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==Installation== ===Dispensers=== {{main|Toilet roll holder}} A toilet roll holder, also known as a toilet paper dispenser, is an item that holds a roll of toilet paper. There are at least seven types of holders: # A horizontal piece of wire mounted on a hinge, hanging from a door or wall. # A horizontal axle recessed in the wall. # A vertical axle recessed in the wall # A horizontal axle mounted on a freestanding frame. # A freestanding vertical pole on a base. # A wall mounted dispensing unit, usually containing more than one roll. This is used in the commercial/away-from-home marketplace. # A wall mounted dispensing unit with tissue interleaved in a "S"-type fold so the user can extract the tissue one sheet at a time. Some commercial or institutional toilet paper is wrapped around a cylinder to many times the thickness of a standard toilet paper roll. ===Orientation=== {{main|Toilet paper orientation}} {{multiple image | width = 150 | image1 = Toilet paper orientation over.jpg | caption1 = The ''over'' orientation | image2 = Toilet paper orientation under.jpg | caption2 = The ''under'' orientation }} There are two choices of orientation when using a holder with a [[horizontal plane|horizontal]] [[axle]] [[parallel (geometry)|parallel]] to the wall: the toilet paper may hang ''over'' or ''under'' the roll. The choice is largely a matter of personal preference, dictated by [[habit (psychology)|habit]]. In surveys of American consumers and of bath and kitchen specialists, 60β70% of respondents prefer ''over''. Most Americans think it should go over the top, like a [[waterfall]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.maxim.com/news/toilet-paper-direction-2016-4 |title=What the Direction Your Toilet Paper Hangs Says About You According to Science: Under or over? |first1=Zeynep |last1=Yenisey |date=5 April 2016 |work=[[Maxim (magazine)|Maxim]] |access-date=2 April 2020}}</ref> ===Decoration=== {{main|Hotel toilet paper folding}} ''Toilegami'' refers to toilet paper [[origami]]. Like table napkins, some fancy Japanese hotels fold the first squares of toilet paper on its dispenser to be presented in a fashionable way.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.origami-resource-center.com/toilet-paper-origami.html | title = Toilet Paper Origami | work = Origami Resource Center | access-date = 28 February 2010 | archive-date = 26 January 2010 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100126010408/http://www.origami-resource-center.com/toilet-paper-origami.html | url-status = dead }}</ref> ===Recreational use=== {{main|Toilet papering}} In the United States, toilet paper has been the primary tool in a prank known as "TP-ing" (pronounced "teepeeing"). TP-ing, or "toilet papering", is often favored by adolescents and is the act of throwing rolls of toilet paper over cars, trees, houses and gardens, causing the toilet paper to unfurl and cover the property, creating an inconvenient mess.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://articles.dailypilot.com/2002-09-07/news/export33250_1_tp-trees-bandits|title=Hey kids, TPing is not a crime!|work=tribunedigital-dailypilot|access-date=30 May 2015|archive-date=16 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016210052/http://articles.dailypilot.com/2002-09-07/news/export33250_1_tp-trees-bandits|url-status=dead}}</ref> Children and cats may unroll an entire roll of toilet paper by spinning it until it completely unravels on the floor, or as a game by children wadding up one end, putting it in the toilet bowl without tearing it and then using the flushing of the toilet to pull new paper into the toilet, with the objective of flushing the entire roll down the toilet section at a time without the toilet paper breaking. Special toilet paper insert holders with an oblong shape were invented to prevent continuous unrolling without tearing to discourage this practice.{{citation needed|date=June 2020}} Toilet paper pranks include talking toilet paper holders and inserts that are activated by the unrolling of the toilet paper and will loudly play an embarrassing message calling attention to the person defecating.<ref>https://www.amazon.com/Talking-TP-10860815-Toilet-Spindle/dp/B000G82KI6</ref> Other gags include custom toilet paper printed with jokes, stories or politician's images.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Kaye|first1=Ben|title=Donald Trump's shitty tweets printed on toilet paper|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/08/someone-finally-made-toilet-paper-with-trumps-tweets-printed-on-it/|access-date=28 March 2018|magazine=Consequence of Sound|date=4 August 2017}}</ref>
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