The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

Someone please remind me what's the purpose of the lid? The seat, I understand.

Stops all the bugs flying onto your toothbrush when you flush the stuff away!

 

[Hvr]

Someone please remind me what's the purpose of the lid? The seat, I understand.

To stop your cat/dog from drinking the water. Otherwise it has no purpose.

 

[RAM]

Hard to leave the seat up when the lid should be down once you finish....nothing feminist about it.

They do studies about absolutely EVERYTHING.

WARNING: If you get squeamish easily do not look down!

I read a paper some years back about testing surfaces in a number of different bathrooms in people's homes where the toilet lid was always put down before flushing and where the toilet lid was never put down when flushing. At the start of the study the bathrooms were cleaned by the research team (obviously using under-grad students I bet but under supervision).

When I showed it to a friend - she went very pale and shortly purchased new toothbrushes, hair brush, comb, soap, make-up brushes etc.

Yes, you guessed it. When they swabbed tooth brushes, hair brushes, basically every item (including bars of soap) they found that there were traces of faeces and urine on every surface in the bathrooms that flushed with the lid up and either no or negligible quantities in bathrooms that always flushed with the lid down.

The concentrations were highest the closer to the actual toilet the surfaces were and the contamination was so evenly dispersed that the dominant factor (other than the lid up) was the distance from the toilet.

So JohnK you can keep the lid up but your toothpaste flavour my well be unique to your diet!

 

[serfty]

Someone please remind me what's the purpose of the lid? The seat, I understand.

or, like, when I was growing up - to keep certain odours at bay (as late as the 60's we received a weekly visit from the 'honeycart' ).

 

[Hvr]

Stops all the bugs flying onto your toothbrush when you flush the stuff away!

I don't brush my teeth in the room where the toilet is situated, not do I void bowel or bladder in the bathroom.

 

[DC3]

I just had a flash-back to my auntie's bathroom. The lid seemed to be for the purpose of anchoring a huge fluffy sheep-like fabric.

It was something like this one:

 

[DC3]

At least not as bad as this:

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Jeez I'm so over banks - paid 50K into Altitude Black on Fri - funds available Sat - paid another 50K into Altitude Black Sat morn - funds still not available - banks make Ned Kelly look like saint!

 

[JohnK]

So JohnK you can keep the lid up but your toothpaste flavour my well be unique to your diet!

We have lived with lid up all our lives.

My point was regarding the seat down brigade.

 

[robd]

Noted at Loews Hollywood hotel last week, no lid at all. In a bathroom with shower, toilet and vanity in close proximity, it just didn't feel right on several levels. Very strange.:shock:

 

[Archphoto]

Hard to leave the seat up when the lid should be down once you finish....nothing feminist about it.

From a hygiene point of view, I remember reading an article in Mens' Health Magazine last week about toothbrush replacement; one of the (disgusting!!) things that was reported was that leaving the toilet seat up has shown to allow faecal matter to be spattered up to 6' from the bowl!!!

It recommended a) always lower the seat and lid prior to flushing to keep the nasties inside the bowl rather than spattered around your bathroom and b) keep your toothbrush away from said bowl if you really do want to leave it up, and c) replace that toothbrush every 3 months - the amount of bacteria breeding on it will make your skin crawl. (Also recommended soaking it in mouthwash for 20mins/mth to help keep the bacteria count down between changes too.)

 

[Pushka]

I don't brush my teeth in the room where the toilet is situated, not do I void bowel or bladder in the bathroom.

Um. Our toilet is in the bathroom. We have two bathrooms. Both with toilets. That's pretty standard.

 

[Pushka]

Jeez I'm so over banks - paid 50K into Altitude Black on Fri - funds available Sat - paid another 50K into Altitude Black Sat morn - funds still not available - banks make Ned Kelly look like saint!

The Friday payment was processed Friday night. The Saturday payment will be processed tonight. They don't process on the weekend even when the funds leave your account.

 

[Buzzard]

I don't brush my teeth in the room where the toilet is situated, not do I void bowel or bladder in the bathroom.

Now I know why +1 generously lets me use the ensuite with toilet whilst she uses the bathroom with seperate toilet :shock:

 

[The Rok]

We have separate bathrooms at home, always have.

 

[medhead]

Someone please remind me what's the purpose of the lid? The seat, I understand.

It is extremely useful for sitting on when trying to fix the toilet, removing the cistern etc.

 

[Cossie]

From a hygiene point of view, I remember reading an article in Mens' Health Magazine last week about toothbrush replacement; one of the (disgusting!!) things that was reported was that leaving the toilet seat up has shown to allow faecal matter to be spattered up to 6' from the bowl!!!

It recommended a) always lower the seat and lid prior to flushing to keep the nasties inside the bowl rather than spattered around your bathroom and b) keep your toothbrush away from said bowl if you really do want to leave it up, and c) replace that toothbrush every 3 months - the amount of bacteria breeding on it will make your skin crawl. (Also recommended soaking it in mouthwash for 20mins/mth to help keep the bacteria count down between changes too.)

We have to build up our immune system somehow, a little bit of dirt or fecal matter never hurt anyone, in fact a fecal transplant can help some.

Is Fecal Transplant for You? The Power of Poop


Said very much tongue in cheek, perhaps not the best phrase to use!

 

[Archphoto]

We have to build up our immune system somehow, a little bit of dirt or fecal matter never hurt anyone, in fact a fecal transplant can help some.

Is Fecal Transplant for You? The Power of Poop


Said very much tongue in cheek, perhaps not the best phrase to use!

I remember reading something similar (and rather detailed!) and thinking WTH??!!

 

[anat0l]

It behooves me to think how inconsiderate you must be if you are wanting to use a lavatory in a public restroom only to find that the toilet seat has been completely urinated on. (Of course, I am referring to the male facilities, unless females have somehow developed a new method).

Apart from being rude and lazy, it's not a really good statement about the spatial abilities of men.

I close the lid so the seat up or down business is somewhat irrelevant.

In some countries or cultures (not necessarily "backwards" ones, mind you!), even men are strongly encouraged to urinate sitting down rather than standing up.

 

[amaroo]

It behooves me to think how inconsiderate you must be if you are wanting to use a lavatory in a public restroom only to find that the toilet seat has been completely urinated on. (Of course, I am referring to the male facilities, unless females have somehow developed a new method).

Apart from being rude and lazy, it's not a really good statement about the spatial abilities of men.

I close the lid so the seat up or down business is somewhat irrelevant.

In some countries or cultures (not necessarily "backwards" ones, mind you!), even men are strongly encouraged to urinate sitting down rather than standing up.

IME, airline lounges are the worse for this type of behaviour ..... including F lounges and First only access ones.