Well, I *prefer *it down because I think it looks nicer that way, much in the same way I think the coffee pot looks better in the coffee maker than left out on the counter. Seat up and yeah, there’s usually a few drops of dried pee from one of the male family members visible on the rim of the toilet proper. Seat down, and I can forget they’re there until I clean the toilet.
But I really don’t understand why toilet seat up or down is one of the most pressing debates of our time. Frankly, I think that anyone with very strong feelings either way is more interested in being right than promoting family harmony. I ask my menfolk to put the seat down, please, but if they don’t, I deal.
I have one, and my one regret is that I won’t be able to afford to install one in my next place. I may, however, be bringing a heated or heated/bidet toilet seat home in my luggage.
Me too, but haven’t you ever stumbled into the bathroom in the wee dark hours of the morning, not wanting to ruin your night vision, and fallen in and gotten kind of stuck in the toilet with your ass in the cold water?
Because, FYI, then you will be awake. Just sayin. And it’s hard to get yourself unstuck without calling for help. And you do have your pride. Did I mention how cold it is?
Actually what I would prefer to have is a modified jack and jill set up - a common bathtub/shower room, then flanking it a walk in closet and toilet room for him, and one for me. The vanity for toothbrushing, primping and whatnot is in the corner of the walk in closets next to a full length mirror.
We currently have a 1 bathroom home, and it is a pain in the ass if he has moved into the bathroom for a crap with a book and has been in there for 45 minutes and I have to pee like a race horse.
Next house, I get my own damned bathroom and he can go outside for all I care. MINE MINE MINE!!!
Yeah, redundancy. I pretty much always stand to piss in the toilet, but there is the odd splash back, early morning wide shot, or random (surprise!) diagonal stream. A urinal solves that slight problem.
Yeah come to think of it that’s a good reason for a urinal I hadn’t thought of. When it’s been awhile since your last urination, the opening can get stuck together in random ways such that the initial stream is sideways, a spray, or bifurcated. Imagine trying to aim a hose with a finger placed randomly over the opening.
Yes. Split streams, too. But that may depend on whether you’re circumcised or not. I’m not sure. It is interesting when it goes shooting off in a direction you didn’t expect.
As for the toilet seat issue, it boggles my mind that someone wouldn’t check what they’re sitting on before they sit but, then again, I am male, so perhaps I’m more conditioned to check.
Yes, from time to time, and it usually autocorrects after a few startling seconds of pissing on the wall - or worse a basket of your mother-in-law’s magazines. The skin just randomly gets in a weird position (I’m cut, btw, if that matters) and it’s usually after sleeping OR going a long time without urinating.
Heh, diagonal stream!
Nah, I wouldn’t want a urinal. For one thing, you’d still need a toilet for #2, so why have the redundancy for #1? Secondly, having a urinal would remind me of the facilities at public places like ballparks and airports. Not something I’d want in my house. And what makes you think that a urinal will mitigate the mess of those final drips? Have you seen the floors around urinals? Yech.
It’s not about being a real man, it’s about the very real convenience of not have to drop your pants. If I have a hose to water my garden, why should I act as if I only have a spigot?
