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The quotation marks and the knowing look on the bogroll suggest that the signs are intended ironically. But this would imply that they are actually a challenge _not_ to keep the bathroom clean, which seems unlikely.

This reminds me of some very mysterious signs which appeared in the toilets of the Physics Department at my university a couple of years ago, which read, freely translated, "These toilets are to be used only for the usual purposes". One can only speculate as to what transgression of the unspoken lavatory code provoked this signage - intravenous drug use? hot nerd-loving?

Now, alas, they only have rather dull notices explaining the function of the lavatory brush. I think a simple sign with an arrow pointing at the brush and the words "This isn't for brushing your teeth" would be more effective.

Swipey the smiling TP is speaking, that's why the quote marks. It could have been worse. They might have chosen to quote Stainy the snarling smear mark.

Or, it could have been that friendly little character from South Park...

Your one off from dangerous flame bait...

"She once threw her column open to a discussion of whether toilet paper should be hung with the free end coming over or under the roll; 15,000 letters later, Mrs. Lederer (herself in the ''under'' camp) had to call a moratorium on further debate." -- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/24/us/ann-landers-the-straight-talking-advice-giver-to-generations-is-dead-at-83.html

You take care now.

"I Think The Real Problem Here Is That The Toilet Paper Needs To Be Pulled From Under Rather Than Over The Roll."

Actually, I meant it should be pulled from over rather under. I was too caught up in capitalizing all my letters to notice my mistake.

It is definitely over, unless you own a cat.

The sign wouldn't bother me much, although it does show as a waste of university resources because it had to printed at some cost. At my office, we thought about putting a sign in the restroom that listed all men who used the restroom and didn't wash their hands afterwards. This sign would not include a title, just a list of the names of the known non-washers. Since one of the known non-washers was everybody's supervisor (and also a notorious skirt chaser), we wondered if he would ever figure out the reason for the list. We chickened out, and he moved on to another position.

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It's nicer than the ones I wanted to make myself and stick up in the law school when I was a student- "Flush, you stupid Jerk!" (note that I'm quoting myself here- I'd not have the quotation marks in the sign.) I also thought that a note should be added that if the people are so scared of germs that they are afraid to flush they should seek psychiatric help. Thankfully, the ability to go have a good stiff drink kept me from actually putting up the signs.

There is only one thing worse: The "Hurri-can" newspaper that can be found in front of the men's urinals in the undergrad liab.

Get it? "can" ... only at UM.

Perhaps its the toilet paper's fault for UM's recent USNWR ranking?

I sure hope that's not why Miami's US News ranking went up by 11!

It's better than those ones that basically say: Your using a flushless waterless urinal, and helping the planet. Which makes you feel only slighly better as the pool of pure urine rises ever so higher and you hope that the bowl doesn't overflow on your shoes.

I prefer trees to those horrible things they installed.

exactly, the lines structure should be;

Please Show Courtesy
to Others By Helping Us
Keep Our Bathroom Clean

perfect 5/7/5. Someone at urinal prose department has been sneaking in lessons in haiku.

Rejoice.

Toilet rolls always over, never under. If you want real excitement: have you seen the BLACK loo paper you can get now?

Yeah, I'd rather read, "be a sweetie, wipe the seatie"

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I'd rather see,
"Be a Sweetie, Wipe the Seatie"

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Alan nails it: "It is definitely over, unless you own a cat."

lets keep the bathrooms clean people.