# Don't Flush After Dark! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 29, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694 "2004-04-29T16:37:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/1 "2004-04-29T16:37:06Z")
[Woman told not to flush toilet at night](http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/3667803.stm) , apparently it causes an unacceptable level of noise to her neighbour. Now I know that it is possible for flushing a toilet to make quite a bit of noise, but considering that she has also been asked not to switch the light on because the switch disturbs the neighbour, you might thing that the council would find soundproofing to be a viable option 😕 ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/2 "2004-04-29T16:41:04Z")
See no evil. Hear no evil. Smell a great big dookie. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bee\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e480ec/32.png) [@Queen\_Bee\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bee_1)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/3 "2004-04-29T16:45:45Z")
I used to live in a duplex with fairly thin walls, so as a courtesy, I didn’t flush in the middle of the night. Its a habit I still have. Mostly because I’m half asleep and I have to hold down the handle for it to flush, and being half asleep, I don’t want to stand there and wake all the way up while waiting for a complete flush. ---
**Author:** ![Binarydrone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3da27b/32.png) [@Binarydrone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Binarydrone)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/4 "2004-04-29T17:00:25Z")
I _really_ want to know more about the complaining neighbor. ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/5 "2004-04-29T17:00:46Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > See no evil. Hear no evil. Smell a great big dookie. Might have known this thread would attract **lieu** :rolleyes:. First reply as well 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@The\_Devil\_s\_Grandmother](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Devil_s_Grandmother)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/6 "2004-04-29T17:06:26Z")
> [@Binarydrone](#): > > I _really_ want to know more about the complaining neighbor. Maybe she’s the woman who used to live downstairs from me who complained about the excessive noise my cat made as he ran from room to room. ---
**Author:** ![catsix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e19b73/32.png) [@catsix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catsix)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/7 "2004-04-29T17:13:59Z")
The landlord should furnish the complaining neighbor with a pair of industrial grade ear muffs. If a _light switch_\* bothers this neighbor so much, perhaps he/she/it might want to consider moving into a shack in Montana\*. \*No offense to citizens of Montana. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/8 "2004-04-29T17:29:43Z")
Making bug up your ass comments to those that reply to your thread will certainly lessen their number. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/9 "2004-04-29T18:31:04Z")
> [@The Devil's Grandmother](#): > > Maybe she’s the woman who used to live downstairs from me who complained about the excessive noise my cat made as he ran from room to room. Well, don’t let him wear steel-toed boots anymore! ---
**Author:** ![hybrid\_dogfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a587f6/32.png) [@hybrid\_dogfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hybrid_dogfish)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/10 "2004-04-29T18:56:45Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > Making bug up your ass comments to those that reply to your thread will certainly lessen their number. Sorry, no offense meant. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/11 "2004-04-29T19:22:01Z")
Cool… didn’t mean to snap. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2004, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/12 "2004-04-29T19:27:01Z")
I’m gonna’ take a page out of **lieu** ’s book, and observe that you WANT to flush after dark. After light, you can just let it mellow… ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/13 "2004-04-30T11:45:34Z")
> [@](#): > > Ms Davies said she had taken to using her toilet in the dark at night after a housing officer told her the noise of the light switch was waking her neighbour. Yeah, because we all know how noisy those things can be. 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/14 "2004-04-30T12:12:40Z")
A “dookie?” A fucking “dookie?” (Kalhoun jots this one down in her “_Book of Lieu_”) I get more smarter and more smarter the more I hang around with him! ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_Wright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@Steve\_Wright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_Wright)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/15 "2004-04-30T12:32:51Z")
Ah, neighbourhood disputes … I had one neighbour offer to kill me, once, because I was washing the dishes too loudly. Such fun these things can be. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/16 "2004-04-30T13:07:35Z")
“over-zealous housing officer” Are there any housing officers, or homeowners association officials, who _aren’t_ over-zealous? It just seems like the kind of job that naturally attracts busybodies with poles up their asses who love nothing better than sticking their noses into other peoples’ lives. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/17 "2004-04-30T13:16:01Z")
What have the English done to light switches that makes them so loud? A light switch? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/18 "2004-04-30T13:38:27Z")
Yet another wonderful argument for private property rights. Are you truly free, if the government is your landlord? Guess not, if they can order you to crap in the dark, and not flush. (Incidentally, if you have to crap in the dark, how do you know when you’re finished, um, wiping?) ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/19 "2004-04-30T14:29:14Z")
One could probably take a sucessful durf while wearing night vision goggles until you looked down and saw green poop. Then I think the scream would pretty much defeat the initial quest of the stealthy poot. I’m with the others… what’s up with audible light switches? ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2004, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694/20 "2004-04-30T14:31:00Z")
…light switch? _Noisy light switch?_ (envisions this huge steel Y-switch, like Dr. Frankenstein habitually used to charge up Boris Karloff, or like the ones executioners always used on old gangster movies, when they’re about to strap James Cagney into the electric chair…) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dont-flush-after-dark/242694.md?page=2)