Privy prop - good idea

[Anita Palley]

However, his mother sounds like an absolute bitch ...

[geoff]

In message , Anita Palley writes

What's wrong with just lifting the seat - it requires no engineering

and if the kid can't remember to do it, hit him round the head with a bit of 4 x 2, that'll cure his forgetfulness

[The Medway Handyman]

[Chris J Dixon]

It is an interesting thing, why is it that women seem to think they have right on their side be requesting that the default state of the seat should be down? I can see little justification for men always having to raise and lower, rather than women having to lower and raise.

However, having lid closed as default can't really be argued with, and it means that both genders have similar levels of convenience.

Chris

[Mary Fisher]

I agree - but I suspect that it's not as much fun for men :-)

And of course it takes more effort - all that half-undressing then having to remember to pull up the trousers again - such a bother for the poor dears ...

Mary

[Bob Eager]

But lid should be closed after flushing, not before.

[edwardwill]

Recently I've taken to sitting to pee, at least at home. At work we have urinals, which would be rather uncomfortable, not to mention unhygienic. I find sitting to pee very calming, and makes cleaning up the area a great deal less unpleasant.

Edward

[Tim Lamb]

In message , Mary Fisher writes

A local junior school introduced *bulls-eye* targets in their toilets as a way of combating this issue.

And bend down to pick up all the mobile telephones, wallets etc. that have fallen from their pockets:-)

Slightly aside.... has anyone noticed how some visitors firmly close the toilet door after use?

regards

[Chris J Dixon]

Yes, the splash zone is perhaps better not investigated too closely. A case of getting one's own back?

I did hear (though it may be apocryphal) of some student accommodation, which had a radiator next to the toilet. They had such problems with corrosion, that they issued an edict that male occupants should sit, and radiator replacements would be chargeable.

Chris

[<me9]

I usually do at night, less distance to fall if I nod off, and less effort than staying upright when 95% asleep.

[<me9]

Seat down before you flush to keep the legionella aerosol inside the bowl, and not in your lungs

[Bob Eager]

contraversial => controversial

I understand that it's better to keep the lid up, as otherwise the aerosol gets squirted through the narrow gap under the seat, and spreads further...

[geoff]

In message , [e-mail] writes

Personally, I prefer pissing in the garden looking up at the stars at night

- so much more satisfying

[insert smiley here if you like]

[Andy Champ]

I recall seeing urinals in France with a fly painted into the glaze at a carefully chosen point. Aim at the fly, and you get no spray.

Andy

[Bob Eager]

OK until age sets in and the pressure drops...!

[Andy Hall]

I think that we should leave aerosols out of the discussion in this context.

[Andy Dingley]

If you have a bog full of legionella, then stop heating the cistern.

3 errors in one post, you're out.