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| Can someone please explain to me the thought process behind toilet paper hiding devices? | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 10 2018, 04:28 PM (1,921 Views) | |
| Koalabella | Apr 10 2018, 04:28 PM Post #1 |
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I realized earlier that the bathroom in my house that is original to the house has a shiny chrome toilet paper armoring device. Why? Why would anyone want to hide their toilet paper from their guests? Is it unsightly? Do you want them to be smelly? This seems like a terrible idea. Of course, the bathroom also has a toothbrush/soap hiding device, so maybe it was just a weird thing from the era? |
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| bballmom | Apr 10 2018, 04:29 PM Post #2 |
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I've definitely seen both of those items in bathrooms from the late 50's/early 60's. |
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| AliciaD | Apr 10 2018, 04:30 PM Post #3 |
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I can't picture what you are talking about LOL...but I'm gonna say yes it was probably a thing back in the day :-) |
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| Koalabella | Apr 10 2018, 04:32 PM Post #4 |
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Ta-da! ![]() ![]() This is a confusing and terrible idea. |
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| mannersfanner | Apr 10 2018, 04:32 PM Post #5 |
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I thought you meant those crocheted dolls with big skirts. Because toilet paper isn't "nice" so you want to shield it. I guess it doesn't work when wet so you might need to shield it with something less pervious than crochetwork, depending on your showering habits. ETA since I saw your photo on the way to editing a typo. Um. An extra enthusiastic shield? There will never be dust on the top of the roll in your rarely used bathrooms? Edited by mannersfanner, Apr 10 2018, 04:34 PM.
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| Koalabella | Apr 10 2018, 04:33 PM Post #6 |
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This answers "what?" The "why" is anyone's guess.
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| bballmom | Apr 10 2018, 04:33 PM Post #7 |
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tp hider
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| bballmom | Apr 10 2018, 04:34 PM Post #8 |
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| Koalabella | Apr 10 2018, 04:35 PM Post #9 |
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Here's the toothbrush holder, too.
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| Koalabella | Apr 10 2018, 04:35 PM Post #10 |
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You beat me to it! |
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| mannersfanner | Apr 10 2018, 04:35 PM Post #11 |
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If you have a poo-smearer in the family you can now just hose down the room? |
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| Potatochiplady | Apr 10 2018, 04:38 PM Post #12 |
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I think they just REALLY liked chrome back in the day and this is an excuse to "bling out" the bathroom
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| jeni_4 | Apr 10 2018, 04:43 PM Post #13 |
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Maybe it was to keep cats out of the TP? |
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| melonbird | Apr 10 2018, 04:46 PM Post #14 |
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Back then, I think it was the "thing" to do. It was also the era of keeping the spare roll on the back of the toilet disguised as the crochet skirt of a doll. Currently, my parents could use one. Right now their TP lives in a closed box on the sink counter because of the cats. All of their tissue boxes are kept upside down for the same reason. |
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| ponyprincess | Apr 10 2018, 04:47 PM Post #15 |
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child or pet proofing, perhaps? |
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| awildanduntamedthing | Apr 10 2018, 04:49 PM Post #16 |
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Perhaps to keep any spray from the flushing toilet from landing on the TP? Or people were at one point just really weird about seeing hygiene products in the bathroom... |
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| Gills | Apr 10 2018, 04:55 PM Post #17 |
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See, that one kind of makes sense to me. The metal flap can help tear off squares if you have a "use all the paper!" unroller in the house. |
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| Cecilia | Apr 10 2018, 05:15 PM Post #18 |
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One reason to hide things is that toilets spray a fine mist of germs every time they are flushed. Having toothbrushes sitting out means they are getting Ecolied with every flush. And the paper so near the toilet is getting sprayed with microscopic germs as well. In Europe, the shower is often the room and so it is common to have toiler paper covers so that it doesn't get wet, but that is really not an issue in the US. |
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| Nikki8174 | Apr 10 2018, 06:14 PM Post #19 |
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Queen of this house
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Yup! |
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| Cassady | Apr 10 2018, 06:21 PM Post #20 |
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Do people not close the lid before flushing for that very reason? Are toilet lids a 70s invention? |
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| awildanduntamedthing | Apr 10 2018, 06:31 PM Post #21 |
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I close the toilet lid before flushing for that very reason. Drives me absolutely bonkers that DH doesn't every time. Thankfully he usually uses the front bathroom, which I never use. |
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| Kanye West | Apr 10 2018, 06:34 PM Post #22 |
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I don’t close the lid but that’s because my toilet clogs all the frigging time. But otherwise, I would close it because yuck. |
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| Roor | Apr 10 2018, 06:35 PM Post #23 |
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bad hombre
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And why don't people store their toothbrush in a drawer or medicine cabinet? |
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| helent70 | Apr 10 2018, 07:53 PM Post #24 |
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Stirrer of pots.
