Rollin'

Here is a fine example of an American teenage prank. In the south we called it, “Rolling.” (From a Roll of Toilet Paper) In the west they call it, “TP-ing”, short for Toilet Papering. From this picture, I can tell this job was done by girls. How can I tell? Because it is neat and nice. It’s contained on one, low tree and carefully, if not beautifully finished. If boys had been involved, the toilet rolls would have been thrown over the house, draped from the tallest tree and be a permanent part of the landscape until mother nature dissolved the paper we couldn’t reach.

I know this because I was once a teenager. I’ve ‘rolled’ many a house. At least here in New Mexico, the trees in our area are not very tall.

Do I know which of my children’s ‘friends’ did this? Not yet. But I will.