Poll: Do you leave your toilet lid open?
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I saw a similar documentary but they also said that having the toilet seat down doesn't make any difference because the lid isn't sealed it still gets out via the gaps in the seat and lid.Radeonx said:
back to OP, yes I leave the lid up but I live with a house full of women so the seat is always down.
Conversely, I was raised by my mother, aunt, and grandmother and know only keeping the lid up.Troublesome Lagomorph said:
I did go through a phase where I preferred to close the lid after using it, but the problem is that whenever I would wake up and shamble into the bathroom at 3 AM, I'd inevitably sit down and then INSTANTLY be woken up by the fact I had just sat down on the toilet lid. I can't speak for other people, but it is insanely uncomfortable to sit on a toilet lid with your pants down.
Now, although I'm a guy, I _never_ leave the seat up, and that's very simply cause I only ever use the toilet sitting down. I've never understood why guys feel the need to piss all over the toilet like that and only force myself if I have to go desperately and the public restroom has but one skuzzy toilet that I ain't getting my bare flesh anywhere near.
..so yeah, lid up. I also have a cat who fusses if he can't drink out of the toilet, so there's another reason. However, in that regard I WILL leave it closed if I think I need to clean it and don't want him drinking out of toilet for a while until I do.
Nope, I close it, because flushing with the lid open distributes germs into the air and I don't want the cat getting her paws on the toilet seat.
At least shutting it will protect you from whatever's lurking inside. Would you sleep next to an open toilet?CODE-D said:
What about an ensuite bedroom? All it takes is for the lid to be open, then the tentacle monster will have no problem breaking down the door...CODE-D said:
Lid stays open. There's just about no reason to ever close it, as it will just inconvenience whoever uses it next by forcing them to open it.
Also, the number of people who didn't read the thread title is astounding. Nobody asked about the seat, the question was about the lid. >_<
Also, the number of people who didn't read the thread title is astounding. Nobody asked about the seat, the question was about the lid. >_<
That's what flushing is for. You do your business, you flush, nothing is floating around. Do people really not grasp this simple concept? :|Vampire cat said:
Always open, because when you are busting for a piss you don't want to have to wrestle a fly open and mess around with the lid.
Someday son, you will stand on the precipice, looking down upon a mighty drop. You might spy a tree or an animal somewhere down there at the bottom of the mighty cliff.Hiroshi Mishima said:
On that day you will finally feel this primal urge to stand up tall and piss all over something. On that day you will climb to the highest stable point you can find overlooking that cliff, you will stand tall, and feel that glorious sensation that can only be felt by a man pissing off a cliff.
That shit (badumtish) is always down. Ever since my mom knocked a tube of toothpaste down one of the toilets and clogged it for two days, no one leaves it up anymore.
First: Bacteria sprays up when flushing, having the toilet lid closed prevents them from spreading all over your bathroom, not that it actually poses a serious, deadly risk, but anyway.
Second: I have this mortal fear of dropping things inside the toilet bowl, so I always close it for good measure.
Second: I have this mortal fear of dropping things inside the toilet bowl, so I always close it for good measure.
I have those magic effervescent cleaning tablets in my toilet that disinfect it to a fantastic level of viable sanitation. So no I leave it open.
mjc0961 said:
Jeezus, who the hel doesn't flush? Even if my sentence was poorly formulated, is it not safe to assume I do flush like everyone else? Guh... Do you sit on the toilet while flushing? Do you not get up, then flush? I close the lid so I do not have to witness any more than necessary to dispose of my compost...TestECull said:
It's worth mentioning I also always close it because my cat likes getting into it if it's not, and I'd like to avoid having to deal with a cat drenched in toilet water on a daily basis.