The answer to the contested question of "should a toilet paper roll face over or under when on the holder?" is answered. The answer is it should face OVER.7K votes, 245 comments. 19M subscribers in the Damnthatsinteresting community. Generally the toilet paper holder is spring loaded into the TP bracket. I find it easier to conserve paper towel with it falling out the back. I can find the end of the roll easier when it falls out the back. The original patent for the toilet paper holder shows it coming over the top and NOT sneaking out from the bottom. Over the top is correct. The inventor of perforated toilet paper Seth Wheeler illustrated his new and futuristic creation with the paper going up and over the roll.