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That was my first thought. I have had cats who unroll it all, and Timmy the dog will cheerfully pull it all through the house as well. |
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| Teri Dot | Apr 10 2018, 11:35 PM Post #25 |
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That would be handy when DH gives himself a haircut and little bits of hair are all over the bathroom, including on the toilet paper. Or just if you like shiny things in your bathroom, I suppose. |
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| Parsnip | Apr 11 2018, 02:23 AM Post #26 |
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Everyone in my house does! (It really grosses me out when I see exposed toothbrushes in people's bathrooms. )
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| melonbird | Apr 11 2018, 09:27 AM Post #27 |
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I'd rather have my toothbrush on the counter where it can air dry. I would worry that it wouldn't get dry in the medicine cabinet and then it would grow things. But, we always put the lid down when we flush. |
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| bballmom | Apr 11 2018, 09:36 AM Post #28 |
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we don't have any drawers in our bathroom. BUT we always put the lid down and our bathroom is massive and toilet is at furthest point in 150 SF bathroom as you can get from sink |
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| Edna | Apr 11 2018, 09:37 AM Post #29 |
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The One True Sample Size
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We have a tiny bathroom with no medicine cabinet. Our brushes are on the sink. We haven't died yet. |
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| Designing Craft Maven | Apr 11 2018, 09:42 AM Post #30 |
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Designing Craft Maven
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Cats. Cats will shred the TP and drag it all through the house. At least they do in my house. We keep the door shut to the guest bathroom so they don't get in there, but in our master bath, we have a storage system and the drawers are numbered. #1 has my extra washcloths and hand towels and my makeup bag. So of course #2 has... half dozen rolls of tp. Drawer #3 contains the tins of cat food. Usually it is just my husband and I using that bathroom, but I tell guests that in the drawers next to the toilet, the TP is in drawer #2.
Edited by Designing Craft Maven, Apr 11 2018, 09:45 AM.
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| inkedbooklady | Apr 11 2018, 09:51 AM Post #31 |
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You people and your quaint little categories.
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I need this to keep Tiny Tot from destroying the toilet tissue to get to the cardboard middle
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| Dire Straits | Apr 11 2018, 11:03 AM Post #32 |
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This is where I am at. Wasn't that era also really into modern and space age design? Maybe that was the idea. |
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| LahLah | Apr 11 2018, 11:09 AM Post #33 |
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this!
My BF stores his toothbrush in a drawer. Mine is electric and needs to be plugged in. And I don't have drawers - just a vanity with doors, and I keep everything in baskets in my vanity. I'm a little grossed out at the thought of my toothbrush banging around and touching things in my cabinet - like my hair brush or deodorant. I close the lid when I flush and haven't come down with ecoli. Yet.
