The Odd Thoughts, Silly Question, Weird Musings Thread

[Kajira Callista]

I forever have odd thoughts and questions popping up in my mind. I figured there must be answers someplace, so I started a thread to post the odd questions i have and anyone else has.

So this morning i had to change three toilet paper rolls because no one in my household understands the concept that if the roll is done you need a new one. Here are two things i dont get. Why is toilet paper on a roll... and why in the hell is it perforated into those itty bitty squares? Oh and one last question. Does anyone actually only use 1 square per bathroom trip?

 

[Desdemona]

I forever have odd thoughts and questions popping up in my mind. I figured there must be answers someplace, so I started a thread to post the odd questions i have and anyone else has.

So this morning i had to change three toilet paper rolls because no one in my household understands the concept that if the roll is done you need a new one. Here are two things i dont get.

Why is toilet paper on a roll... why not???

and why in the hell is it perforated into those itty bitty squares? to irritate us and make some people feel wasteful for using more than one square. It's a conspiracy.

Oh and one last question. Does anyone actually only use 1 square per bathroom trip?

My grandma did. But you gotta remember she was a single parent of 5 during the depression living in the blue ridge mountains of Virginia. (grandpa go drunk on shine, fell off a logging truck and got run over. Yeah, I come from a loooong line of redneck hillbillies.) She held on to every penny as if it were her last.
Hope this post was odd enough for ya.

 

[graceanne]

So this morning i had to change three toilet paper rolls because no one in my household understands the concept that if the roll is done you need a new one.

Ok, here's my question. Do men and children have some weird religious objection to changing the toilet paper roll?

 

[Kajira Callista]

Ok, here's my question. Do men and children have some weird religious objection to changing the toilet paper roll?

i often wonder if they think i am honored by them allowing me to do it.

 

[Kajira Callista]

My grandma did. But you gotta remember she was a single parent of 5 during the depression living in the blue ridge mountains of Virginia. (grandpa go drunk on shine, fell off a logging truck and got run over. Yeah, I come from a loooong line of redneck hillbillies.) She held on to every penny as if it were her last.
Hope this post was odd enough for ya.

ya mean she didnt use newspaper?

 

[Desdemona]

ya mean she didnt use newspaper?

Sears catalogue on good days and corn husks on others. Doesn't it make you nostalgic for "the good old days"?

 

[graceanne]

i often wonder if they think i am honored by them allowing me to do it.

Ah, that explains it. They're thinking of me! How sweet.

lol

 

[arctic-stranger]

Ok, here's my question. Do men and children have some weird religious objection to changing the toilet paper roll?

Speaking as a professional religious type person, I can only quote the Book of Hesitations...

Men, thou shalt not change the toilet paper, nor shalt thou put thy socks in the hamper. Many things shalt thou do in the house, but thou mayest not touch the toilet paper unless thou art actually using it.

Hesitations 64:89

 

[caela]

Ok, here's my question. Do men and children have some weird religious objection to changing the toilet paper roll?

My mom had a solution for that. If all we did was pull the new roll out without changing it we had to clean the bathroom. With three guys in the house we learned really quickly it was easier to change the roll.

 

[graceanne]

My mom had a solution for that. If all we did was pull the new roll out without changing it we had to clean the bathroom. With three guys in the house we learned really quickly it was easier to change the roll.

*sigh* well my oldest is six, and I can just imagine K's expression if I told him he 'had' to clean the bathroom. But I'll remember that for when they get older.

 

[caela]

*sigh* well my oldest is six, and I can just imagine K's expression if I told him he 'had' to clean the bathroom. But I'll remember that for when they get older.

lol, Well it probably wouldn't have worked on my stepdad any more than it would work on K, but it did wonders on us kids once we were old enough for it.

 

[sphynx's dragon]

Speaking as a professional religious type person, I can only quote the Book of Hesitations...

Men, thou shalt not change the toilet paper, nor shalt thou put thy socks in the hamper. Many things shalt thou do in the house, but thou mayest not touch the toilet paper unless thou art actually using it.

