Is it okay to refer to females as “females” if one also, you know, always refers to males as “males”?
This was another problem we didn’t know we had until this thread. But, although seat movement must cost much less than a single calorie, if efficiency is the goal shouldn’t one maintain a schedule of future events? We’ve instituted one on a blackboard here, but it’s turned into a running joke:
10:43 -- Mrs. -- Down
10:55 -- Kid#2 -- Up
2:45 -- Kid#1 -- Down
3:43 -- Mrs. -- Up (??? What??? -- Septi)
5:15 -- Septi Up
[del]9:15 -- Septi Up[/del]
6:00 -- Septi Up -- George is stopping by, with a 12-pack of beer
6:20 -- Septi Up
6:40 -- Septi Up
[del]7:00 -- Septi Up[/del] -- George, drunk, wants a pissing contest in the orchard
[del]7:20 -- Septi Up[/del]
7:03 -- Kid#1 -- Down -- Mom's dinner was too spicy.
Aren’t such accidents an argument against the full-down position? Household pets may have sudden needs to be quenched.
Yes. The fact that he didn’t was my point. Which you would know since you quoted me saying
That doesn’t apply in many ( ? most ) parts of the world. Millions ( ? billions ) of people use squat toilets without seats or lids. Perhaps if madame doesn’t like to put the seat down, she could install a squat loo.
As for myself, I’ll put the seat down when women start to put it up after use.
Or a handbag.
I’m female. When I go to the bathroom in the darkness, (at least when I’m not puking), I touch the top of the tank to discover the position of the lid.
How many quatloos would it cost to install a squatloo?
Question, do the women who fall in in the dark also pee on the lid when it’s down? This whole thing is a non-issue in our space because there are two bathrooms however when I pee at night I feel, if it’s down I lift and sit. In fact I sit down about 50% of the time I pee (always have) and have also never fallen in. All that said I’ll close the lid out of consideration… I’ve just never understood the arguments either.
Wait, is this somewhat of a sexist slur now? WTF?
I keep a night light in the bathroom that I turn on when I go to bed. That way I’m not tripping over anything or stumling blind in the middle of the night. Just enough for sleep addled eyes to be able to see without being blinded by turning on the regular lights.
This is what’s wrong with same-sex marriage. It isn’t a real marriage if the partners don’t argue over the proper position for the toilet seat.
Christ, I didn’t realize incontinence was a requirement for SDMB registration. Apparently, not only do your bowels and eyes not work right, but also your hands fall off at night. Obviously, you can’t be expected to swipe your hand over the toilet tank to see if it hits anything seat-shaped.
I want you all to know I’m laughing hysterically at the notion of all you old bats telling your husbands “Of course I can’t turn on the light. I’m a split second from shitting all over everything, but you can’t expect me to wake up!”
And lightbulbs. You forgot lightbulbs.
I have a low watt nightlight in the hall, which is just outside the bathroom, so there is never a problem.
Of course, as I pointed out before, we have a squat loo, so up or down is never an issue, LOL.
Any rationale that involves ghosts works for me. I’ve now completely converted to seat down. Thank you for that.
But how do people with nightlights sleep?