Anonymous wrote:I'm not from this country, and always thought it was an insult, a bit like egging - it's toilet paper, and it becomes sludge. How on earth could it be a compliment???

Try picking it out of cactus needles.
- Arizonan.
And weirdly could be either because you were popular or unpopular. Iwas trying to explain it to my kids and could not.

Anonymous wrote:The sports teams where I live do it as a rite of passage for new varsity players, and the swim teams do it to cheer on kids.

Same here. The parents post pictures online like a badge of honor, just so proud. I wonder what sort of cognitive dissonance they employ to keep that cheer going as they remove dewy toilet paper from the far reaches of their trees and eaves.

Sorry, but it’s trespassing and I would’ve livid. I’d report it to police and check my cameras.

In Tennessee.. I'll take it as a compliment!

Was it accompanied by a drawing of the male anatomy in shaving cream on the lawn? I saw that on one of my early morning runs.

Back in the day, it could have been either, but typically was an insult.

It is a right of passage for sports teams here- swimmers who make champs, varsity players before big rival games, etc.

If you don't have a kid in one of these categories. It's because you are the neighborhood grump!

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Anonymous wrote:I've always wondered. This did not happen on Long Island, at least not where I grew up. I see it here often.

I'm from the Detroit area and people do this on Devil's Night. It's an insult but better than having your house set on fire.

Eh, I'm also from Detroit, and we used to do this to friends as a prank. All in good fun.

Our house was TPed by a girls sports team at school. I have a DS. It was definitely a compliment.

Insult where I grew up.

Is it used or unused?

^^ an afterthought: but egging was an entirely different matter.

I grew up in So. California. A number of us just debated this issue on Facebook. It was a sign of popularity there. And usually the same group would come back, have donuts and clean it up the next morning. I think the difference is that we didn't have many tall trees due to tract housing and no rain, so the paper was easy to remove. No one had automatic sprinklers yet, either. I was thrilled when it happened to me.

Hmmm. In Fairfax County 25 years ago, it could signify popularity, a crush, rivalry or sheer hatred. It you wanted to be mean, you'd also steal real estate and political yard signs (used to be flimsy) and to the trees with colored toilet paper. Daring kids would ring the doorbell and speed away honking horns.

Girls would tp other girls houses and hot guys they liked. Cheerleaders would tp dance team members houses and vice versa. Good times.

Funny, I though this died out about...25 years ago.

I'm not from this country, and always thought it was an insult, a bit like egging - it's toilet paper, and it becomes sludge. How on earth could it be a compliment???

In my band the day before the senior night football game we go and tp the seniors houses. We call it "decorating". They actually have to get a paper signed that we are allowed to tp there house. So in my town its a right of passage and a complioment. No one wants to to the house of the kid they dont like.