Hesitations 64:89

OMG...soooo funny..... PLEASE WHERE CAN I FIND THIS BOOK?

(I think I may have just found religion)

 

[LadyNatasha]

OMG...soooo funny..... PLEASE WHERE CAN I FIND THIS BOOK?

(I think I may have just found religion)

Heh, Sphynx IS your religion.

 

[sphynx's dragon]

hmmm....not quite religion...She means MUCH more than that...

 

[arctic-stranger]

OMG...soooo funny..... PLEASE WHERE CAN I FIND THIS BOOK?

(I think I may have just found religion)

I will send you a copy...when i finish writing it.....inspired by the spirit of Budweiser, of course.

 

[graceanne]

I will send you a copy...when i finish writing it.....inspired by the spirit of Budweiser, of course.

is Budweiser your god?

 

[arctic-stranger]

is Budweiser your god?

for this kind of work, more like my muse...

 

[~hellbaby~]

I forever have odd thoughts and questions popping up in my mind. I figured there must be answers someplace, so I started a thread to post the odd questions i have and anyone else has.

So this morning i had to change three toilet paper rolls because no one in my household understands the concept that if the roll is done you need a new one. Here are two things i dont get. Why is toilet paper on a roll... and why in the hell is it perforated into those itty bitty squares? Oh and one last question. Does anyone actually only use 1 square per bathroom trip?

...The greeks used rocks (ouch)! My thing is when poeple put the roll on backwards, my mother has it coming out behind the roll, I put it over the roll.
A Little History on TP
However, the toilet paper history does not start with Hans Hakle. Most likely, his invention is the highest achievement of the lengthy development. Ancient Greeks used stones and pieces of clay, whereas Ancient Rome toilets were outfitted with sponges that were kept in jugs filled with salty water. At the end of the XIV century, Chinese emperors started using pieces of paper for such a delicate purpose, and Europeans were widely using hay, straw, grass and old rags at that time. First American settlers decided that corn on the cob was just the right thing in a toilet. Later on, they started using old newspapers and magazines. The farmer newspaper Old Farmer's Almanac even had special holes to be hung in toilets.

The toilet paper production was supposed to be cheap. The way out was found in America in 1889, and the company Scott launched the industrial production of the rolled toilet paper. That was the time, when American citizens finally stopped using newspapers.

 

[LadyNatasha]

... My thing is when poeple put the roll on backwards, my mother has it coming out behind the roll, I put it over the roll.

A funny tidbit I read on that. Overachievers do the over-the-top roll style vs. underachievers and under-the-roll folks. Supposedly, anyway

 

[arctic-stranger]

A funny tidbit I read on that. Overachievers do the over-the-top roll style vs. underachievers and under-the-roll folks. Supposedly, anyway

anyone with small children or cats understands that if you put it under and the kid or cat starts playing with it, it just goes around. If you put it over, then it just rolls right off.

 

[Vixandra]

anyone with small children or cats understands that if you put it under and the kid or cat starts playing with it, it just goes around. If you put it over, then it just rolls right off.

Try that with my cats- they still manage to make a mess.
But only if its on the roller, if its sitting on the sink or on the toilet bowl they won't mess with it.

KC- my grandmother uses a nifty idea- she has two TP holders in her bathroom, both mounted to the wall next to the toilet. One may empty but not both. Least not at the same time.

 

[graceanne]

A funny tidbit I read on that. Overachievers do the over-the-top roll style vs. underachievers and under-the-roll folks. Supposedly, anyway

What about people who don't care?

 

[graceanne]

anyone with small children or cats understands that if you put it under and the kid or cat starts playing with it, it just goes around. If you put it over, then it just rolls right off.

My kids and my cats can make a mess with the toilet paper, whether it's over or under.

 

[arctic-stranger]

My kids and my cats can make a mess with the toilet paper, whether it's over or under.

Sigh. Never underestimate the power of cats or children.

 

[LadyNatasha]

What about people who don't care?

No clue, I didn't come up with it... just passing it along.