Why do men leave the toilet seat up!

[lillylampost]

Do you get annoyed when men leave the toilet seat up. Can you train them:-)?

[smudge]

Thankfully, my husband always puts the seat back down!

[ck1]

Alternatively,  us men could complain that you ladies always leave the seat down!!!

[fairy!]

We need it down & leave it down... they need it up & leave it up... doesn't bother me! :-)

[Octavius]

Well we could leave it down and wee on it if you prefer

[ck1]

Octavius - I am sure that has never happened though!!

[jno]

you hear this from women a lot... but what really is the problem? Is it actually more onerous for women to lower the seat than for men to raise it? Or is there some subconscious revulsion at having to look at the rim of the bowl when the seat is up? Does it somehow look better/neater/cleaner when the seat is down? Anyone?

[Gilli]

What I don't understand is that even with the seat up, men still can't aim properly down that great big space !!!!! (yuck)

And apologies if i'm being coarse, but as they have to touch "it" anyway, why don't they just sit down and direct it downwards straight into the pan, and voila, no spills or splashes !!!!

[Gilli]

jno, IMO, the loo definitely looks neater with its seat down .... after all, why does it have a seat if not to sit on.

It's not onerous as such to put the seat down but I'd rather not have to touch it .... I know my loos at home are kept clean (by me I might add, everyone else is oblivious to the state of it) but hate using other people's loos and having to touch the seat.

[snoteater]

Well I hate touching the seat too - so why should I have to lift it up because some inconsiderate female leaves it down? Oh I see, because it looks neater down - well silly me for not thinking of that. I didn't realise that the natural condition for the toilet seat was down and that I am violating a fundamental law of nature when I lift it up. Mental note to self: remember to always think in an illogical fashion and assume because I don't like doing something the rest of the world should accomodate my selfish needs. Further mental note to self: remember that women can read maps therefore maps should be abolished. Additional further mental note to self: try to remember not to generalise about 50% of the human race. Final mental note to self: under no circumstances get caught up in trivial debate.

[Alixw]

It doesn't bother me at all. Most of the time I leave it up too!! Whats the point in putting it down when yu only have to lift it up again!? I get the point about it looking nicer, but I don't care enough to put it back down everytime!! Am I the only girl that thinks like this?!

[SASHAGREEN]

i can remember many nights sitting in the bowl, on a puddle of pee! thankfully i have trained the men in my house to finally put  the seat down!

[floss85]

I am in the 'process' of training my boyfriend to leave it down - but to no avail!

[Chillum]

Gilli, just because it's pointed it in a certain direction, is no guarantee that the jet-stream will leave in the same direction. I'd imagine men who have been circumcised are far less likely to miss.

[littleoldme]

Gilli, if your chap is having problems with his aim, try placing a ping-pong ball in the bowl. His first thought may be to query why there's a ping-pong ball in the loo, but by the time he's finished trying to sink it with his (now finely targetted) jet stream, he'll have had far too much fun to bother asking. He gets an enjoyable new game, you get a clean toilet seat, everyone's a winner.

[VINNY100_2]

I knew an old lady who had a giant Tea-Cosy on her loo seat.very pretty to!!( :)

[jno]

Back in the 19th century, porcelain makers sometimes put a picture of a bee in chamberpots etc for gentlemen to aim at (you may occasionally see them in loos at old stately homes). The was probably because the Latin for bee is apis. True story.

[Gilli]

I like the bee in the bowl idea.

Will have to think about the ping pong ball too ...... unfortunately, it's not just my partner but also my teenage son and step-son as well.

[silly moo]

Didn't we have this thread a while ago?
Why can't we all put both the seat and the lid down - then we'd all have to lift and lower everytime.
Live and let live.
Also I think feng shui says that if you leave the lid up all your wealth will disappear down the toilet. Not sure if that will affect anyone though.

[flaming]

Whoever cleans the loo should have the say. 

I knew a couple once who had a Victorian blue/white patterned  loo in one corner of their bedroom (can't recall if there was a bee pattern) with NO seat or cover fixed.  Problem solved.

Off thread a bit:  Can't sit on seats of public loos  The other day on TV a doctor was saying this half-standing/crouching for women peeing is very bad.  We risk bladder infections as the bladder is not fully emptied from that position.