I’m used to protect my ass by putting toilet paper on the toilet seat (when in public restrooms) before going for a #2.
So, what horrible disease could I catch if I decided not to? Would wiping the seat be resonable protection?
Thanks
From Dr. Dean Edell:
Nobody puts TP on the seat in Africa and we are all fine…no, wait a minute…not really.
Jill’s mailbag article: What diseases can you catch from toilet seats?
My father’s take on this matter: Only officers catch diseases from toilet seats.
Hawthorne, that’s pretty funny.
I never put toilet paper on the seat, and so far, I’m OK. I think its silly.
I guess this explains why I never see ass gaskets in public restrooms anymore…
Well, I remember swapping a toilet seat and growing bacteria cultures from the swab in my senior year of high school. The germ count and type was basically identical to the swab taken from the door handle.
On the other hand, spewing coffee on a keyboard can stir up some really nasty cooties! Thanks a lot, minega. 
Oh, come on: isn’t anyone going to post a response that refers to the “bottom line?”
(Set me up for the cheap laugh line, and…)
With whom did you swap toilet seats?
mmm…
The most germ-laden thing in the bathroom is not the toilet seat or the door handle, but the toilet-flush handle - think about it. Unless I’ve been doing it wrong all these years and most of you wash your hands BEFORE flushing?
I use my feet (if possible) or buffer my fingers with toilet paper when flushing. Sorry to the next gal coming in. The faucet is another germy place I fear.
I’ve read many reports that the door handle is the most germ-infested part in a bathroom. Apparently people don’t wash their hands after using the bathroom. Ew!
I think it’s really more of a principle thing… I’d rather touch something that other people’s hands have touched rather than other people’s asses.
According to an old joke, you can get syphilis on a toilet seat, but why would you want to have sex on a toilet seat?
[thinking out loud] I’ve wondered even more what would happen if you had some open skin near your ass and you splashed a terd into the water which contained traces of someone else’s excretion??? [/]
carry on.
Just an aside.
I was talking to a friend about toilets and washing your hands and he mentioned that in all honesty it’s probably better to wash your hands before you touch you peice than after.
Think about it.
By ‘peice’ I of course mean ‘piece’, by which I mean ‘penis’. ha
You’d use less toilet paper.