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Originally Posted by OzMan
Coriolis would not apply in any case as angular momentum is constant and most people's rolls are aligned horizontally rather than vertically.
You may want to check local anomalies in the Earth's magnetic field that have been especially prominent during the current solar storm as being the cause of the problem.
Of course it goes without saying that if you have a plastic or nickel-plated roll holder, none of the above applies unless you can verify the exact time the mold was cast with the manufacturer so as to have a base with with to quantumize any residual Tesla field effects.  |
Thank you, John! I totally neglected to consider the possible effects of low-energy electrostatic fields which could certainly be created by interactions between the roll and holders made of certain ferrous alloys. However, I'd say that the type of contact we normally have with rolls of TP (bare skin of the hand, and perhaps a few spins round the core) are not likely to have either the electron richness nor the length of contact to impart the kind of charge you'd need to overcome the mass of even a single sheet. I'm going to take a shit now, with cashmere wool gloves on, and conduct an experiment. Will report findings later.
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