Luann by Greg Evans and Karen Evans for March 04, 2025

Under. You get better leverage when you rip it from the roll that way, and you can do it one-handed.

Oh no…….Here we go. Listen to me. NO ONE CARES!!!

My mother insisted on under. Once, at my brother’s house, she saw that the TP was over, and she reversed it!

Red flag right there. They should’ve gotten the banana split; cause that’s what they’ll be in a week

Did Phil ever take the same psych class that Bernice did? This date is looking more like an exercise in social interaction. (Not that those can’t be fun as well.)

“Getting to know you” cards? Do these really exist? If so, the perpetrators should be tracked down and hanged from the lampposts as soon as possible.

Eat the ice cream first. It will melt. The toilet paper can wait.

RUN Luann, don’t look back

Phil is not confident with his ability to make conversation, maybe because of inexperience or maybe his nervousness. It’s not a great sign for compatibility with Luann, who prides herself on her sense of humor and doesn’t have trouble talking to anyone (except for Ox).

No. Over so your dirty hands don’t touch the wall.

Under? WRONG!

Luann is right, now hold on a sec! … It’s over!

OOOO. They’re gonna go to the floor on the Great Toilet Paper Debate! BTW, in my house, it’s above/upside/over/up..

Over – If the holder is mounted too far back and hard to reach.

When they’re on a roll, if she wants over and he wants under, that doesn’t sound like a problem. ➔➔➔ ♀/♂ ♡♥

Here we go. First date along with first fight. By the way over is the correct way. :)

He needs cards to start a conversation? This date story is so f’d up that it’s time to pull the plug on it.

I’ve heard of divorce issues that included not screwing the cap back on the toothpaste tube so that it engages properly. However I have not yet heard of a divorce based on the toilet paper issue, althogh it is commonly discussed.

Luann, Phil better be really into you so he can get passed your “under” preference for TP roll.

The suspense is killing me. What will the next card read? Cat or Dog? Or Fish?

OMG – The first time in bed he’ll have something 100 pages.

Phil is about to find out why Luann is currently single and will be so for the foreseeable future.

Well, panel 1 shows that free association trait in Luann once again: icebreaker > ice cream. Panel 3 is tempting yet another transition to: “I scream”. Someone pointed out to me that in a household with cats, turning the TP roll to feed from under prevented a playful cat from batting the roll to unroll the paper. Someone here insisted that tearing the paper has better leverage from under, but I disagree. It all depends on the shearing direction of the tear, upward or downward. Personally, I favor over the top, which allows visual inspection of the roll to ensure that the sheets are free and available - and not stuck together or inhibited by interference with the dispenser. Some dispensers eliminate the argument altogether by placing the spindle vertically through the roll.

Talking toilet paper on first date? What’s next, farts? I would go for that. Anyway, we don’t use the toilet paper holder because the rolls are all so big after you cram them in there they won’t roll, so we just sit it on the counter. If we did, over because we don’t want the paper sitting near the not so clean wall before we use it.

Second card: Sock and a sock, shoe and a shoe, or one foot at a time?

Ice has long been broken since they agreed to be honest. Who needs this goof ball stuff…

According to the patent for toilet paper, the paper is supposed to go over and not under.

Coupla good reasons to have th TP go down the back:

1. Harder for cats to unroll it

2. Best reason: If you got a relly small bathroom the paper goin down the back huggin the wall creates the illusion of havin more space

This poor generation that cannot make conversation. It is wrong to presume you know the answer to icebreaker questions.

Amazon’s got some intelligent automatic terlet paper dispensers. You cant see th roll an if you wave your hand in front of it, it’ll dispense however much you have it set for. No touchin walls, nothing. Even keeps Mr. Whipple from squeezin your Charmin

I ONLY care that it is there and available.

Perfect icebrecker; Luann is just the person to crack the ice up. Ooh, see what I did there? So sweet.

How is this staged nonsense remotely believable?!

Not date material?

If you have a cat that likes to paw at the toilet paper roll, then it better be under.

Over, under, I don’t care. Just don’t leave 2 squares with no spare roll.

Who brings that to a first date?

Here we have the same issue with the paper towel holder rather than toilet paper.

Ooops.

Don’t look now, but I believe that Mr. Phil just “tripped.”

You kept THAT up pally, and Lu’s going to look over her shoulder and shout “NEXT!” the way she did during Bern’s “experiment” a couple of years ago.

Phil, rule number 1: Let the lady answer FIRST, then acted stunned, agree with HER answer, and say that YOU were about to say the SAME thing. ;-)

Scottissue is manufactured so it’s easier to tear from the top

Just make sure there is some there, nobody likes to be left hanging. . .

With the next question being, “Wadded, or folded into nice neat squares”?

Sorry, I think this guy is a bit weird in his ideas of how to relate to someone. I think I’ll check back in a week or two.

OVER! It’s always over!

Luann introduce this guy to Bernice and find someone else.

I don’t care how it’s on the holder. I just want the TP to be present and in reach!

What a great idea. Make sure the “getting to know you” cards focus on politics, religion, abortion rights, gender definition, favorite sports teams and pet peeves. Also make sure they come with guns or knives, in case the discussion gets a little hot.

DING!

Factually wrong, buddy.

Over of course! And if I’m visiting people who have it under, I like to switch it just to mess with them.

Ok I still like him because he’s obviously a good, caring person and they make such a sweet couple. But pulling out those cards just brings dork to a whole new level.

Phil obviously has an anal personality.

You should flip the table over and storm out, Luann. This guy is obviously a psychopath.

Oh no! A difference on one of those little things that drive you crazy! But it really seems like a great point to start a discussion. I remember Brad and Toni were able to find a compromise. Phil has good ideas, but needs to learn not to take things for granted, especially with Luann.

