For Some Reason, I Blame the Internet
November 08, 2006
Okay, so remember the time I posted a picture of my exciting new toilet paper holder? (I mean, of course you do! How could you forget?) And a whole slew of you were all, OMFG YOUR PAPER IS UNDER AND IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE OVER I AM HAVING A STROKE NOW AAAEEEIIIIIIII?
Honestly, the whole thing made me want to create an entire personality test based solely on toilet-paper-hanging preferences. Which I did. Look!
OVER: Sort of nuts, crazed OCD type-A types who probably get those eyelid twitches a lot.
UNDER: Laid back, easy-going types who probably know where to score good weed.
Anyway, my absolute favorite comment came from Jes:
"My husband and I are both OCD. And we like our toilet paper OVER. So much, in fact, that when I go over to friend's houses and the TP is headed the wrong direction? I fix it for them.
And I think I'm doing them a favor."
Ha! She's funny. The idea of anybody being that crazy as to FLIP OTHER PEOPLE'S TOILET PAPER is funny. So very, very funny.
Y'all?
Somebody who came to our open house on Sunday flipped our toilet paper.
Somebody who has obviously never lived with a toddler.
If it was one of you I want you to tell me. I won't be mad, I promise. I just want to make sure I have the proper spelling of your name on the restraining order.
Also: Max thinks you're all nuts.
IM IN UR BATHROOM WATCHIN UR BIZNESS
(Okay. Deep breath here, but you know what? I cannot take it anymore and neither can my mom.)
LOL! The crosseyed cat photo is hysterical. Noah is, of course, as preshus as evah. Thanks for the laugh. :)
I totally do the same thing as Jes at other people's houses. I mean, it just makes sense. Doesn't it? Also, um, when did Noah turn into a toddler?! He's soon going to need his first haircut. I'm voting for a mohawk.
Thank you. I've missed the baby. With regards to the TP issue—I have no preference and whatever way it gets put on, is how it stays.
I am THAT girl....the tp has to be over. And if I come to your house and it's under? I'm gonna flip it. That's just how I roll.(get it?? get it?? tp...how i "roll?" I'm clearly a dork.)
I just cannot get over how sometimes he looks so much like you (in the first picture) and other times he's the spitting image of Jason (in the 4th picture). Too cute.
I used to be an "under" person, but my husband is an "over" person and every time I would put on toilet paper he would switch it around. It annoyed me to no end, but then I decided to choose my battles and just put it over now.
If only he would stop rearranging the dishes in the dishwasher after I load it, we would be all set. Because that's the battle I'm choosing to fight. So aggravating!
*sniff* I feel like he's grown sooo much since we last saw pictures of him.
Awe, sweet boy! If I had a beautiful baby like that, I'd want to post the heck out of him too. Thanks for sharing! We missed him.
I am happy.
PS I'm a toilet paper flipper and I'm proud.
About the TP -- what does it say about me that I could care less which way it goes -- indeed, I usually don't even put it on the holder?
Hi. My name is vedjen.
And I am a neurotic flipper-overer of the TP.
I realize it is a problem. And that is why I am here.
*sob*
I want to get help. I do. I just don't know if I can.
My Dad was a dedicated TP-behind person. I did it that way out of habit for years and then suddenly realized that I liked my TP over the top.
I have to say, though, I find the prospect of people switching OTHER PEOPLE'S toilet paper around to be kind of disturbing. I mean, live and let live, right?
I can't believe I'm about to admit that I used to read Reader's Digest (my parents had a subscription! I used to read everything!), but...one time I read in Reader's Digest that something like 95% of people prefer the toilet paper to come from the top. Which is why all of the hotels do that fancy fold thingie with the TP coming from the top. And since I fall in that 95% and am admittedly Type A, I think you're right on.
Now I'm going to go crawl in a hole and pretend I've never heard of Reader's Digest.
OMG, Noah could be my toddler's twin. Seriously. Except Noah's hair lies down so nicely and looks so dapper, while my kid's is fluffy and floats around like a tumbleweed.
And Max is still gorgeous. Beautiful kitty.
