’ll be kicked out of the union, our local HMWH.
15. bosskat
    15 Jan 08
    2:57 pm

    He had to leave the house in a hurry to go buy you a gift and was going to put it on the roll when he got home. Duh.
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