# An End to the Toilet Seat   UP/DOWN  Debate

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-the-toilet-seat-up-down-debate/235501>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 21, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-the-toilet-seat-up-down-debate/235501 "2004-03-21T02:52:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![spingears](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ebca7d/32.png) [@spingears](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spingears)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-the-toilet-seat-up-down-debate/235501/1 "2004-03-21T02:52:20Z")

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Dateline put an end to the UP/DOWN debare regarding toilet seats!

A very simple solution is to Put the LID DOWN and with/for a very good reason.

They showed the resulting bacterial contamination of the entire bathroom, including toothbrushes, etc.

Now every time you use the commode/toilet fixtue you will have visions in your head of big nasty infectious bacteria crawling all over the tooth brush if you don’t …

**Close the Lid Before you Flush!**

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**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-the-toilet-seat-up-down-debate/235501/2 "2004-03-21T03:42:53Z")

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[This thread is a duplicate. Please post at the linked thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=246289)

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2004, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/an-end-to-the-toilet-seat-up-down-debate/235501/3 "2004-03-21T04:25:08Z")

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Closing this thread for the above stated reason.