When my wife and I were still living together I had left the lid/seat up on the toilet 4 or 5 times in those 5 years. I would receive hours - sometimes days of verbal abuse over it. Now don't get me wrong, I don't believe in leaving them up and there is at least one good reason not to. Here are some reasons that come to my mind.
1. The next person using it might fall in.
2. According to feng shui
- you're flushing all your money away.
3. Millions of bacteria are spread by an aerosol effect.
Guess which one she chose to gone on about. Yep - #2 - I was causing us to lose money by some mystical bit of woo. Never mind the amount of money she
What is it I believe is the good reason? Well not #1 - anyone who sits down with out checking first can only blame themselves for the results. (Yes - I did that very thing just the other night)
Number 3 however is a very good reason - as putting the lid down limits the amount of contaminants spread by the aerosol effect. Think about it next time you put that toothbrush in your mouth. Please click on the title for a link to a NY Times article for more about this subject.
Now - if I could just get my flatmates to put the lid down........
Addendum: It appears my wife's view of feng shui toilet practice may be wrong, according to at least one site on this subject - the seat should be down, with the lid up.
To quote the feng shui hippo:
The Feng Shui of the Toilet Lid
The feng shui of toilets is very important, toilets are the gaping bowels of your lovely home.
Consider the Seat down, lid down toilet: the ancient art of Feng Shui teaches that a low seat means low energy, hence low qi. Not a happy feng shui toilet!
Seat down and lid up: the energy is rising! feng shui is rising...
Lid up and Seat up: happy feng shui - The wise should be wary of the lady of the house who counsels in favor of toilet seats in the down position! The Ancients have been leaving seats up for thousands of years!
Of course, woo is woo and neither one of these conflicting feng shui ideas are or can be scientifically proven, making them worthless. Just put the lid down and reduce the contamination - that has been researched and shows some validity. It isn't "lid up: the energy is rising! feng shui is rising..." but "lid up: the bacteria is rising! fecal matter is rising..."
2 comments:
Ha, oh man, that's rough.
I've always been a proponent of seat+lid down, mostly for reason #3, combined with the fact that it looks tidier when company's over and it's fair for both genders since everyone has some work to do once they're done.
Thanks for your comment! - Finally some evidence that someone reads my rants. </:-)
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