It’s not so much his answer that’s an issue as the fact that he just barrels ahead without even asking for her opinion. He also firmly states that “obviously” HIS opinion is the correct one and of course she’ll agree with him.

Thank him for the nice time and move on.

There’s a diner in Hackensack, NJ that has a set of those cards on the table. It’s called the Chit Chat Diner.

“That’s funny (not)”.

I used to be an “over” but under keeps the cat from unrolling the whole roll.

The ice breaker/ ice cream joke/connection threw me off at first but it’s cute he acknowledged that it was funny. I think maybe they’re going to learn from each other and learn opposites attract? My fiance and I have our differences but we also grew from that and learned new things from each other. I’m like Luann going for the different flavor ice cream, he is like phil and goes for the simple Flavor. But we still have more fun in life than anyone we’ve ever been with. I’m hoping much like that Luann and Phil will be getting that wake up call and enjoy the differences instead of trying to tell the other they are wrong for them. Although it does feel like they’re trying to push how they feel onto the other :/ then again Phil did said Luann was interesting yesterday .

Mullet or Beard?

Hmmm…Phil is seeming a little pushy here. Announcing right away that Luann has to pay for herself, then Phil answers the question and doesn’t want Luann’s opinion?

Hotel housekeepers use over so they can make those decorative folds.

Deal breaker! (Wow, this strip spawned a lot of comments)

There’s the right way and then there’s under. I settled it with my kids’s dad by saying, okay, whoever changes it gets to do it how they want. End of argument.

No one cares as long as it tears along the perforations! Unless you own a cat , then it has to be under so the cat can’t unroll it all on to the floor.

The correct answer is over UNLESS you have toddlers or cats

For what it’s worth, the guy who invented the t-paper roll said “over” …

Phil is a control freak. He brings question cards to a date and then dismisses the very first card because HIS opinion is “obviously” correct. What an a$$.

LMAO – 70% of ‘Merica insists their TP be hung correctly: over the top. Interestingly, 70% of ’Mericans agree that Trump is doing what’s correct for ’Merica…

Ann Landers was asked, in her many years, what controversial column got her the most mail. It was after she said the toilet paper should be over!

That’s a card to leave out of the deck!

Did you know that the patent calls for the TP to be over?

he’s more of a Bearnice type

and the patent for a toilet paper holder clearly shows it goes over. anyone going under has it wrong.

Well, OBVIOUSLY a serious topic for discussion on a first date.

Uh oh, could be trouble in paradise. Hopefully it won’t get heated, and ice cream starts flying at each other…

easy peasy, two rolls, one is always under, the other is always over. That way everyone is happy!

Forty nine people cared. lol Those who answered you.

They deserve each other.

Everybody knows it “over”. Did he grow up in a barn?

I like it! Very funny!

Under?! OMG! Throw him back in the pond, Luann.

Anyway, as it can be seen by the number of comments… It can be an issue to be sorted out before being an item… I read a book which title was : Things I wish I ´d known before I got married… That was in it ! It’s strange but human how such little things that do not seem to matter get suddenly out of proportion when a couple gets messed up…

I have some of those cards. They’re nice to use when visiting my other senior neighbors, like little quizzes.As for the TP, my hubby wanted it under, as he grew up with it that way, Italian family. When we went to Italy, I found out why. The TP was in a little lidded box on the wall. The TP came through the slot ….under. I think it’s a holdover, ha, from our European ancestors. Doesn’t matter, just don’t run out of it!! ;-D

Had I lived to be a thousand years old, I would never have believed the way in which the toilet paper roll is presented next to the commode would have ever been a topic of conversation, not to mention a topic of contention! Now if it’s not there to begin with you have something to gripe about.

I think they will learn that they are not very compatible. Also, anyone that is this methodical on a date has no passion or attraction for you. Luann needs to write this one off. I’m sure Phil is a nice guy for someone—-just not her. It’s strange how Gunther seems to be the only guy who expresses real interest in his girlfriend. Even the handsome Kip seems emotionally crippled. All these weird guys make Quill seem even more appealing. He may have let Luann down (or she at least felt let down by the spontaneous NYC trip she planned and sprang on him) but at least he showed his attractive to her and he seemed to care. So far, I’m not feeling it for her and Phil. Phil is more Mr. Spock. Luann needs someone more like Captain Kirk.

It’s good to get these divisive religious issues out of the way as soon as possible to see if the relationship has any chance.

I was keeping an open mind about Phil, but now I’m convinced his family of advisors has ruined him from thinking for himself.

Over, unless you have a cat who is fascinated by TP.

There was a comic I saw a while back with four images (I can’t remember the artist):

Toilet paper over the tube: OVER

Toilet paper under the tube: UNDER

Toilet paper sitting on top of the tube: SIDEWAYS

Empty tube: KIDS

Such an impromptu approach to a first date. Did he also bring flash card hints as to appropriate replies?

Over is clearly the optimal method. Under can lead to the paper not hanging and not being seen where the end is.

If it’s obvious why include that question

Oh no! Is that a deal breaker? I would say over unless you have small children or cats who bat at it causing it to pile up on the floor beside the toilet. ICK!

ruh roh

Putting aside the TP question (which Ann Landers said was the most contentious question she ever dealt with – people had incredibly strong opinions about it) I’m boggled by the fact that Phil brought “getting to know you” cards to a first date. Can’t they just casually talk with each other?

Over… unless you are a psychopath!

Congrats to Phil for the least sexy first date ever. Not only for bringing a box of conversation cards with him, but for failing to screen the cards first to make sure all the questions were appropriate to the setting. Is he that bad at thinking on his feet that he needed pre-prepared questions?

Over…Under… Who cares so long as you leave the seat up