I Have a Theory: Explained

Last Thursday I posted about Having A Theory as to the way people hung their toilet rolls. I expected a few comments but was astonished when the total number of comments actually came in at 18 (but that did include a rather silly one my me about having a nemesis which died after being over-watered which wasn't helpful in theory formation).

My theory was based on empiric observation of a few people I know and was that females generally put toilet rolls on with the paper hanging down the wall and men generall put them on with the paper hanging away from the wall. I formed this after living with someone who was female and enforced this stereotypical behaviour. Behaviour which seemed completely illogical to me because it is more difficult to use when the paper is down the wall. As I don't use patterned toilet paper that hadn't been something about which I had thought.

Anyway the results - thanks everyone - show that 6 females do (or have for a large part of their lives or until converted) indeed hang the paper down the wall. Significantly no males hang it that way. On the other hand 6 males responded (or were mentioned in despatches) and all hung it away from the wall. Having said that 10 females hang it away from the wall or have been converted to seeing the light.

So the conclusion simply shows that the general consensus is that hanging it away from the wall is the way to do it. Ah well. men have to be able to get something right!

I Have a Theory

For many years I have had a theory about the way toilet rolls are hung. I have been hanging a lot of them recently so I thought that is a particularly appropriate time to see if my theory is correct. Question: Do I ask the question first or tell you my theory first? Well I expect the maximum number of responses I'll get will be about five. I know it's many years since I did stats at Uni but even my brain cell can tell that I'm hardly going to get a representative sample of the world's population or a statistically significant result. But wotthehellarchiewotthehell lets be adventurous and go for it.

Toilet rolls can be hung with the paper running down the wall as in the first photo:

or away from the wall as in the second photo:

I have a theory that which way you hang the roll generally depends on whether you are male or female. Am I correct?