Bathroom Behavior...Horseshoe shaped seat

[Pogues]

I can't think of any place better to help me solve one of the mysteries in my life...and since we discussed shaving body hair I figure anything is fair game.

I apologize ahead of time.

If you use a toilet (no available urinal) that has a horseshoe shaped seat...you know one with a gap in the front, and the seat is already down...do you lift up the seat or attempt to whiz through the gap?

I personally lift the seat...but I see that opening and can't help but think there must be guys who shoot the gap.

Poll provided.

[willthethrill]

I never touch a public stall. If I need the seat down, I use my foot to pull it down. I also use my foot to flush.

[nullnor]

i had this co-worker named Richard, and the guys in his department used to throw wet toilet paper bombs near him from above on the balconies. i remember being at the kiosk computers with him one night and thought i heard something wizz by. he stood up real quick and looked around really fast and then sat down. he looked funny when looking around. later i found out it got to the point they went in the bathroom and popped over the stalled and whipped a wet tp bomb between the horseshoe and his ass. the water splashed all over. idk he was a good sport, but he told them not to do that again.

personally, i don't leave that much of a gap when sitting down. but as far as number 1 and standing.. dude, when you piss in the toilet you always walk in and lift the lid and seat with you're foot. make it loud and let people in the bathroom know you're doing it. it's an icebreaker. chances are you had to piss in the stall because someone beat you to the urinal and the only other available one is too close.

[nullnor]

foot to flush? thats hardcore. my problem is the damn thing flush on their own.

[nullnor]

it amazes me when im drunk and i piss in the dark and how i can't hit the toilet even with the seat up. even when stopping and trying to readjust.

[virgonomic]

I faced this dilemma tonight and shot the gap, which I do the majority of the time - that's what the horseshoe is for! My aim was not perfect so I wiped the seat. If it's dirty when I get there, all bets are off and I'm definitely not lifting it.

[BuckyBuckner]

I life the seat, there is this sink pretty close by to wash your hands, which you are supposed to use anyway.

[johnnya24]

I life the seat, there is this sink pretty close by to wash your hands, which you are supposed to use anyway.

Reminds me of an ex-housemate ... the laziest most selfish person I've ever lived with. He was selectively OCD and bacteriophobia. He never dried his hands after washing them because he believed the towel might contain bacteria or microbes. I used to enjoy dropping little seeds into his brain and watching them grow:

• Pointed out that he has to touch the tap after washing his hands to turn off the water ... a while later I saw him washing the tap in the kitchen before washing his hands (the only time I ever saw him clean anything).
• Mentioned that the door handles must be filthy ... he started opening doors with his elbow.
• Sent him an article about how disgusting laptop keyboards are ... a box of anti-bacterial wipes accompanied his laptop everywhere.
• Sent him another article about the ineffectiveness of anti-bacterial handwash (you apparently need to wash your hands for 40 minutes to have any effect) ... he changed his soap to one of those expensive medical looking brands.

The funny thing was that his room was one of the filthiest places I've ever seen. There was a dust lane that ran through it ... he wouldn't use the hoover because the fan would throw microbes into the air.

[Lucky]

Reminds me of an ex-housemate ... the laziest most selfish person I've ever lived with. He was selectively OCD and bacteriophobia. He never dried his hands after washing them because he believed the towel might contain bacteria or microbes. I used to enjoy dropping little seeds into his brain and watching them grow:

• Pointed out that he has to touch the tap after washing his hands to turn off the water ... a while later I saw him washing the tap in the kitchen before washing his hands (the only time I ever saw him clean anything).
• Mentioned that the door handles must be filthy ... he started opening doors with his elbow.
• Sent him an article about how disgusting laptop keyboards are ... a box of anti-bacterial wipes accompanied his laptop everywhere.
• Sent him another article about the ineffectiveness of anti-bacterial handwash (you apparently need to wash your hands for 40 minutes to have any effect) ... he changed his soap to one of those expensive medical looking brands.

The funny thing was that his room was one of the filthiest places I've ever seen. There was a dust lane that ran through it ... he wouldn't use the hoover because the fan would throw microbes into the air.

You must have been a fun roomie.

[Igor]

Lift the seat with my foot.

[SeaDogStat]

You must have been a fun roomie.

Can you imagine the torment on the younger JA24 siblings? They are probably in asylums now...

[Gregg]

I never touch a public stall. If I need the seat down, I use my foot to pull it down. I also use my foot to flush.

Me too.

[johnnya24]

You must have been a fun roomie.

I could write a best-seller from stories about John. The landlord was coming to inspect our property, and John was refusing to hoover or dust his room because the vacuum would throw microbes and dust particles into the air. This incident was causing a little bit of tension because there was a £2000+ deposit on the house, and we (we meaning the rest of us) wanted to keep the property for the next year. Somewhere along the way John had a eureka moment ... he was so happy. He grabbed his coat, rushed out of the house and came back 1 hour later with a B&Q bag and a huge grin. He had solved the vacuum problem with 10 rolls of brown packing tape. He went round his room with stripes of sticky tape, and picked up the dust by hand. It took him half a day.

John was a legend to all who lived with him ... we found out later that his Japanese flatmates from his previous place secretly ran a blog about him on the Uni's Japanese website.

[heyelander]

Also lift and flush with my foot.

[Kevin Seitzer]

I lift and flush with my ear.




Well, not really, but this thread seemed to need something more bizarre.