# Women, when placing nick-nacks and baubles on top of the toilet please think ahead. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817 "2003-12-24T08:17:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/1 "2003-12-24T08:17:36Z")
I really don’t like a porcelain Santa or a picture of grandma starring directly at my crotch when using the bathroom. Some of us do not spend all of our bathroom time sitting down with our backs turned to grandma. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/2 "2003-12-24T08:28:16Z")
As a child, I distinctly remember being freaked out by the porcelain-bodied, ruffle-skirted flaminco dancer doll staring intently at me with her glass-eyed stare as I did my business in Gramma’s bathroom (the frilly skirt concealed a spare roll of toilet paper). ((shudder)) ---
**Author:** ![Macrophage](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Macrophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Macrophage)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 8:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/3 "2003-12-24T08:56:03Z")
I once went into a bathroom in front of a fish. It was one of those damn singing bass things. It would activate when it detected movement. Just as I flushed… “take me to the riiiiiver”. Damn scary fish. ---
**Author:** ![Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b38774/32.png) [@Hot\_Buttered\_Toast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hot_Buttered_Toast)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/4 "2003-12-24T09:02:28Z")
Look, those raging toilet gods don’t appease _themselves_, you know! ---
**Author:** ![skeptic\_ev](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@skeptic\_ev](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/skeptic_ev)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 11:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/5 "2003-12-24T11:52:43Z")
Wow. As a female, I have to say I would have NEVER thought of this as a potential problem. OTOH, I don’t think I would ever place a picture or figurine on a toilet tank. I have a little wire basket with soaps in it. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/6 "2003-12-24T12:19:24Z")
I’ve complained and it brought forth something I enjoy spending time with. It’s a picture of an annoyed cat sitting in a boat which is in front of a house like you might see one some Greek island. We’ve formed this bond, the cat and I. I wonder where that cat is now? ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/7 "2003-12-24T13:12:17Z")
Working in property management, I can tell you a lotof those nick-nacks an baubles fall into the toilet unnoticed, get flushed, and it’s costly to get them out. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/8 "2003-12-24T13:28:53Z")
That’s why my bathroom had nothing in it but old comic books. Until I got married. Now we look like we own stock in Hummel. I feel like I’m going to the bathroom with a crowd. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/9 "2003-12-24T13:35:51Z")
I have a plant on my toilet tank. My daughter has a model of the Thomas Point Light. I’m not much into knickie-knacks - too much to dust. So my bathroom is a potty-friendly zone. ---
**Author:** ![LifeOnWry](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/96bed5/32.png) [@LifeOnWry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LifeOnWry)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/10 "2003-12-24T13:41:40Z")
I should probably move the bunnies, huh? Sorry guys, that never even occured to me! (Although it should be noted that right next to the bunnies is a stack of Cecil Adams books - can I keep those in there?) ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/11 "2003-12-24T13:57:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Muad’Dib \* > **I really don’t like a porcelain Santa or a picture of grandma starring directly at my crotch when using the bathroom.** I have a mental picture, and it features you facing in the \*wrong direction. \* Anyone else get that? Or is Santa kinda leaning over your shoulder? ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/12 "2003-12-24T14:20:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seal\_cleaner \* > \*\*I have a mental picture, and it features you facing in the \*wrong direction. \* Anyone else get that? Or is Santa kinda leaning over your shoulder? \*\* Nope, 'cause if he’s a guy and standing to pee, the figurines and photos are facing him. What’s on top of my toilet tank? Extra toilet paper, feminine products and (I had to go check) makeup sponges. Nothing to stare at you. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 2:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/13 "2003-12-24T14:22:59Z")
I’ve got a plant – and a plastic dragon from the dollar store. Is it a matter of any more or less biomorphic figure watching, or does it have to be humanoid or “cute” for it to be creepy? ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/14 "2003-12-24T15:05:45Z")
Sorry, guess I was thrown by terminology. He’s staring at your \*\<\\>, \* not your crotch. Mrs.\_clubber has some of that stuff - what I hate is having to move them all to get inside the tank to mess with the flapper when it keeps running. ---
**Author:** ![Flypsyde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f0a364/32.png) [@Flypsyde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flypsyde)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/15 "2003-12-24T16:12:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by seal\_cleaner \* > \*\*Sorry, guess I was thrown by terminology. He’s staring at your \*\<\\>, \* not your crotch. \*\* Uhh, where the hell is YOUR euphemism if it’s not in your crotch? ---
**Author:** ![seal\_cleaner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e274bd/32.png) [@seal\_cleaner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/seal_cleaner)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/16 "2003-12-24T16:43:10Z")
Well, according to the emails I keep getting, my \*\<\\> \* must be so small as to be invisible at 2 paces. ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/17 "2003-12-24T16:54:43Z")
I have a couple of candles, my glasses case, and a makeup bag. Said makeup bag actually fell in the bowl yesterday. Thankfully, it was done up. ---
**Author:** ![Shelby445Schultz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Shelby445Schultz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shelby445Schultz)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/18 "2003-12-24T17:45:55Z")
I have a little shelf with my deodorant and stuff in my bathroom. My mothers bathroom is like peeing into the ocean: Sand and shells on the tank. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/19 "2003-12-24T18:18:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by skeptic\_ev \* > \*\*Wow. As a female, I have to say I would have NEVER thought of this as a potential problem. \*\* While we’re at it, don’t put on those toilet lid covers, either. When the seat comes down my choice is to either pee on the seat as it travels by, or catch it and pee on the floor because of the sudden movement. Now that you’ve been warned, the Be A Sweetie And Wipe The Seatie rule no longer holds. ---
**Author:** ![smaft](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c2a13f/32.png) [@smaft](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smaft)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2003, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/20 "2003-12-24T18:34:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by js\_africanus \* > \*\*While we’re at it, don’t put on those toilet lid covers, either. Don’t forget the brilliant apartment designers who place the toilet next to the sink, with the mirror extending all the way behind both. I mean, “know thyself” is one thing; but I don’t really need to see it in action. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817.md?page=2)