I got one of 'those' emails the other day: "What if Women ruled the World?"
One of the photos was a good-old American toilet seat with the seat chained so it could not be left 'up.'
I guess we're all familiar with this argument, so no need for a poll until we understand all the issues.
Generally it goes something like this:
SETTERS: "(expletive deleted)! Whenever you MEN leave the seat up and I gotta go in the middle of the night I end up sitting on the cold ceramic and almost falling in!"
POINTERS: "Huh?"
No, of course there's a lack of understanding. Setters (aka women) generally use the seat one way: seat down, back up. Whereas Pointers (aka men) use it two ways: seat up for urination and seat down for defecation.
Seems like hardly anyone remembers to close the lid (I mean, what if your contacts fall in?).
There are three available alternatives:
1. Leave the seat up:
Benefits:
a. No urine on the seat,
b. Pointers don't have to remember to lift.
Detriments:
a. Setters get to sit on a cold rim if they don't look first.
2. Seat Down:
Benefits:
a. No sitting on the cold rim (for either sex) if inattentive,
Detriments:
a. Pointers must remember to lift OR
b. wipe off seat if they miss.
3. LID down when you're done.
Benefits:
a. No cold butt,
b. no wet seats,
c. Nothing gets dropped into the toilet water by accident.
Detriments:
a. EVERYBODY has to configure the device before use and
b. EVERYBODY has to return it to closed position when done.
c. The dog has to find his own water bowl!
(and someone has to remember to keep it filled)
Sounds like equality and common sense to me, but I've only seen that in my mother-in-law's guest bathroom.
So, let's take it from there. I'm certain I missed something.
K.
One of the photos was a good-old American toilet seat with the seat chained so it could not be left 'up.'
I guess we're all familiar with this argument, so no need for a poll until we understand all the issues.
Generally it goes something like this:
SETTERS: "(expletive deleted)! Whenever you MEN leave the seat up and I gotta go in the middle of the night I end up sitting on the cold ceramic and almost falling in!"
POINTERS: "Huh?"
No, of course there's a lack of understanding. Setters (aka women) generally use the seat one way: seat down, back up. Whereas Pointers (aka men) use it two ways: seat up for urination and seat down for defecation.
Seems like hardly anyone remembers to close the lid (I mean, what if your contacts fall in?).
There are three available alternatives:
1. Leave the seat up:
Benefits:
a. No urine on the seat,
b. Pointers don't have to remember to lift.
Detriments:
a. Setters get to sit on a cold rim if they don't look first.
2. Seat Down:
Benefits:
a. No sitting on the cold rim (for either sex) if inattentive,
Detriments:
a. Pointers must remember to lift OR
b. wipe off seat if they miss.
3. LID down when you're done.
Benefits:
a. No cold butt,
b. no wet seats,
c. Nothing gets dropped into the toilet water by accident.
Detriments:
a. EVERYBODY has to configure the device before use and
b. EVERYBODY has to return it to closed position when done.
c. The dog has to find his own water bowl!
(and someone has to remember to keep it filled)
Sounds like equality and common sense to me, but I've only seen that in my mother-in-law's guest bathroom.
So, let's take it from there. I'm certain I missed something.
K.
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