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| Roor | Apr 11 2018, 11:10 AM Post #34 |
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bad hombre
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Does your deodorant not have a lid? |
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| UFS.2 | Apr 11 2018, 11:13 AM Post #35 |
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Mid 20th-century modern architectural sleekness?? |
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| AliciaD | Apr 11 2018, 11:13 AM Post #36 |
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OH now I see what you were talking about, I've never seen anything like that in person. As for the rest, we are all pretty good about closing the lid before flushing, and my toothbrush is stored in a fully contained travel container. I don't worry too much about germs on it, I change the brush very often, and after each use I rinse it well and dunk it in peroxide and then flick the bristles till they are pretty dry before I put it into the travel container. |
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| daisy daisy daisy | Apr 11 2018, 11:14 AM Post #37 |
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The toothbrush hider kind of makes sense to me because it keeps your toothbrush safe from toilet water splashes (because lets be honest, when you flush, water does splatter even if the droplets are tiny) and you can spray air freshener or clean the bathroom sinks without having to worry about it getting on your toothbrush. The toilet paper hideaway is strange to me. I don't know why people hide their TP. I have a friend who does this. She thinks TP is unsightly and doesn't even have a TP holder in her bathroom. She keeps an open roll in the sink cabinet. The cabinet is within reach of the toilet so you don't have to get up but still. The first time I peed at her house and there wasn't a roll of TP in sight, my first thought wasn't to open the cabinet under the sink. I had a brief moment of panic and eventually used a wad of Kleenex (which was out because it's not unsightly to her for some reason, unlike TP). Edited by daisy daisy daisy, Apr 11 2018, 11:15 AM.
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| blkcat | Apr 11 2018, 11:24 AM Post #38 |
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The Tiny Terror likes to unroll and shred toilet paper. I squish the roll so it's oval shaped and she's not able to get it to spin. I like to ruin her fun. Now if I could get her to stop laying in the sink when I'm trying to get ready for work... |
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| Sew Birdy | Apr 11 2018, 11:35 AM Post #39 |
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DH never closes the toilet when he flushes. He thinks the tiny droplets are an invented problem. Fortunately, in our bathroom, the toilet is in a different area than the sink. |
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| sfm | Apr 11 2018, 11:40 AM Post #40 |
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You bought the c heap stuff and do not want folks like the LW from the ask a manger thread to see . |
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| monica | Apr 11 2018, 11:41 AM Post #41 |
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DH never puts the toilet seat down (let alone the lid!) when he flushes. I'm less concerned about the toothbrushes on the counter than I am about me falling into the toilet when I get up to go in the middle of the night
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| Cecilia | Apr 11 2018, 12:11 PM Post #42 |
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I know virtually no one who closes the lid. |
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| Cecilia | Apr 11 2018, 12:12 PM Post #43 |
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I learned years ago having fallen in to always check with my hand before sitting down. |
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| loomatic | Apr 11 2018, 01:02 PM Post #44 |
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OMG, I am sooo jealous! My bathroom is tiny, with almost no storage. The vanity is just wide enough for a sink. I've got a little piece of furniture with drawers stuck in there, and another thing hung up on the wall. In my dream house, I would have an actual linen closet, and gobs of under counter storage. |
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| Koalabella | Apr 11 2018, 01:15 PM Post #45 |
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Our pink bathroom is 8x12 and has a full linen closet and ten feet of cabinets under the counter. It’s lovely. The master has a medicine cabinet and some poorly designed hooks. |
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| Roor | Apr 11 2018, 01:16 PM Post #46 |
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bad hombre
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Really? Wth kind of cretins do you know? |
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| Ellerles | Apr 11 2018, 01:52 PM Post #47 |
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People like me.
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| blkcat | Apr 11 2018, 02:01 PM Post #48 |
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I always close the lid. When I was house hunting one of the things I noticed was a lot of people don't put the toilet lid down. It wouldn't have killed the realtor to take five seconds to close the lid before they took pictures. |
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| monica | Apr 11 2018, 02:06 PM Post #49 |
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I've learned too, but a couple of times I've sat directly on the toilet bowl rim. Grossed me out to no end because he tends to "splash" when he goes Man, he's lucky I love him. |
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| Cecilia | Apr 11 2018, 03:04 PM Post #50 |
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We now have our own bathrooms and I have given up on him keeping his clean. It is impossible for him now since he is visually impaired, but he was bad at it before too. Now I just clean his toilet when I clean mine. I don't mind and he does his share around the house, just not this chore. Sitting on the rim of his john would be really gross if it is a few days past the last cleaning. I can't stand having a bathroom in my home that is disgusting. |
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Usually it is just my husband and I using that bathroom, but I tell guests that in the drawers next to the toilet, the TP is in drawer #2. 

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