ChemMommy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 ... I AM the only person in this house who is dexterous enough to change the toilet paper rolls when they run empty! Faced with an empty roll, my family loses their mechanical skills and pulls out a new roll, setting it on the counter. Days pass with the empty roll staring at them while they do their business. The last fragment of paper is systematically removed from the cardboard cylinder. The roll on the counter shrinks dramatically. But, do any of them consider removing the old roll and installing the new one? NO, I say, no! If I die, I can envision my family slowing drowning in small, brown cardboard tube that eventually spill out of the bathrooms and down the hall. I can only pray that my dh remarries quickly and that this mystery woman knows the secret to toilet paper roll replacement. Returning you to more edifying and erudite posts,:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jenn1129 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lolly Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I have given up. I now use the one sitting on the counter without replacing it.:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saja1029 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am actually blessed with a 9 year old son who DOES get a new roll out....and discards the empty one on the floor....right under the holder...2 feet from the garbage can...don't ask me...:confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacia Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 ... I AM the only person in this house who is dexterous enough to change the toilet paper rolls when they run empty! Me too. It also seems to be up to me to keep them updated at my parents' house too. In honor of us: :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoyfulMama Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sibbis Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 My kids not changing it I can understand. My husband though? What is wrong with these people! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oasis Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Our 3-year-old son solved this by pulling all the toilet-paper holders out of the wall, and now all rolls are on the counters! :D (Had the holes in the wall repaired and replaced the holders, and ds pulled them out again. Waiting until he grows out of it until we attempt to fix again! He does this while I'm at work and he's at home with dh, or else I'd just fix them again and enforce rules!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TravelingChris Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yes, I seem to be the only one too even though I am the only one who has arthritis in my fingers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Oh no, don't think so. BTDT. I called all the children into the bathroom about 2 weeks ago and held "class" on this very subject! :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 ... I AM the only person in this house who is dexterous enough to change the toilet paper rolls when they run empty! Faced with an empty roll, my family loses their mechanical skills and pulls out a new roll, setting it on the counter. Days pass with the empty roll staring at them while they do their business. The last fragment of paper is systematically removed from the cardboard cylinder. The roll on the counter shrinks dramatically. But, do any of them consider removing the old roll and installing the new one? NO, I say, no! If I die, I can envision my family slowing drowning in small, brown cardboard tube that eventually spill out of the bathrooms and down the hall. I can only pray that my dh remarries quickly and that this mystery woman knows the secret to toilet paper roll replacement. Returning you to more edifying and erudite posts,:001_smile: I am sure that, somewhere, there is a quantum rule that only one toilet paper roll changer can exist in one household at a time. More than one per household would cause a spatial anomaly. Lucky you.... you're it. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FaithManor Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 :lol::lol: I SOOOOOOOOOOO GET THIS! I am convinced that in a household of males mostly (DD is not around that much anymore) this is pure, unjustified bull-headedness to get me to do it because they are convinced that toilet paper is much more important to me than to them. I have considered possibly not replacing the toilet paper for days and hiding all of the remaining rolls, entering the bathroom with TP in my pockets for personal my use, and promising to divulge the location of the rolls when they promise, on pain of blood shed, to engage in toilet paper replacement. Faith Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrsBasil Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I'm the changer in my house too. DH refuses and the toddler thinks toilet paper is for unrolling and playing with....which is WHY I like it attached to the wall. He can't decorate the playroom with it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newlifemom Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 :lol::lol: I SOOOOOOOOOOO GET THIS! I am convinced that in a household of males mostly (DD is not around that much anymore) this is pure, unjustified bull-headedness to get me to do it because they are convinced that toilet paper is much more important to me than to them. I have considered possibly not replacing the toilet paper for days and hiding all of the remaining rolls, entering the bathroom with TP in my pockets for personal my use, and promising to divulge the location of the rolls when they promise, on pain of blood shed, to engage in toilet paper replacement. Faith Hmmmmmm . . .:001_rolleyes: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am the only one coordinated enough to pull the shower curtain closed. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mejane Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Mine put the roll on backward (which is wrong, and I'm not debating this ;)), so I'd rather do it myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elise1mds Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I am sure that, somewhere, there is a quantum rule that only one toilet paper roll changer can exist in one household at a time. More than one per household would cause a spatial anomaly. Lucky you.... you're it. :D :lol::lol: I SOOOOOOOOOOO GET THIS! I am convinced that in a household of males mostly (DD is not around that much anymore) this is pure, unjustified bull-headedness to get me to do it because they are convinced that toilet paper is much more important to me than to them. I have considered possibly not replacing the toilet paper for days and hiding all of the remaining rolls, entering the bathroom with TP in my pockets for personal my use, and promising to divulge the location of the rolls when they promise, on pain of blood shed, to engage in toilet paper replacement. Faith BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA :rofl: :lol::rofl: :lol: Love it!!! I am the roll-changer here. DD tries, but she's only 5 and just can't quite do it yet. DS and DH have no such excuse, though I have noticed that if a CAT shreds a roll, DH will magically develop the ability to change it because he can't stand a shredded roll and will toss the entire roll rather than just the 10 layers the cat has eaten through. