As a kid, I always hated it when my Dad began his lessons-in-life lectures with the admonition, “There’s a right way and a wrong way to [insert chore here].” But as I matured, I came to appreciate his wisdom. There really is a right way and a wrong way to hold a broom or a shovel if you want to work efficiently.

Well, here’s a life lesson every enlightened redneck needs to learn: There’s a right way and a wrong way to position toilet paper in the holder. To quote Australian blogger Jason Jordan, “Over is right, under is wrong.”

I read the same advice from Ann Landers or Dear Abby (or some other advice columnist) when I was a teen and took it to heart. But I never really understood why over was better than under until I saw Jordan’s illustrations and explanations.

Click the picture to see the rest of them, and you’ll be a top-roll TP convert, too.