Pondering again.....

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Why is it that a man who would lay down his life to save yours out of his love for you, cannot remember to put the toilet seat down?

-- Uncle Deedah (unkeed@yahoo.com), April 11, 2001

Answers

You would think gravity would work 100% of the time.

-- Enlightenment (gone@away.now), April 11, 2001.

Because men like a good laugh? What's funnier than hearing that screech (muffled slightly by the closed bathroom door) let out as a woman's bare ass hits the cold water in the toilet bowl?

[NOTE: the above explanation was received during a particularly harrowing mindmeld with Lord High Master Uncle Deedah, Esq and myself. Address all complaints directly to He who sits on the porcelain throne.]

-- Rich (howe9@shentel.net), April 11, 2001.


It seems to be a question of priorities, Unk. We don't have that problem. Both SO and my son lower the seat. BOTH had to be told that this was desired. Actually, I seem to remember discussing BOTH the raising of the seat and the lowering of the seat with my son. [I think he thought he could save a step if he never raised it at all, but his sisters quickly broke him of that time-saving technique using the brute force that older sisters use.]

OTOH, SO's father apparently never heard this from SO's mother. Here's a woman who had her husband and her two sons wipe down the tile in the shower after each shower they took, but never bothered to mention the toilet seat. If I come home and find the toilet seat up, I say, "I see you had your dad over today." SO responds, "Yeah...how did you know?"

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 11, 2001.


Why is it that women continue to whine over this issue? The way I see it they're lucky we put the seat up at all. And it is advisable to check the seat before you sit on it anyway, no matter whose toilet it is.

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), April 11, 2001.

Gee Buddy,

As far a checking the seat...the only times I've fallen victim to this is in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep. Wakes ya up pretty darn quick though...Ha!

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), April 11, 2001.



That's the thing Peg. If I can lift the seat in the middle of the night when I'm half asleep, then why can't women check it? By the way, I've had this conversation with my wife. With an 8 year old boy and his friends in the house, my wife is glad to find the seat up usually.

-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), April 11, 2001.

Buddy:

Your comment reminds me of a woman I worked with when I was just 17. She was an "older" woman, and she didn't SIT on a toilet seat. She squatted over it. Anyway, she was a secretary and had spent the morning taking dictation [maybe after lots of coffee]. She had to "go" REALLY bad. In MOST office buildings, the cleaning crew cleans the toilets and puts the lid down when they're done. I'm not talking about the "seat" here. I'm talking about the lid.

Molly rushed to the bathroom, quickly closed the door, and pulled down whatever clothing to squat and pee. She didn't realize the lid was down until her feet got wet.

-- Anita (Anita_S3@hotmail.com), April 11, 2001.


One answer: his & hers bathrooms. She gets the one in the bedroom. I get the one in the hall, no problems! and I don't have to wade through a sink full of makeup to find my razor or my comb.

-- (Weeble@wee.ble), April 11, 2001.

Buddy...I guess what I should have added was...I didn't bitch him out for leaving the seat up (I did mention it though and he had a good laugh for himself), cause like you said..I shoulda looked. :)

Live and learn, even if it's the hard/wet way!...LOL

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), April 11, 2001.


A triumph of modern science!

-- Lars (larsguy@yahoo.com), April 11, 2001.


LOL!



-- Buddy (buddydc@go.com), April 11, 2001.


Where have I been all these years? THIS is an issue between people?

If the seat is up cause DH just went, I put it down. If the seat is down cause I just went, DH puts it up.

Wow!! .. Y'mean we can bitch at each other about this ??

GO in the dark! Now that I like.

-- Debbie (dbspence@usa.net), April 11, 2001.


Too funny!

Still wouldn't work for me though...I'm safety concious and keep a night light on day and night in the bathroom..heh!

-- Peg (pegmcleod@mediaone.net), April 11, 2001.


I always look first. I look for bugs, snakes, nasty spots, whatever.

-- helen -- C-o-u-n-t-r-yyyyy livin' is the life for meeeeee... (glad@bout.something), April 11, 2001.

Helen, Do you know I never,ever thought of checking for bugs and we have enough creepy crawlies to make a soup most days.OK,so now when nature calls in the middle of the night I'm going to have to look for the torch as well as remember to put the seat down.LOL

-- Chris (enquiries@griffenmill.com), April 11, 2001.


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