The Toilet Seat

R0ot

Ok after a very long and arduous discussion with friends and family i'm turning to you lot. The whole toilet seat fiasco were women scream at you every time you leave it up, yet you can't scream at them if they leave it down, if theres a majority of men in the household why shouldn't it be more of a majority rules thing. Why shouldn't women have to put the toilet seat up every time they are finished? Why do men have to put it down or be chastised if they don't?

The whole argument seems to stem around 2 main factors, wikipedia says:
1. The seat is used in the lowered position ¾ of the time anyway
(A just thought, but still doesn't mean men have to do it, I mean how much effort does it take to lift or set down a toilet seat?)
2. The female will fall into the bowl while trying to sit down.
(You'd have to have a really small arse to fall into the toilet)

And what i've heard from some women is that "its horrible having to touch the toilet seat to lower it" << bull****! so its horrible for you to set it down but its not horrible for us to set it up and then down again?!

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Discuss!

stratospheres

I'd rather yis left it up tbh, at least then yis wouldn't p!ss all over it!

crosstownk

Check out this for more info > http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055086161

Shiva

I agree with the wimmin on this one.

You should flush a toilet when you're done, yes ?

If you flush a toilet without putting down the lid, a bazillion kajillion teeny tiny droplets of urine and faeces contaminated water gets sprayed all over your bathroom, toothbrush, facecloth, towel, etc...

And you cant put down the lid without putting down the seat first.

QED.

Orange69

I voted Atari jaguar...

hermit

why not just get one of those new(ish) toilet seats where they automatically and gently lower themselves after use... within 4-5mins I think it starts to make its way back down. got one at home recently... no arguements anymore on that subject...

Mossy Monk

Leave it as you use it.

Thrill

hermit wrote:

within 4-5mins I think it starts to make its way back down. got one at home recently

But what if the need arises and you want to offload immediately?

petes

Piss in the sink.

FlutterinBantam

Topdeck the kip

aidan_walsh

I thought most of you pissed in the shower anyway...

copacetic

i never understand why people can't leave it down and still piss through the massive target there. more education in schools tbh.

MarkR

I hear the latest toilets have hinges on them, allowing them to be moved back and forth at will as the need arises.

i never understand why people can't leave it down and still piss through the massive target there. more education in schools tbh.

It's the dribble at the end. It has a mind of it's own!

Don1

There's a lid on it for a reason. As mentioned by Shiva, it's a hygiene thing. Men, lift up the lid and seat, and when done put them back down simple as.
Also who wants to walk into a bathroom and see the underside of a toilet seat and the inside of the bowl. Not that I'm disgusted by it or anything it just looks better down.
You wouldn't leave your bin open would you?

girliegirl

It's very logical really... without getting too crude, if you think about the two different uses for the toilet. Girls need the seat down for both of these, guys need the seat down for one of these... so 3 out of 4 uses means majority rules and the toilet seat should stay down!!

Hope that makes sense... didnt want to go into too much detail

Pansy Potter

Orange69 wrote:

I voted Atari jaguar...

You and some other ....!

Do you even know what a toilet is?

eve

I've lived with guys most of my lief (the exceotion was a single sex apartment in college) and I have never had a row with anyone about what way to leave it. I always put the lid down after I use it as I hate the idea of germs being spread around the bathroom. My partner always leaves it up (Not sure if I've told him about the germs).

Nevyn

Toilet seats have two parts, one is the seat the other is the lid.

You are meant to put the lid down before flushing to prevent fecal matter (shít) particals from becoming air borne and rushing upwards when the water rushes down.

If you have not put the lid down when flushing then you are filling the bathroom air with more germs and fecal particals and if you leave the bathroom door open they spread through out the upper storey of the house.

So put the lid down before you flush and leave it down, that is what they are desgined for.

Duggy747

Shiva wrote:

If you flush a toilet without putting down the lid, a bazillion kajillion teeny tiny droplets of urine and faeces contaminated water gets sprayed all over your bathroom, toothbrush, facecloth, towel, etc...

The hell kind of toilet do you have? A super-atomic flush on it? Meh, I'll always leave it down, helps me improve my hand-eye co-ordination

Nehpets

I close it down.... cause it's a fcuking lid. You close your fridge and presses in the kitchen don't you?

matt-dublin

we don't complain when wimmens leave the toilet seat down do we????

so why should we have to put it down agaiin?

girliegirl

Nehpets wrote:

I close it down.... cause it's a fcuking lid. You close your fridge and presses in the kitchen don't you?

Well said Nehpets... well said

Orange69

Nehpets wrote:

I close it down.... cause it's a fcuking lid. You close your fridge and presses in the kitchen don't you?

Your not storing food and vegetables in the toilet though... are you?

Possibly the worst analogy... ever..

Jesus Wept

R0ot wrote:

Ok after a very long and arduous discussion with friends and family i'm turning to you lot. The whole toilet seat fiasco were women scream at you every time you leave it up, yet you can't scream at them if they leave it down, if theres a majority of men in the household why shouldn't it be more of a majority rules thing. Why shouldn't women have to put the toilet seat up every time they are finished? Why do men have to put it down or be chastised if they don't?

The whole argument seems to stem around 2 main factors, wikipedia says:
1. The seat is used in the lowered position ¾ of the time anyway
(A just thought, but still doesn't mean men have to do it, I mean how much effort does it take to lift or set down a toilet seat?)
2. The female will fall into the bowl while trying to sit down.
(You'd have to have a really small arse to fall into the toilet)

And what i've heard from some women is that "its horrible having to touch the toilet seat to lower it" << bull****! so its horrible for you to set it down but its not horrible for us to set it up and then down again?!

