Proper Position for a Toilet Seat

Not to derail another thread, but I was curious as to what people considerd the proper toilet seat position

(note to ladies, do not put furry fuzzy covers on toilet seats unless you want the male to pee on them when they fall, and they do fall)

I ripped the toilet out and put an outhouse in the backyard with a crude wooden hole - actually it's a two-holer - so that we can argue in there too.

People actually USE those fuzzy covers 0.o Good god I don't want to even IMAGINE how unsanitary they are even in an all-female household, much less one with men, where, as Mulch rightly hints, it would be alot worse...

i chose lid down neutral for 2 reasons

1) one, it is fair to both sexes as both have to lift the lid

2) I am a dog person and for some reason, dogs love drinking out of the toilet and then giving you a wet slobbery kiss. Lid down is the best answer

Agreed.

From: Mulch Ennui

i chose lid down neutral for 2 reasons

1) one, it is fair to both sexes as both have to lift the lid

2) I am a dog person and for some reason, dogs love drinking out of the toilet and then giving you a wet slobbery kiss. Lid down is the best answer

Agree. Even my cat used to drink in the loo, but since I live now in a condo unit where pets are not allowed, I usually just go for "making sure the toilet is clean enough for the next person to use" In the end it doesn't matter if the lid is up or down, but rather if the rim we females sit on is free from urine, blood, or whatever bodily fluid.

And I vote to no fuzzy furry toilet covers.

Lid is down, due to affectionate indoor cats.

Not that it really ensures hygiene, all things considered.


Men can be just as clean (or cleaner) than females.

There is little excuse for poor aim, other than simply not caring.

i had a job years ago where I had to clean public restrooms

the mens was 100% of the time cleaner than the womens

Aim, yes. The seat falling down mid-use happens sometimes though.

Also, one word: Sneezes.

Lid down. Can't accidentally drop anything into the toilet that way.

Swirly!!!!

From: Reitsuki Kojima

Aim, yes. The seat falling down mid-use happens sometimes though.

Also, one word: Sneezes.

Um...just a thought...don't you get..um...'hit' when the lid falls down and you standing there taking a pee...? I mean, the lid falling and going wham! o_o

I'm simultaneously amused and appalled that I'm posting this. I once shared some digs with a woman who claimed that the "side splatter" was purely a male effect; it seemed resonable at the time, for even with perfect aim, there's a considerable difference in the "stream length" between sitting and standing.

Until she developed a minor urinary tract infection which was treated with a common UTI antibiotic that might as well have been made of fluorescent orange dye (I forget the name). Following that brief bout, there was no longer a question about the cause of splatter radius.

But I seem to have gotten off-off topic. I once read a silly but methodically accurate statistical analysis that demonstrated for an equal male/female user-base, a Most Recently Used position was the most efficient (meaning least total number of seat changes needed) for a wide range of "uses".

However, having once blearily sat down on a seat that wasn't there, I am most empathetic to the plight of women and therefore always endeavor to place the seat down following use.

I once knew an epidemiologist who claimed that you'd be hard pressed to make a more effective aerosol waste dispersal mechanism than the modern flush toilet, and she was talking about a meter plus radius.

I think waxing this long on this subject is a clear indication that I should get myself to bed.

Lid down...as for the cats...why worry if they drink from your toilet when they walk in their own??

Umm, have you ever actually tried to aim while standing up? It's kinda like trying to aim a rifle from the waist, it just doesn't always work right. If "it" had an eyeball or something, then you could make that statement.

that is quite a disturbing thought

thank you very much for providing the dementia

I have a cat that thinks the toilet is her water dish.
So it's all the way down for me.

Yes, indeed - a major problem. As is accidentally dangling the end of it in the water. *cough*

From: Selador Cellardoor

Yes, indeed - a major problem. As is accidentally dangling the end of it in the water. *cough*

O_o This is one more reason why I am so glad I'm a girl...

I agree 100% I'm currently stuck working in a family restaurant and I have no problem with cleaning the mens room.

Just wondering. Anyone here used a squatting pan toilet before? Its common in asia.

From: Cottonteil Muromachi

Just wondering. Anyone here used a squatting pan toilet before? Its common in asia.

You won't see that in my country! Western toilets all the way! But seriously, the public should consider squatting toilets, since a lot of people in our provincial areas do tend to squat. Do you want to know what a public toilet looks like when people squat on western toilets?? Utterly disgusting!!

I did see and have used a squatting pan toilet when i was in Malaysia, Singapore and Japan. It was difficult, very messy and painful on the knees. Never, ever, EVER again will I ever use it. Unless I'm very very very desperate.

Quite true. Everything in your bathroom within a six foot radius of the toilet has a fine lacing of piss. Think about that next time you're brushing your teeth.

I think seat and lid down is the fairest way for a house with both males and females. Sitting on that cold toilet bowl in the middle of the night is quite the eye opener!

In my house I ripped the toilet seat right off and threw it away. I drilled a hole in the middle of the floor in the bathroom, opened the bathroom window and fed the hose through. I hung the hose up by the toilet after filling the gap in the window up with rags(it's winter after all). Now life is easy. Aim no longer matters. After the "business" is done simply grab the hose and wash it all down the hole in the floor. That hose also doubles as the bidet. It smells a little funny but heck the window is half open most of the time so the stink goes right outside. Plus I save tons on toilet paper!