Sunday, February 22, 2015
"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
-- Thomas Carlyle --
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Toilet seat up or down has never been an issue in any house I've ever lived in, because I have one simple rule that is not open to compromise, and every person I have ever lived with has come to see the wisdom of that rule and agree with it.
The Rule:
1. Except for when the toilet is in use, the lid is closed.
2. The lid is always closed before flushing.
The advantages:
- Not a temptation for small humans.
- Not a water bowl or drowning pool for beasties.
- No flush spray filling the air and settling on toothbrushes etc.
- Seat available for sitting, drying feet, setting things down, whatever.
- Neat and clean appearance.
- The Rule requires the exact same effort from both sexes; no one can complain about feeling put upon or disrespected.
Plus there's something inherently ugly and distasteful about the sight of an open toilet glimpsed through a doorway.
I don't understand why the "seat up seat down" argument even exists. it seems stupid when such a simple solution exists.
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"The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
-- Thomas Carlyle --
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Toilet seat up or down has never been an issue in any house I've ever lived in, because I have one simple rule that is not open to compromise, and every person I have ever lived with has come to see the wisdom of that rule and agree with it.
The Rule:
1. Except for when the toilet is in use, the lid is closed.
2. The lid is always closed before flushing.
The advantages:
- Not a temptation for small humans.
- Not a water bowl or drowning pool for beasties.
- No flush spray filling the air and settling on toothbrushes etc.
- Seat available for sitting, drying feet, setting things down, whatever.
- Neat and clean appearance.
- The Rule requires the exact same effort from both sexes; no one can complain about feeling put upon or disrespected.
Plus there's something inherently ugly and distasteful about the sight of an open toilet glimpsed through a doorway.
I don't understand why the "seat up seat down" argument even exists. it seems stupid when such a simple solution exists.
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