The Toilet Seat

[Radbird]

From my mother and 4 sisters growing up to my wife and daughter now, I've always been outnumbered, so I'm highly trained to put the seat down. It's reflex now, they don't even need to give me treats anymore.

We replaced all of the toilets in our house last year. The new ones are Toto brand - which I highly recommend (meaning no plugged-up toilets yet). They came with "softclose" seats ("The softclose feature on these Toto toilet seats, make that annoying toilet seat slamming a thing of the past. When you let the toilet seat go, it slowly reaches its closing point without any noises or slamming that can cause damage to the toilet seat, or the toilet itself.").

Great idea, but now whenever I use a toilet somewhere else, I forget that they're not "softclose" and slam the hell out of them. Surprised I haven't broken anything yet.

[letsgocards89]

i put both the lid and the seat down when i get done. My theory is that if i have to do something with the lid when i go, now so do the chicks in my house.

I do the same thing for the same reason.

[JackofDiamonds]

I never lift the sit in the first place. It's a quarter-inch stream and near a square foot of target area. Should I deal with the unexpected split stream, I have the power to wipe the seat.

Or if you're a little kid, if you sprinkle when you tinkle, please be neat and wipe the seat.

[spiritofstlouis]

I put the seat down, but how can a woman be sure when she sees it down that the previous user didn't leave it down during the process ?

I have to admit that the sound of the occasional late night splash down, and subsequent profanity laced diatribe, can be quite amusing to me.

[jeffbgoofy]

i put both the lid and the seat down when i get done. My theory is that if i have to do something with the lid when i go, now so do the chicks in my house.

I do the same thing for the same reason.

same here...

[cards2468]

i put both the lid and the seat down when i get done. My theory is that if i have to do something with the lid when i go, now so do the chicks in my house.

I do the same thing for the same reason.

I put both down bc they say when you flush with the lid open, essentially everything in a 5 foot radius will be covered with whatever is in the toilet

[BooCubs]

i put both the lid and the seat down when i get done. My theory is that if i have to do something with the lid when i go, now so do the chicks in my house.

I do the same thing for the same reason.

great minds....

[KyCardinalFan]

From my mother and 4 sisters growing up to my wife and daughter now, I've always been outnumbered, so I'm highly trained to put the seat down. It's reflex now, they don't even need to give me treats anymore.

We replaced all of the toilets in our house last year. The new ones are Toto brand - which I highly recommend (meaning no plugged-up toilets yet). They came with "softclose" seats ("The softclose feature on these Toto toilet seats, make that annoying toilet seat slamming a thing of the past. When you let the toilet seat go, it slowly reaches its closing point without any noises or slamming that can cause damage to the toilet seat, or the toilet itself.").

Great idea, but now whenever I use a toilet somewhere else, I forget that they're not "softclose" and slam the hell out of them. Surprised I haven't broken anything yet.

We just finished a remodel over the winter which included the bathroom. We got one of the Toto toilets because we had one in our old house years ago. This was the first I'd seen their softclose seats, shown to me by the plumber after installation. When the bathroom was done and we were showing the kids, I'd have them put their hand on the seat and them "slam" the lid. My 5yo never could leave her hand. It was funny.
(We did remind them that it can only be done with that toilet seat.)

[JCShutout]

Interesting bump. In the past 3 years, the bacteria article took its hold, and I close the lid before flushing.

[clevername]

Interesting bump. In the past 3 years, the bacteria article took its hold, and I close the lid before flushing.

noticed any change at all in your health?