Umm, I'm liking you better all the time . . . but I can't resist making a small editorial comment . . . just a wee one . . .perrins57 wrote:jbarter wrote:Look, I'm gonna explain this just one more time. In our house there are four males and one female. Assume an average of three trips a day for one (watery) function and one trip a day for the other function. This means that the seat would need to be raised twelve times (3 x 4 males) and down only eight times (1 x 4 males plus 4 x 1 female). Since the seat needs to be raised more times it is only sensible that it should be left in that position. Can you get a woman to understand logic like that? Nooo, but they can give you a look that would freeze every drop in the water system.perrins57 wrote:men having to put the loo seat down
No you're missing the point (not to mention probably missing the toilet ) Scientists (with nothing better to do) have discovered that when you pull the flush with the seat up, the flush creates an aerosol with the contents of the toilet. This sends a fine mist of wee and faeces into the air where it later settles on - among other things - your toothbrush. When you get a stomach bug you say - I bet it was that dodgy curry - no it was your poor loo seat etiquette.
It isn't your poor loo seat etiquette--it's everybody else's. You've already got your own bugs, after all. Recycling them isn't going to make a whit of difference. It's other people's bugs which will make you sick, because you don't already have them.
This is, ladies, why you should never flush while sitting. You don't want your dainty parts to be at ground zero, so to speak.
While I'm at it, let me mention that this is why you never touch anything in the loo after washing your hands! Wash--nay, scrub!--leave the water running, dry hands, turn off faucet with the towel, open exit door with towel, exit, then hold the towel so that the part which touched faucet and door is on the inside until you can deposit it into the nearest waste receptacle.
Whew! Goodness only knows how many lives this may save . . .
Don't drink out of water fountains, either.