# Flush the toilets. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [June 2, 2009, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459 "2009-06-02T05:26:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/61 "2009-06-03T16:47:13Z")
> [@Clothahump](#): > > People who were raised in a barn. Or under one. And sadly, that seems to be at least 2/3 of the population these days. People who care about the environment and conserving resources. And sadly, that doesn’t seem to be 2/3 of the population these days. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/62 "2009-06-03T16:51:52Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Why not lift the seat before you piss? When out in public, it’s mainly because I want to minimize contact with toilets and restrooms in general. What difference does it make if it’s going to get wiped off anyway? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/63 "2009-06-03T17:02:49Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > When out in public, it’s mainly because I want to minimize contact with toilets and restrooms in general. What difference does it make if it’s going to get wiped off anyway? So you want to “minimize contact”, but you want others to _wipe off your piss_?:dubious::rolleyes: Then use the peice of TP you want others to use to lift the damn seat yourself. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/64 "2009-06-03T17:40:47Z")
> [@gaffa](#): > > I take it you have never had the occasion to have to hurry to a toilet stall with an urgent need to shit, only to find the seat saturated with piss, a turd (or even worse, diarrhea) announcing it’s immediate arrival? You’ve never had that happen, your treacherous bowels having decided that they’ve waited long enough and shits gotta happen right fucking now? And you have to clean up after some motherfucking piece of human refuse has pissed all over the seat? > > If that has never happened to you, your life has truly been blessed. No, I suppose that’s never happened to me. Sure does sound annoying. Was the situation so desperate that you didn’t have the 5 seconds to spare and were forced to sit on a wet seat? > [@DrDeth](#): > > It takes less time to left the seat, so why don’t you do that? I generally do, and in either case I’m \*always \*wiping afterwards. > [@](#): > > So you want to “minimize contact”, but you want others to _wipe off your piss?_ No, he’s saying that he wipes it himself, not that he expects others to do so. **gaffa** , **DrDeth** , look: your beef is with people who leave piss on the toilet seat, which is legitimate. It’s misguided to get upset at anyone who goes into a stall to pee; considerate people will generally be considerate in that, as well. ---
**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/65 "2009-06-03T18:22:56Z")
> [@Irishman](#): > > Urine left to fester smells rank, and it leaves a stain in the bowl. Flush it. Also, there’s splashback. :shudder: And urine is only sterile when it comes out. Urine left to sit is a petri dish. I have a dual flush toilet, and eventually I intend to replace all of them. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/66 "2009-06-03T20:13:50Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Why not lift the seat before you piss? Or sit? If you are sitting on the seat, you can’t get piss on it. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/67 "2009-06-03T20:22:47Z")
> [@corkboard](#): > > Why not lift the seat before you piss? Or sit? If you are sitting on the seat, you can’t get piss on it. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/68 "2009-06-03T20:51:59Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Except for those of us who are unable to balance on one foot to use the other one to flush with. Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? Then you can stand on one foot for three seconds and use the other one to flush. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/69 "2009-06-03T21:38:50Z")
And women, you TOO can lift the damn seat to hover if that’s how you roll. There is NO excuse for pee droplets on the seat. None. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/70 "2009-06-03T22:29:40Z")
> [@Lord\_Ashtar](#): > > Can you walk and chew gum at the same time? Then you can stand on one foot for three seconds and use the other one to flush. Well I can chew gum, but the walking part is a day to day issue. So, standing on one foot so I can kick the toilet handle with the other, which means I am helping to break said toilet handle, all because you have some weird idea that you are going to become deathly ill if you touch said toilet handle? Ain’t gonna happen. Man up and quit being such a paranoid priss. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2009, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/71 "2009-06-03T23:04:11Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > **gaffa** , **DrDeth** , look: your beef is with people who leave piss on the toilet seat, which is legitimate. It’s misguided to get upset at anyone who goes into a stall to pee; considerate people will generally be considerate in that, as well. It’s OK to go into a stall to pee, as long as you lift the seat. ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/72 "2009-06-04T00:26:49Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > Or sit? If you are sitting on the seat, you can’t get piss on it. In a public bathroom? Are you kidding? People \*piss \*on those things. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/73 "2009-06-04T01:28:32Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > In a public bathroom? Are you kidding? People \*piss \*on those things. Maybe that’s why people piss on the seat - so that no one else will use it. Its mine, MINE!!! BWAHAHAHahahahaa… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/74 "2009-06-04T19:11:36Z")
