Diseases you get from toilet seats

Factual Questions
1

All the while I was growing up my mother told me “don’t sit on the toilet seat you will catch a disease.” I was just wondering if this is an old wives tale or if there really are diseases you can get.

I know you can get crabs but that is hardly a disease.

Thanks

2

This has been tackled .

3

I tried the site that you linked brandocet but coulnd’t access it.
What does it say? Is a a SDMB post?

Thanks

4

Did she tell you this at home?

5

Very funny lieu!

I was allowed to sit on the toilet seat at home…just not in public.

6

This is the address for the site above, copy and paste it into your address bar:

http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mtoilet.html