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Discuss!

Wikipedia said it?! It must be true!

Shiva wrote:

I agree with the wimmin on this one.

You should flush a toilet when you're done, yes ?

If you flush a toilet without putting down the lid, a bazillion kajillion teeny tiny droplets of urine and faeces contaminated water gets sprayed all over your bathroom, toothbrush, facecloth, towel, etc...

And you cant put down the lid without putting down the seat first.

QED.

You need a new toilet and/or plumber.

Nehpets wrote:

I close it down.... cause it's a fcuking lid. You close your fridge and presses in the kitchen don't you?

So you close both lid parts? In which case, the poor afflicted wimmins still have to lift & touch a horrible lid. (God love dem).

Orange69 wrote:

Your not storing food and vegetables in the toilet though... are you?

Possibly the worst analogy... ever..

lol!

Thrill

The-Rigger wrote:

Wikipedia said it?! It must be true!

*bows before the knowledge mountain that is wiki.*



Leave it up, I says. I don't like having to put up urine stained seats when I go for a whizz just because some lazy git couldn't be bothered before me.

Wouldn't women rather pull down a clean seat rather than have to clean a dirty one that was left down?

R0ot

The-Rigger wrote:

Wikipedia said it?! It must be true!

I was just stating what wiki said, and then voiced my own thoughts

Jesus Wept

lol I know OP, I'm just being difficult

Jesus Wept

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfL8-AgWBf0

jor el

Best thing to do is put the lid down before flushing every time. That way everyone has to at least lift the lid before going, and in the case of men you lift both lid and seat, and therefore even the really lazy ones who don't normally lift the seat can avoid pissing on it.

Flushing the toilet with the lid up is a good way of spreading piss bacteria around your bathroom, where presumably you keep your toothbrush. So tell that to anyone who thinks it's icky to touch the toilet seat/lid with their hand, would they rather have piss on their toothbrush? I think not.

Problem solved, I'm going home.

Jesus Wept

Seriously, you need a plumber, if your toilet spews piss water out of your toilet. Or, consider not storing your toothbrush in your toilet.

Shiva

I bet you think you dont have to wash your hands after you piss if you manage not to get any on you too, eh ?

January

The guys over in BGRH know my stance on this!!

aidan_walsh

The-Rigger wrote:

Seriously, you need a plumber, if your toilet spews piss water out of your toilet. Or, consider not storing your toothbrush in your toilet.

That, or someone needs a physics lesson.

Jesus Wept

Nah, plumber ftw.

jor el

You people know nothing, water splashes when you flush and just because you don't see torrents of water splashing out, doesn't meant it's not there. Enjoy brushing your teeth tonight

Fad

why does it matter so much?
(understand about the whole closing it arguement but the fecal traces would be so minimal that it not even worth bothering)

the toilets in school spew out water if you hold down the handle for too long (i speak from experience, going to class SOAKING wet is decidedly not fun :mad: )

Jesus Wept

jor el wrote:

You people know nothing, water splashes when you flush and just because you don't see torrents of water splashing out, doesn't meant it's not there. Enjoy brushing your teeth tonight

Buy yourself an oxygen tent like Mickey Jackson, it's the way forward.

MooseJam

I voted for men, it's easier to put the seat down than it is to put it up considering the effects of gravity, so stop complaining women !

Schlemm

Hover above the toilet seat and then you won't have to worry about whether it's up or down!

squibs

wee out the window - then it's somebody else's problem

Echelle

Remember that recent film with Jack Nicholson, wife made him sit on toilet when having a pee. Maybe not suvh a bad idea..men spray when they piss...never have a metal radiator next to a toilet for that reason...it will rust away...

kenzie

never thought of the germ splashing thing before

Boardsies, ye have converted me to putting the lid down in future when flushing.

Nehpets

Orange69 wrote:

Your not storing food and vegetables in the toilet though... are you?

Possibly the worst analogy... ever..

ha, that made me burst out laughing

And to another poster, yeah I put both parts down after. (I'm a guy).

Public toilets are a different story though. I don't touch them if I can help it.

HammerHeadGym

This isuue was sorted in my house a while ago; The toilet seat is a simple device that functions in two positions, it's on a hinge. If it is up, put it down.

I understand my wife likes to walk through the door every day, should I leave it open all the time in case she forgets how those tricky hinges operate? Should I fuck.

Shabadu

Washlets for all. (Self-seat adjusting)

Mildly NSFW: http://cleanishappy.com/

Black Swan

Consistency in life is often reassuring. And just as we expect yet another sunrise, we have here another AH toilet seat sequel.;)

McGinty

I cannot understand how people can get so hung up on the whole toilet seat, I don;t give a damn if its up or down (Im a woman) so long as the aim has been pretty good ie: no pee on the seat or floor.

Dave!

On a related note, there's few things worse than sitting on a toilet after someone else has just left the cubicle, and it still being warm..... ewwwww................

jor el

DaveMcG wrote:

On a related note, there's few things worse than sitting on a toilet after someone else has just left the cubicle, and it still being warm..... ewwwww................

As long as it's not wet and warm I don't really mind. I hate when people piss on the seat, too many men use the cubicles to wee and then go all over the damn seat. Worse is when they don't flush.

Fad

no no no worse is when there piss ALL OVER the place!!!

Brian Capture

what do you think of people who shít on the toilet seat and then put down the lid on top of it?

Scum.