#18 RJ::The Great TP Debate

Probably about 15 years ago, I heard the strangest thing. While watching ESPN's Sportcenter, the sportscaster stated something to the affect of:

"According to a recent poll, 60% of Americans think that Team X/Player Y will win Event Z... which ironically enough is the same percentage of Americans that prefer to bunch rather than fold their toilet paper."

Once I stopped laughing at random juxtaposition of these unrelated statistics, I pondered the later figure. "Is there really an on going toilet paper debate?" I can trace back my fascination bathroom related oddities to this single event. This is what started it all...

Most people thing that the whole over vs. under toilet paper roll positioning is the most heated topic in the bathroom industry. And, while it is the only debate you'll see in the main stream media, it is by no means the most controversial.

Now, if you have ever posed this question to someone, say at a party, at work or sporting event; you know that the can of worms you have just opened can never be closed. So be warned - if you choose disclose your position, be prepared to defend it to the death; as not since the great white vs. wheat bread debates of the late 1980's has there ever been a more contentious argument over nonessential things. I have held off discussing this topic in this forum, for fear of the battle that would ensue. Luckily for us, our friends at Reddit have got us covered: Toilet Paper Debate.

No, it doesn't answer the question at hand, but it's pretty entertaining none the less. So it will have to do for now... that is until one of two things happen 1) Gallop releases a poll on this topic to reveal what the underlying trends (i.e. the role that politics, race, wealth, status, religion, area of the country, education, etc.) are, and how they play a role in whether or not you choose to bunch or fold your toilet paper; or 2) Doctors and/or Scientist make a break-through discovery proving once and for all the health benefits/risks of bunching/folding your toilet paper. Until then we may never know the truth about how best to wipe your ass.