As for TP--it's our six year old's job to replace empty spindles, so i'm just happy if it's there.
Well. I'm glad somebody had the compassion to fix your TP problem. ;)
And also: delicious baby. Hmmm.
Crazy cat, too cute kid!
Luckily, my OCD is confined to my own domicile - I always place the TP to unroll UNDER in my bathrooms, but I never even notice what other people's TP does. I just wipe my crotch with it and call it a day.
Noah suddenly got hair, as in, golden locks that need brushing kind of hair. Squee!
Maybe I'm silly, but I'm just always super excited if there actually IS any toilet paper on the roll. Because sometimes, there's not. And I don't have to tell you that getting somebody to bring you toilet paper while they are watching "The Suite Life of Zack and Cody" is a terribly hard task, what with the sudden deafness and all.
So over, under, I don't give a damn. Just make sure Mama can wipe her bum, okay?
did noah get a hair cut? he looks adorable! and we no longer use a toilet paper roll due to a certain 18 month old who cannot help himself around toilet paper...
omg...when did Noah turn into a little man?
WAAHHH...our baby is growing up!!!
You *did* know that he is the Internet's baby, too, right?
Love Max's crossed eyes. Classic!
Noah is cuuuteee!!!
I'm on the fence with the toilet paper ocd. When we have company over, I switch it around before they if it's not 'right'. But switching other peoples' toilet paper? Can't do it. I'm ocd on the other side of things - therefore, the thought of manhandling someone else's toilet paper seems yuck.
ps I made you a cookie, but I eated it!!!
The only reason to have a toddler AND TP on the actual, spinning roll, is having your apartment on the market. Otherwise, it's hand-unroll, please.
And, how did he grow a full head of hair in a few short weeks?
Thank you for posting pictures again. Noah is so precious. And could he look any older?? He is no baby, but toddler!! Hee hee and I totally love the picture of the cat!!
Confession: I just went to the bathroom and realized that my roommate had put the toilet paper on the wrong way so I had to fix it!!
It is now over.
You know what's funny? I have no idea what way mine is. And it's probably different every time I change it. (I can almost see the OCD people cringe) I wondor what category that makes me?
OMG! Where is your baby?! That is a preshus child in those photographs. Thank you for sharing these. I really missed seeing Noah's beautiful face.
Is it terrible that I never pay attention whether the tp is over or under? I think the whole thing is quite funny.
The toilet paper should go over, blah blah blah. Let's talk about NOAH! He is so, so adorable. And so help me gods if ANYONE copies any of these photos for their own use, I will personally exact swift vengeance upon their asses. You HEAR that, lameass no-talent photo stealers?
Also, I am a toilet paper over kind of girl. My husband doesn't care and will just put it on any way, I always change it.
I'm willing to sacrifice rolls and rolls of tp to my toddler's obsessive unwinding to have the peaceful feeling that only a roll of toilet paper flipped over can bring.
And yes, my eye does twitch. A lot.
The whole TP over/under debate has never made a lick of difference to me. EVER. Does this make me a minority around these parts?
Holy Hell. MAX! I think that's the first time I've seen Max in like two months.
And has your child grown in the past three days?? Seriously. I love him. The end.
I don't care which way it goes on but I'm a little grossed out by the thought that some total stranger touched your toilet paper. I would put a sign up next time that says "HANDS OFF THE TP BITCHES"
I'm an under girl, myself. When we visited Japan for 2 weeks EVERY SINGLE ROLL was over. I was keeping track.
Oh my goodness he keeps getting bigger and bigger. He is so cute! He's starting to look like a little boy and not a baby anymore. Precious.
All y'all TP-flippers need medication.
I slap a roll on my TP holder all willy-nilly, with no attention to which way it goes.
Which is odd, since I am quite OCD about...oh, everything else in life.
I doubt I'm the only one who was going through preshus baby withdrawal.My boyfriend thinks I'm crazy and perhaps not so much wife material when he catches me fawning over the children of strangers on the internet but DUDE! It's Noah! He's awesome and absolutely freakin gorgeous!
Thanks for sharing.
