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Rod · 2008-12-12T20:57:36+00:00

Toddlers' toilet seat crush perilAn increasing number of small boys may be finding toilet training a more painful experience than they anticipated, say safety experts.Doctors at one English hospital reported four cases in which a toddler's penis had been injured by a falling toilet seat.The fashion for heavy wooden and ceramic seats is worsening the problem, they say.Figures suggest there may be up to 250 similar cases a year in the UK.Dr Joe Philip, from Leighton Hospital in Crewe, said that parents might need to take more precautions to keep their young sons out of A&E.He called for more seats to be designed to fall slowly, and for heavier seats to be banned from households with young boys.He even suggested that the social norm of putting the seat down after use be suspended and the seat fixed in an upright position.He said: "As Christmas approaches many families will be visiting relatives and friends and their recently toilet-trained toddlers will be keen to show how grown up they are by going to the toilet on their own."It is important that parents check out the toilet seats in advance, not to mention those in their own homes, and they should accompany their children if necessary."The four boys visiting the Crewe hospital, aged between two and four, all needed to stay in hospital overnight, although fortunately no lasting damage was done.They had all lifted the toilet seats themselves, which had then fallen back down onto their penises, the journal BJU International reported.Increasing riskDr Philip said: "A recent market research report has suggested that there has been a worldwide increase in the number of wooden and ceramic toilet seats sold."We would not be surprised to hear that other colleagues have noticed an increase in penis crush injuries as a result of this."He said that parents should consider training their youngsters to hold up the toilet seat with one hand.A spokeswoman for RoSPA confirmed that the cases at Crewe were not isolated examples.Sheila...

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Rod 17 years ago

Obviously we should be installing urinals. Probably two - one high, one low. (To go with the pair of combis, I suppose.)

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Dave 17 years ago

Where can I buy the rubber that is used in making one ;-)

Dave

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geoff 17 years ago

from the google ad, of course

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Lobster 17 years ago

I got the "Clone a Willy" site in fact... kind of "same but different" I suppose?

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ARWadsworth 17 years ago

I thought we had the bidet thread last month ;-)

Adam

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geoff 17 years ago

... expanding foam ?

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The Natural Philosopher 17 years ago

well fit the little prick with a sheath made out of car body filler.

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The Natural Philosopher 17 years ago

Wet room or bidet.

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PCPaul 17 years ago

Haven't you read the FAQ? It gets very hot (and sticky) as it cures...

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geoff 17 years ago

Peter Parry is just a deviant ...

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Lobster 17 years ago

Speak for yourself, big boy...

David

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Don 17 years ago

Not such a problem in China

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Grimly Curmudgeon 17 years ago

We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Tim S saying something like:

Same here. My building had a Victorian cast-iron syphon bell cistern until some pikey nicked it. Recently a bloke told me I could have the one from his old outside bog - he was unaware of its existence until I asked him about it.

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