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It's really poor taste. There is no great hassle in putting the seat up so that it's not a question of aim. It's about as reasonable as asking him to eat with a fork instead of his feet.
I can't stand a dirty toilet. And if I miss I CLEAN up! Blah.... I don't like cleaning it, but I can't have standing puddles of goop lying around.
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One of my big pet peeves: Guys, if you're visiting a girl on a girls' floor of the dorm and you have to use the bathroom she shares with the room next door, it really wouldn't kill you to put the seat back down when you're finished. It's not as though the other three of us are going to have any use for it with the seat up, anyway.
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My buddy and I took a guided fishing trip down the Kalama River in southern Washington one Spring. When it came time to tinkle, rather than pulling in to shore, our guide handed us a tin can. He told us to go in the can and then rinse it over the side. He said he got tired of guys trying to whizzle over the side but hitting his boat instead.
Our guide said that he often took ladies down the river, but he would pull in to shore for them. He said that he once had a couple of lesbians in the boat who refused to use the tin can and insisted on whizzling over the side of the boat. He said they both stood and did so expertly.
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There has been a study somewhere about sticking a target (bullseye? black dot?) in the center of urinals. This proves successful in reducing spillage, as men seemed to like to have a target for aiming.
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(I see someone linked to restrooms.org already...)
As for the toilet -- I'd buy it if the voice were actually in German. And promptly ignore it, of course.
I'm not at all surprised that targets work. Although discerning men should already know that proper pissing requires careful aim and adjustment. Each receptacle has a different optimum point for minimizing splashback. In urinals it depends on angles and concavity; in most toilets the best spot is between the waterline and the rim (no splash at all, and much quieter to boot).
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I would just like to point out that one should not go searching for restroom research on the web without reminding oneself first of the vast cornicopia that is human experience and inventiveness. Thank you.
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Please never post puns like this when Bob is declaring a Pun Smackdown over, and is ready to start a new one.
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He'd drag the whole forum down the drain. Better to aim high than to let ourselves trickle away in mediocre punnage.
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I'm big on personal responsiblity. Before you sit, check. I don't see what's so hard about that. Posts: 26071 | Registered: Oct 2003
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quote:Her: "It's inconvenient when I get up in the middle of the night."
quote:I'm big on personal responsiblity. Before you sit, check. I don't see what's so hard about that.
I'm with Dag on this one. I don't understand what exactly is inconvenient about lifting the lid or lowering the seat.
I have a theory, though: the main difference in this particular situation between men and women is that women have only one functional toilet setting, while men have two. So men are used to having to adjust the toilet seat even if they are the only one to use the thing. Women, on the other hand (or so goes the theory), often do not have an automatic checking routine before their main activity, so this extra step can be a jarring break from routine. This (I have heard) can have drastic consequences, especially at 3am when full consciousness is not guaranteed.
For the record, I always close the lid. Well, when there is a lid.
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Checking before you sit isn't that big of a problem. But in order for that you work you actually have to be paying attention. Occupied thoughts lead to rather disgusting results (especially if the seat is covered with pee).
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If there's a need to put the seat down to prevent those who are not personally responsible (pets and small children) from playing in the toilet, then putting the lid down would be an act of personal responsibility.
Putting the seat down without the lid is never such act. Posts: 26071 | Registered: Oct 2003
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However, at 3 in the morning stumbling out of bed, not turning a light on so you don't wake yourself up completely, following the now instinctive routine of going to the toilet, you don't notice that the seat isn't down (in the dark, it's hard to tell if it's the seat or the rim) and you plunk yourself down, not onto a seat, but into some nice cold water.
Being jarred awake by cold toilet water on your rear, you're in a reducted state of inhibition when you finish, tromp back to your bedroom, and punch the spouse who so kindly left the seat up.
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quote: However, at 3 in the morning stumbling out of bed, not turning a light on so you don't wake yourself up completely, following the now instinctive routine of going to the toilet, you don't notice that the seat isn't down (in the dark, it's hard to tell if it's the seat or the rim) and you plunk yourself down, not onto a seat, but into some nice cold water.
Now, apply this to guys. Wake up at 3 in the mornin stumbling out of bed, not turning on a light so you don't wake yourself completely, following the instinctive routine of going pee, we don't notice the seat is down (it's hard to tell if what we grab is the rim or the seat), we take a pee, pee on the seat, it splashes into our nice jammies, and suddenly, we smell like piss the rest of the night.
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I don't like to turn the bathroom light on when I have to get up in the middle of the night, so I sit.
Are there any fellas here who pee whilst standing in the dark? How do you hit that little toilet paper target?
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quote: If there's a need to put the seat down to prevent those who are not personally responsible (pets and small children) from playing in the toilet,
I know of at least one 18-month old where leaving the seat down is an invitation to open it up and see what's inside.
quote:The seat lifts when you grab it and lift up, the rim doesn't.
What kind of weird toilet do you have? Does your rim fold sideways or something?
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quote: Are there any fellas here who pee whilst standing in the dark?
Hehe...Has anyone seen the Comedy Central thing with Adam Ferrara? He talks about how at night he goes by sonar. Hehe...man, funny stuff there.
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