Toilet papering, rolling...I can't be the only one...Vent

[nataliela]

My parents and their friends would roll each other’s houses every so often. Once we woke up and found my mom’s name written out in the yard in TP. She asked if we thought it was our friends??

One time they had two slumber parties going on down our street. Same ages, one boys, one girls. The boys got the girls house, so my mom went get the girls and got the boys back.

In high school, my husband switched schools, his old school “forked” his yard (putting plastic forks in your yard) when the two school played football against each other.

My husband , friend and I recently rolled our friend’s house…like two months ago… We also left womanly surprises on his truck. He wasn’t happy picking it up, but we laugh about it know.

I have an aunt who lives in south Texas, and pranking each other happens all the time…not just toilet paper, but forks, cotton balls, yarn…and one I don’t suggest….beans! (this happened to my aunt, and she got the kids who “beaned” her to pick up every sprout out her yard)

As long as you know who you are rolling and are not doing it out of spite or doing it to where it could damage their property, I see no problem with it.


Egging, paintballs or shaving cream, on the other hand, is totally ridiculous. I once had my car egged while I was on vacation. It ate the paint right off my car.

 

[bsnyder]

This has been a bone of contention here at our house for the last few months - we've been TP'd twice and "forked" once.

We were out to dinner with my BIL and SIL when we got a call from DD, who was at home with a friend. She said they were scared, because they kept hearing noises outside. My SIL called my nephew (they live around the corner from us) to take their dog and walk over to see what was going on. A few minutes later, he called and said "You're not going to believe this when you see it". We hurried home, and I must say, these boys did a most impressive job. One of them later told DD they used over 50 rolls!!! It was everywhere!

DD is in 8th grade, and around here, it's definitely considered a sign of popularity, for the boys to do this to a girl's house. So, DD was practically swooning with delight.

DH was NOT happy - kept threatening to call the police, or the principal of the middle school. Poor DD was wringing her hands and begging him not to "ruin her life". Having my BIL and SIL there helped defuse the situation, as their reaction was the same as mine - it's a harmless prank and not a big deal.

The next day, DH couldn't wait to talk to the neighbors, thinking that they would be sharing in his outrage, especially because some of the TP got in their yards, and their trees. He didn't at all get the reaction he was hoping for - one mom even said "So, when are you going to take her to get back at those boys!".

The second incident was so nothing - compared to the first. Very mild and easy to clean up, ditto for the forking. But we STILL have TP in the tops of some of our trees, from the first time. And it was 4 months ago.

The second incident was a different group of boys - from a private school, not the school DD goes to, and I've teased them since then, that they really didn't measure up, to the first group. But, I also told them they had their chance, and if they try it again I can't be responsible for what DD's father mgiht do.

 

[powellrj]

we have been TPd twice this year. We don't have any trees, so it mostly silly string and lots of glitter. We still have glitter in our yard and its been several months ago.

 

[Ride Junkie]

Back in the 80's, we also TP'd the houses of people we liked. You would come out the next morning and go, "Dang it, they got me." It was all in fun, until it was your house & your mom made you clean it up. Not fun. But I have to admit, TP'ing other people's houses was a blast!

 

[IHeartTink04]

I am only 21 so it wasn't long ago that I was doing the tped and getting tped myself and I also take my 14 year-old sister and her friends to do it sometimes but I don't see a huge problem with it. My only rule would be is for the kids who are getting tped needs to pick it up. That way they are more reluctant to do it themselves next time!

 

[Becky2005]

It happens around here all the time, but ONLY during homecoming. The school gets TPd, and people's houses get TPd. One year my sister's friends did our house, while we were all awake, and my dad invited them in for a soda! My senior year, we not only got TPd, but we got for sale signs in the yard. Harmless prank!

That's what it's like around here too. You know when it's homecoming when there is Tping going around. I'm pretty sure it was the upperclassmen football players (maybe Seniors only?) I'm not there yet but I know the houses have football players in them due to siblings in school with my kids.

I've never seen it done any other time except Homecoming week.

 

[romymichelle21]

Well, I plan on being one of those "cool" moms , and if my house gets TP'd someday - I'll just and then get someone else to clean it up

Then again, I have a great sense of humor - and there's a lot worse things "kids" can do these days to take out anger on unsuspecting property.

For example (and I'm 22, remember) - last year we lived in a condo community, which wasn't gated but had it's own streets and all. Fairly private. Nobody knew where I lived except a few good friends (and I had no enemies, I might add!). Late one night, randomly, I heard a car alarm which promptly turned off, so I thought nothing of it.

The next morning we discovered my car's windshield had been completely smashed in with a baseball bat! And you could TELL it was a bat, there was an imprint in the remaining part of the glass.