**DrDeth** said: > [@](#): > > I just don’t put my nose in the urinal,which solves the smell problem. Last time I checked, urinals were open to the room. The odor isn’t magically confined within the urinal, it permeates the room. > [@](#): > > But saving water is hwaaaaaaay more important than dudes sensibilities. Well then, why don’t you piss in a cup and then drink it? You’ll be saving water two ways. ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2009, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/75 "2009-06-04T20:32:32Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > So you want to “minimize contact”, but you want others to _wipe off your piss_?:dubious::rolleyes: > > Then use the peice of TP you want others to use to lift the damn seat yourself. Read my post a few replies up. Here it is below. > [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Yeah I occasionally piss on a seat. I wipe it off when that happens though. 🙂 If I lift the seat and get piss on the non-seat portion, I’d still have to clean it off so what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/76 "2009-06-05T01:19:40Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > Read my post a few replies up. > > Here it is below. > > If I lift the seat and get piss on the non-seat portion, I’d still have to clean it off so what’s the point? Actually, a little piss on the porcelain is expected. _Please_ lift the seat and don’t piss on it, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/77 "2009-06-05T03:51:41Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > \If I lift the seat and get piss on the non-seat portion, I’d still have to clean it off so what’s the point? Because my ass is right behind you having to sit in your pee residue that is left on the seat, not on the porcelain. I can’t believe I just posted to two toilet threads in the same night. \ ---
**Author:** ![Myrrajh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Myrrajh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrrajh)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/78 "2009-06-05T04:19:34Z")
I’ve noticed that some of those automatic flushers do some rather vigorous flushing and sometimes a few droplets of water end up on the seat. I look before I sit, so sometimes I just have to take a half a second to wipe those off. You can’t really be sure if it’s _just_ water. But sometimes it is. So maybe the murderous thoughts directed to the previous user aren’t justified. ---
**Author:** ![Fenrizset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@Fenrizset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenrizset)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 12:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/79 "2009-06-05T12:34:38Z")
I was in a public restroom the other day at a nature museum our DNR funded. I’m sitting and doing my deed. When I notice a find-a-word on the stall wall. It’s theme was summer. Anyway I get ocd about finding the words on this thing…When the lights go out. Pitch black darkness…The lights were on a motion sensor timer and I guess I used up all my time. So I clean myself the best I can after I find the TP dispenser with my new unexpected challenge. And I search for the handle in the dark to find my way to freedom. I shuffled to the sliver of light to open the door and the light comes back on. I thought about doing something mean to “get back” at them. But I thought better of it and washed my hands and left. But I can see how a situation like that could inspire some deviant and uncouth behavior. I used to be a janitor. So I have a healthy respect for the cleaning staff. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2009, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459/80 "2009-06-05T13:16:17Z")
> [@Fenrizset](#): > > I was in a public restroom the other day at a nature museum our DNR funded. I’m sitting and doing my deed. When I notice a find-a-word on the stall wall. It’s theme was summer. Anyway I get ocd about finding the words on this thing..When the lights go out. Pitch black darkness…The lights were on a motion sensor timer and I guess I used up all my time. Pull some toilet paper off the roll, wad it up as tight as you can, and throw it at the door. That triggers the motion sensor, and the lights come back on. Pick up the wad of toilet paper on your way out. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/flush-the-toilets/498459.md?page=5)