When did he get so much hair? He is just amazing Amy. And I am here for you on the TP, must be under. And as for the green stuff, heh, I do live in Oregon.
He is getting so big and more beautiful by the day! yeah for pictures! It makes me so happy!
As far as TP goes- I don't pay attention to which way it goes on. I don't care- and get this - sometimes I am in a rush or tired and I just rest the roll on top of the empty one! OMG! I bet that will freak some people out! It freaked my MIL out once when i forgot to put it on because she came over one day.
PS... to calm you down now- I only do that that in my bathroom- never the guest one! cheers!
YAY!!!!!!! I was reading through your archives yesterday and realized as I got to the past few days that I missed Noah's photos! I know that sounds stalkerish but it's meant in the nicest way possible. And what lovely photos! He's such a big kid now.
Yay NOAH! He got bigger! And cuter!
i flip toilet paper in other people's homes too. I cannot take it off the roll unless it comes from the top, not bottom. I have issues I know. I'm guessing that when my 3mo. old baby girl becomes a toddler i will either A) get over it, or B) turn my baby into a certifiable nut-job like her mother and beat her with empty toilet-paper rolls until she understands the toilet paper always, ALWAYS!!!!, hangs over and we NEVER mess it up - NNNEEEVER.
also - that is no baby!! that is a sweet preshus little boy! It must make you so happy, yet so sad. they grow up way too fast.
Good grief, did you sign Noah up for the Hair Club for Men? Because, dang. It seems like his hair all of a sudden grew 3 inches. Where is his baby fuzz? I miss the baby fuzz! NOAH, DON'T GROW UP TOO FAST! AAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!
(see, if I freak about your baby growing up too quickly, I can ignore the fact mine are.)
Amy, just this weekend I was at a STRANGER'S house and I flipped her toilet paper.
And then? While I was peeing? I thought of you. Because I knew you'd know I'm OCD.
And I smiled, because I knew I did her a favor.
OMG NOAH!! I think I died from the cuteness over load!! I'm so glad you brought him back, I think I was suffering withdrawl.
It may have been me changing your TP, all the way from here in TX. I'm so bad about the fact that the TP has to go on top, that I've acctualy sat there and figured out how to change them around in some public restrooms, just so I could wipe in peace. But I'm really bad about it at work, the TP is not safe. I won't mention how many times I've come out of the bathroom at home yelling at my husband cause I swear he puts them on upside down just to piss me off!
But I swear I'm normal in just about every other way. I don't have the eye twitching thing and I'm am pretty laid back person other wise! No OCD here, nope, not me!
Also? OHMIGOSH. When I saw those pics of Noah? My heart did little flip-flops.
He is just too precious.
I have to admit... (cringing in shame)I have flipped someones TP myself... I coudl not resist... but I was no where in your area when the flipping occured at your house... I SWEAR!!
PS your scientific personality test... so off... I am an "Under" type with an "over" obsession!!
*desperately shoving computer monitor under skin while holding tourniquette in place to pop vein*
Ahhhhhh deep breath.....ahhhhhhh....breathe...it's going to be OOOKKAAAYYY.....
Noah Fix. At last.
we are lucky in our house if the tp makes it to the roll holder. we generally just leave it sitting on the back of the toilet ... we are just that lazy sometimes :-)
I'm pretty sure that regardless of which way I put the toilet paper on the holder, my toddler can figure out how to unravel the entire thing. That is, if he's not too busy playing in the toilet water.
Yeah well, I was raised by a mother who knew paper went OVER not UNDER. She knew this her whole life. Then she hit menopause and suddenly every single thing is under never over. It is very disturbing to a child to watch her mother go through The Change. Don't do it to Noah, you still have time!
Awwww, I missed Noah. Thank you for bringing him back.
A toddler could do that kind of terlit paper damage no matter what way it is put on. Just sayin.
I am an under person and while I switch it when my husband puts it on wrong, I wouldn't dream of changing someone else's. I would just feel sorry for them that they have it all wrong.
Although, after coming home yesterday and finding that my 10-week-old kitten had pulled off and shredded nearly an entire roll, the TP may not be on the holder at all for a while.