# 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:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Sethra-chan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Sethra-chan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sethra-chan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2004, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/61 "2004-01-03T21:11:01Z")
Mm, the problem of moving the lid with a bunch of crap on it depends on the sturdyness of the lid. The lid at my parents’ house is composed of extremely thick ceramic, and has a sort of ridge around the back and the two short sides. This is a heck of a boon, because they keep a bunch of bathroom supplies atop it, and given the age of the house, the guts of the tank need to be fiddled with fairly often. But the tank in my current apartment… ::sigh:: I can only asume the original tank lid was somehow broken by prior tenants, because it’s flexible plastic and generally looks like a replacement piece. Not a problem, though. We have much more space for storage than my parents’ bathroom, and the lid isn’t really needed as a staond-in for a shelf. All I keep atop it is a glass bottle, blue, with seashells and sand dollars and coral molded into the outside. Goes with the rest of the room’s general seaside theme. My own gramma never had one of those evil looking little toilet dolls, but I’ve seen them at houses I’ve visited. Poodles, too. ::shudder:: Why not just keep the extra tp in the cabinet under the sink, like a normal person? ---
**Author:** ![ianzin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed655f/32.png) [@ianzin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ianzin)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/62 "2004-01-04T05:44:42Z")
Women who want to _increase_ the degree of anxiety experienced by males visiting the Smallest Room can remove all the ornamental stuff referred to in the OP and replace with a plant. Venus Fly Trap. ---
**Author:** ![Cyberhwk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7993a0/32.png) [@Cyberhwk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyberhwk)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2004, 8:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/63 "2004-01-04T08:05:56Z")
An old friend’s house had the toilet right next to the sink and the mirror extended over the toilet…that’s right, you had a up close and personal look at yourself taking a leak. ---
**Author:** ![easy\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/eb8c5e/32.png) [@easy\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/easy_e)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/64 "2004-01-05T05:24:43Z")
I don’t have a toilet tank. My apartment building used to be a hotel and my toilet is similar to what you see in a lot of public restrooms–a bowl with a direct line to the plumbing system. Unlike a lot of public toilets, it does have a lid. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [January 5, 2004, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817/65 "2004-01-05T10:43:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by lno \* > \*\*And don’t you start with me and say that men should put the seat down. I know where you live. \*\* Yes, but you couldn’t find it again if you tried. PUT DOWN THE SEAT! 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/women-when-placing-nick-nacks-and-baubles-on-top-of-the-toilet-please-think-ahead/220817.md?page=3)