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Heh. My simpler solution is to just always sit (I'm a guy). It's more comfortable, requires less concentration and removes any possibility of missing. The only
by lucian1900 14y ago
Heh. My simpler solution is to just always sit (I'm a guy). It's more comfortable, requires less concentration and removes any possibility of missing.
The only time I stand is for proper urinals.
- stephengillie 14y agoMy simpler solution is to treat it like any other tool - inspect that the device is actually ready for use before using.
- LaGrange 14y agoBy moving both the seat and the lid into up and down position, checking manually for blockages, flushing water twice, and demanding to be shown latest annual inspection certificate. And after following such a procedure pretending that the toilet seat is an airplane cockpit won't increase your embarrassment. Yay!
- raverbashing 14y agoYes Except some factor may prevent the proper inspection of the seat: - Urgency in using it - Lighting conditions at its environment - Possibility of evaluation impairment usually by consumption of ethanol Considering these factors it would be prudent to have the seat at the safest position when such factors are more likely to occur
- tzs 14y agoActually, sitting does not remove the possibility of missing. I once had an unfortunate encounter with a toilet where someone had installed an elongated seat on a non-elongated bowl. This made it possible to easily and inadvertantly sit in a way that resulted in missing.
- lucian1900 14y agoAh, indeed. On an unfamiliar and odd toilet like that it is possible, I've also had it happen to me. However, considering how many more things I'd splash otherwise, I find it a worthwhile tradeoff.
- dazbradbury 14y agoAgreed - and it's not the only problem. I mentioned this to my brother and he said: You know, I think I once wee'd in my face doing that. I hit some crazy angle and it just sprayed out. I can't remember the exact parameters but something very odd happened. Always sit at your own risk.
- lucian1900 14y agoHeh, I think your brother was just unlucky. I've been sitting while peeing for most of my life and I've never sprayed myself. It does take a little practice to do it with an erection, but you have this problem if standing too.
- rsanchez1 14y agoYou can still aim when you sit down. You still have free hands, don't you?
- onedognight 14y agoThis strategy minimizes the cleaning cost as well as the seat manipulation cost.
- jasonkostempski 14y agoI started sitting at home, and on any toilet I deem clean enough, since living in a house I rented that had a toilet with the worst splash back problem I've ever seen. It was impossible not to cause a gigantic mess while standing. I'll never sit on a public toilet though.
- Osiris 14y agoI grew up with three brothers and my mom enforced this rule because she was sick of cleaning the toilet and bathroom and four boys had been in and out all day.
- dubious_value 14y agoAt the risk of getting too graphic and personal, if I sit to pee in most residential toilets I tend to make unpleasant contact with the interior of the toilet rim. Ugh.
- LaGrange 14y agoTake a piece of toilet paper, hang it down the risky area. Of course, this wastes some paper. You have to weight the cost of rainforest deforestation against the cost of treating you whatever walked onto you over the, um, bridge.
- rsanchez1 14y agoI only shop at places that get their paper from regular forests, not rain forests.
- dubious_value 14y agoWow. HN delivers. I was totally thinking "This comment will be seen as trollish, I should just skip it" (thus the throwaway account). But your plan is worth a try! The main cost, btw, is extra showers between "bridge" events and sex-with-wife events.
- rsanchez1 14y agoStanding up is always going to be more comfortable for me. I never have a problem concentrating so never miss.