@Natasha_Jay The great Cecil Adams, in his Straight Dope column, once offered an aside on an entirely different topic, saying (paraphrase) "I know this the same way I know the toilet paper goes over the roll towards you. Don't ask me how I know. I just know."

Words to live by.

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Ah, thank you for this.

But dare I provoke yet another debate here on the 'correct' way to set the roll.....

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It does not indicate on which side the wall is, is it?

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But definitely a milestone in the history of civilization.

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So, the intention of these evil people placing toilet rolls in the wrong direction is to avoid patent fees?! 😧

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Patent Expired.

So does not apply.

Doing it my own way.

@Natasha_Jay

You just flushed my entire life so far. Now I'm woke.

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Never did…

@Natasha_Jay what did they do ... before 1891

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was it the three shells

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Thanks for the info, I had really forgotten how to mount a toilet roll.

Been washing my ass for about 25 years now.

More hygienic and saves a lot of money over time.

I watched in amusement during the pandemic when people were literally fighting over packets of toilet rolls.
Some stores even rationed sales to one pack per customer. Crazy.

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Intended is not the same as correct. This is just an appeal to authority. I have NEVER heard a single reason why this is the correct way to do this. What benefit is there?

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I never had any doubt. When I was a child my parents had a toilet roll holder which would automatically grip the roll so you could easily tear it off with one hand.

The gripping mechanism only worked the right way around, so I've always been used to the right way being the only way.