The front-vs-back toilet roll debate is a synecdoche for a deeper, more profound contrast within human society down the ages. It's the Apollonian vs Dionysian tension, the Utilitarian vs Aesthetic movements, the Enlightenment vs Romantic ideals, Cicero vs Cato, pragmatism vs ideological rigidity.
All of which is a fancy way of intimidating people in to my point of view, which is that it's handier to use with the free end down the front but looks slightly neater down the back, and that in the context of wiping your arse, practicality and comfort are paramount considerations, and certainly outweigh style.
Matter of opinion. I think it looks neater hanging down the front; you've just got a nice smooth continuous surface of toilet roll, rather than a smooth surface of toilet roll with an end hanging down trying to look inconspicuous and failing.
![[identity profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
timeasmymeasure
no subject
Date: 2010-05-04 09:09 am (UTC)All of which is a fancy way of intimidating people in to my point of view, which is that it's handier to use with the free end down the front but looks slightly neater down the back, and that in the context of wiping your arse, practicality and comfort are paramount considerations, and certainly outweigh style.
no subject
Date: 2010-05-04 09:25 am (UTC)Matter of opinion. I think it looks neater hanging down the front; you've just got a nice smooth continuous surface of toilet roll, rather than a smooth surface of toilet roll with an end hanging down trying to look inconspicuous and failing.