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Mine put the roll on backward (which is wrong, and I'm not debating this ;)), so I'd rather do it myself. :lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aggieamy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I always thought that being able to change the TP roll was something of a super power because so few people were able to do it. Of course it's a bummer that of all the cool super powers (x-ray vision, flying, super strength) I got THE AMAZING ABILITY TO CHANGE THE EMPTY TP ROLL. I'd have rather been able to fly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Yes, I seem to be the only one too even though I am the only one who has arthritis in my fingers. And all that TP-roll-changing is exactly why you have arthritis in your fingers! This is the fate that awaits the OP and, it would appear, most of the rest of us. For the sake of our knuckles, ladies, train your families to take their turns at changing the roll! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PinkInTheBlue Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Well, I guess that makes it my super power too. Lately I just ignore it and use the latest one sitting on top of the empty roll still up there. Matter fact, empty rolls will actually accumulate under the roll on the wall. Just for understanding, the trash can is about 2 feet away. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
In the Rain Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 My girls will go so far as to remove the old cardboard tube from the holder, which they collect in their rooms. :glare: They do seem content, however, to leave the new roll on the counter. :glare: They even put the empty spring loaded thing back in the holder. :confused: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I solved the issue in our last house by purchasing a European toilet paper holder. In our new house we have the traditional one, but it will soon get upgraded. No one balks about the European holder. No springs to fly across the floor, no aligning of the holder. It's easy-peasy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandy in Indy Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 At least they get out another roll.... :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MamaBirdX7 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 The toilet paper always gets wet if left on the counter so it has to go on the roller. I am the designated changer and I used to do it at our old church often. I only done it a time or two at our current church so churches must be allowed to house more than one Changer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted January 3, 2011 Author Share Posted January 3, 2011 That European holder looks great! I may have to check into that one! And I love, love, love the quantum singularity comment. I'll chuckle about that one as I make my rounds to bathrooms, straining my arthritic fingers to reload tp for the day! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcjlkplus3 Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I always thought that being able to change the TP roll was something of a super power because so few people were able to do it. Of course it's a bummer that of all the cool super powers (x-ray vision, flying, super strength) I got THE AMAZING ABILITY TO CHANGE THE EMPTY TP ROLL. I'd have rather been able to fly. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginevra Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 a European toilet paper holder. The pitfall there, though, is that little kids (or maybe dh's?) think it's a handle, like maybe you need a little safety-bar-pull-up off the pot. Breaks that sucker right off. Also, over-zealous spinning of the roll makes it go towards the open end. Around our house, everyone thinks the spring-loader is really a shelf that the TP should sit on until mom gets annoyed and loads it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Truscifi Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Mine put the roll on backward (which is wrong, and I'm not debating this ;)), so I'd rather do it myself. :iagree: :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belacqua Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I always thought that being able to change the TP roll was something of a super power because so few people were able to do it. Of course it's a bummer that of all the cool super powers (x-ray vision, flying, super strength) I got THE AMAZING ABILITY TO CHANGE THE EMPTY TP ROLL. I'd have rather been able to fly. Can I be your faithful sidekick? I do have qualifications: I am the only one in my house with the ability to empty the toaster's crumb tray. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 I solved the issue in our last house by purchasing a European toilet paper holder. In our new house we have the traditional one, but it will soon get upgraded. No one balks about the European holder. No springs to fly across the floor, no aligning of the holder. It's easy-peasy. I'm still the only person who loads it up. In three bathrooms. One of which I don't normally use. Laura Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary in VA Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 My dh and I both change it in our bathroom, but neither of our dds will change it in theirs. I remember over 30 years ago, when I was home from college, I changed the toilet paper. The next time she came out of the bathroom my mom announced in an astounded voice that I was "now an adult" because I changed the toilet paper roll! Mary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsbaby Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I had a friend once tape a 5 dollar bill to the spring holder, just to see how long it would take for someone to change the roll She said it wasn't recovered for months! I know it would never be discovered here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChemMommy Posted January 4, 2011 Author Share Posted January 4, 2011 Brilliant! I may try the $5 bill trick just to see what happens! I'm SO glad that I'm not the only one. I have sisters-in-TP-roll-changing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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