mens worst habits??

[mullein3]

last wednesday i was unfortunate enough to have 5 work men in my house doing jobs..so the toilet was in action all day and every single one of them left the toilet seat up!!  i was furiouse and its about time someone invented a toilet seat that snapped shut on them..ouch...!!! this has got to be the most dreadfull habit..as far as i am concerned any one else know any others??

[Laura-sakura]

Yes, I have to say that annoys me as well. It might be ok but men can't help but p*** all over the place when they go and I really don't want to be the one touching the seat after them.
My boyfriend has some kind of sinus problem and his bad habit is sitting in front of the TV with two great wads of tissue up each nostril. Very sexy.

[qapmoc]

Hi Laura, a bit off thread this but, if your boyfriend has sinus troubles especially with excess mucus or blocked sinus maybe he should read this http://www.healingdaily.com/exercise/neti-pot.htm.  Yeah I know it looks gross,  but I can tell you as a sufferer for 30+years with sinus problems that this really does work and all my family use this method when they get colds/flu and the congestion only lasts for a couple of days when everybody else is sniffing for weeks.  

[andyjevs]

Well i'm a very rare breed....i'm housetrained and put the loo seat down. I also know where the washing machine, dishwasher and hoover is and how to use them !!! Just don't ask me to iron anything...that really does beat me

[maggie01]

andyjevs you are a rare breed. Hope your other half appreciates you. My husband thinks something magic happens in our house . Loo seat goes down on its own. Towel hangs itself up in bathroom. Clothes get hung up all by themselves. The list is endless. The more you nag the less he listens.

[tony1941]

You were quite lucky, really. Out of five men, not one of them seems to have left the seat down and then p****d on it!  That practice is what I would call a bad habit!  If you don't believe me, ask anyone who has ever had to clean men's toilets in a pub.  I ran one for 15 years and for three of those, my cleaning lady refused to do the "gents".  Later in life, I found I had to sometimes see to the "ladies'" (note the inverted commas) facilities.  All I can say is - at least men have a physical reason for wetting the seat, the "ladies" frequently managed it on the floor as well!

[Madison68]

I'm a guy and I put the seats back down.  I can clean, cook but like andy can't iron, so I send my stuff out to be done.

My mates visit and leave the seats up though, so maybe it's a common thing amongst guys.  I put the seat and lid down though....  Is that odd?

[tony1941]

Madison, you and Andy should buy steam generator irons. I now actually enjoy ironing as it is a strictly "one pass" job.  Trouble is, my wife now also enjoys ironing, so I usually let her win the argument and she does it. (or is that a really bad habit?)

[jno]

Odd - I don't see any males here expressing outrage at having to put the seat up. Perhaps they're just better equipped for heavy lifting. Or perhaps they're all out shopping at the moment.

[boobesque]

i'm sorry to all my fellow girlies out there, but i dont get why you get so annoyed about the loo seat, men dont get annoyed that we put it down! i just dont understand why we expect (well not me) men to put the seat down ?

[ELVIS68]

My wife is so lazy,she left a load of dirty dishes in the sink ,so I had to go upstairs for a p1ss...............Seriously because I work 3 different shifts I am about during the day and I do my fair share of house work, I draw the line at ironing though,gotta save her something to do when she gets home from work,...and I do put the seat down after a p1ss

[VINNY100_2]

Maybe we should install one of these in each house..just..for..men..and no.. im not taking the pi$$(:)

here.

[woofgang]

This is why you should close the lid after use and before you flush.....especially if its in the same room as your toothbrush

http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html

(yes I hae posted this before)

[jno]

woofgang, thank you for bringing that to the attention of the world. I believe more people have died from flushing toilets without putting down the lid than from bird flu and Iraqi weapons of mass destruction put together. In fact, after the CIA's plan to blow up Castro with an exploding cigar failed, they were going to try to jam his toilet seat open for their next attempt.

[kempie]

Funny, isn't it, that women love to rant about the position of the toilet seat after use (down) but never about the lid being up, which surely proves that the argument is nothing to do with hygiene and more to do with laziness!!!!

If the seat and lid were always in the down position when the toilet was not in use then everybody would have to lift part of the ensemble to gain access.

[woofgang]

fair comment jno but do you really want your own or someone else's faecal matter on your toothbrush???

[SC00BY]

Speaking from a womans point of view, why should a bloke put the seat down? they need it up. They don't complain when we leave it down? And if that is the worst habit that someone has then their partner/housemate is pretty lucky.

[Robinia]

Oh heck mullein it didn't take them long to lose their 'hunk' status!! 

I've a loo across the passageway ouside my back door so anyone working downstairs/outside uses that & I use the upstairs loo until they've gone (or vice versa if they're working upstairs which is rare).  Incidently my upstairs loo is separate from the bathroom which is how I think all loos should be!

Actually, if you know a man whose worst or only habit is the loo seat thing, send him to me - I'll live with that!

[andy hughes]

I think all men should live alone for at least two years before settling down / marrying. Then they learn that things stay where they are left / dropped, until dewalt with, and there are no no cleaning / laundry fairies - I can do all domestic chores, including ironing, slow but perfectly acceptable.

Having lived in a house with a wife and three daughters, I automaticxally leave the seat down -even when I am away in hotels on my own, I still do it, it's so much of a habit!

[derekpara]

The reason we blokes leave the seat up is quite simple-  to put it down we would have to handle it ! It is a gent's thing that you lift the seat with your foot- easy. Do your business then wash your hands. Very hygienic. No handling someone else's toilet seat even though you could wash your hands afterwards. The thought of all those strange bums and things puts me off !

[blinkyblinky]

I for one would like to sleep in a cave, drink from puddles and chew on wild mushrooms and berries without suffering from sickness, chills, diahorroea etc. The cleaner and more sterile we make our environment, the weaker we and our immune systems become. A little dirt (within reason) is natural, even desirable, isn't it?