So TP would be a welcome alternative to more destructive things!

 

[keishashadow]

It is called TPing, rolling, or wrapping, and it is illegal. You are trespassing on someone's property. OP, I don't understand it either. I've never done it-don't see anything fun about vandalism. I had a classmate shot, not seriously hurt but could have been, our senior year. Last week, some of my students did the outgoing superintendent's yard (definitely not because they liked her ), and her dh chased them. They wrecked and one was hurt, but is back at school . They are facing youth court charges now. There was a student killed in a neighboring town last year after being chased. He fell off the back of the truck at high speeds.

My kids may do it, but they will be punished for it. And I will call the police on anyone I catch doing it to me!

so sad to hear, what a senseless waste of a life

however, cannot imagine why anyone would "chase" (possibly @ high speeds & violating the "law" themselves) kids who TP'd a yard.

in our area, it is a right of passage & expected...as is the fact that the student of the household clean it all up the next day.

 

[4greatboys]

Where I grew up in the 80's they TP'd houses of ppl they did not like. Now they do it to ppl they do like. Its a pain to clean up.

 

[dis2cruise]

my dd does this:

this is done on the eve of homecoming. She is a varsity cheerleader and all the girls all meet at someones home and several of the "FOOTBALL players moms/dads, yes the parents of the boys will divide the girls up and then the moms/dads take the girls to several homes for them to tp their homes until all team players have been tp.

The parents / neighbors watch when the girls do this and surprisingly they love it my dd threw the tp and it got caught up in the tree....
the parent (who lived at this house) lifted their smaller sibling he climbed up the tree and let the tp loose so the tp would fall to the ground so she didn't waste the tp. Another neighbor actually had lawn chairs and sat to watch
I guess if your son is active in football all the time I guess the neighbors figure this is entertainment ????

personally I wouldn't want it done but my dd said she had a blast and the parents of the football team where really nice to them, in my dd car that she was in even stopped at a 7-11 and bought the girls snacks and sodas my dd was happy she loves food lol .

 

[disneyfan67]

Maybe my recollection of the 1970's and 80's is different from others here. When TP'ing, forking, or the dreaded flour bombing was done, it wasn't because you were liked.

There was a few exceptions, but usually if your house was done, someone either disliked the parents, the kids, or a combination of the both. It was a mess to clean up, especially if you got the trifecta mentioned above.


BTW, for those who aren't in the know. Flour bombing was when kids would get their hands on the smaller bags of flour, slit one end partially and throw it against the house that was being TP'ed. It was done at the end and considered the finishing touch. It would make quite the mess, but not as bad as egging would.

 

[figment52]

I graduated in 1981 and it was done to the homes of friends and was all in good fun. Most times the paperers would go to the paperee's home the next day and help with clean up.

It is still a time honored tradition around here.

I graduated in 1970 and we were the same way...friends only and everyone took part in the cleanup too.

 

[tekmom]

Well, I saw my neighbor out picking it all up by herself today. She couldn't reach the paper high up in the tree or on the power line. No sign of her DD or the friends who did it. By the time she made it out there this afternoon, it had blown all over everyones yards and the street and the lady next door had complained. It seemed to have stayed connected in some spots remarkably well...they must have used Scott toilet paper.

 

[winkers]

Where I grew up we only did it to people we liked. Usually it was boys that we liked. I think it's a harmless prank, as long as it's only tp.

Egging, or using shaving cream or other things I don't think is approriate at all.

One of our favorite winter activities was to color snow! A little food coloring added to water in a squirt bottle, and you can have lots of fun drawing in the snow!

 

[ptcruisermom]

here in nw ohio we did it to our friends this was in the late 70's. see it every so often now, not like when i was younger. Although when the local school wins or even goes to a state championship game the whole downtown gets tp'd the cops even block the street off, everyone participates, and the cop cars get it to as they escort the team in. Now i had a friend from MI and he thought this was terrible, and he thought it was terrible that i let my kids do this. He even got mad about it, oh well some people.

 

[Donald & Daisy Duck]

In our town, the younger varsity teammates usually TPer the houses of the graduating seniors on their team either just before the homecoming game or before their last home game of the season. It has been done for years and most seniors look forward to the day it is done for them...notice I say for them, not to them. This isn't done as a malicious activity or a practical joke, it's more a rite of passage. Of course, if a parent objects, and their senior tells their team, it isn't done to that one house. It seems sad to me that anyone would do that to their child just to avoid the nuisance of picking up the toilet paper - and I do agree that the senior and her teammates should do the cleaning. I know my daughter would never forget having to be passed over. That said, to each his own.