chick wiggle Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Down! definately down! i hate it when i go in and its up, as for public toilets, cant say ive given it much thought really. If i have to use a public toilet its because i am desperate and if i am desperate, i dont stop to think about lids etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Seat down always before you flush or all those nasty germs a are sprayed around the room (& onto your toothbrush!) Not true, if you keep the lid down when you flush, the spray is concentrated and most of it will go on to you...Nice Not if you run Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy chickens! Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Must be down - if nothing else in my house have got the 3 males trained to do this on pain of death! Plumber friend told me years ago that the main cause of blocked loos was lego and other children's toys, so have always tried to avoid that problem. It looks neater too and is what my mother taught me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valkyrie Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Before I got married my folks loo seat was always kept up. I prefer it down in my own house. I think Mythbusters or someone did a test on the loo lid up or down and it made no difference re germs in the atmosphere. Feng doobris says keep it down because your good fortune will disappear down that hole, I believe - or that's what I was told. I'm quite unFenged - pure coincidence having lid down. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ali-s Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Seat and lid down here. I wish the men in this house were trained to do so. I have threatened to superglue the seat to the toilet so that they would have to sit. The only time the lid is left up is after I have cleaned the toilet and the seat needs to dry. There is nothing worse than putting your bum on a wet loo seat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Looney Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Lid down in this house too. Well, usually anyway - I'm not obsessive about it We do have a toilet brush but I hate the things! Ours gets used to clean the loo i.e. to give the pan a good scrub with bleach. I hate the thought of pulling out the brush and finding bits clogged in the bristles Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGirlsMum Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Lid down here, and I think I'm the only one to use loo brushes and with 3 toilets in the house its a continuous cycle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PapaJuliet Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 When marshalling, particularly on street circuits, we often have to use PortaLoos and I am paranoid about dropping something down it while trying to wriggle out my overalls. My technique for using PortaLoos... open door shut lid step in and close door wriggle out of overalls open lid and sit down in one quick movement I think I'll stop there... PJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I know what you mean.. I often keep my mobile in the back pocket of my jeans - silly habit I know - and it's been a near miss on a couple of occasions when pulling them down to go to the loo I left the darned thing in a field the other week after watering England's verdant pastures when I was out hedgerowing, luckily Phil was with me and rang my phone so I could find it. Anyroad, loo seat stays down during performances in this female house; any male visitors, including The Boy, are reminded of this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
