The number 1 conundrum
Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2012 2:40 pm
I've been thinking about something that has always brought my piss to a boil. In most modern societies, any bathroom that is used by at least one female is ruled by the ominous commandment of leaving the toilet seat down after use. The question is: why?
I've asked this to several women, and neither of them could give me an answer that didn't revolve around chivalry bullshit. This rule probably makes sense in a habitat governed mostly by women, but if I work at a place with 10 other guys and the only woman there slaps warnings on every toilet so we don't forget to put the seat down, I am going to want to hit her with both blunt and sharp objects. I won't actually do it, but the thought will run through my mind.
I do not want to deal with this in my own house when I get married some day. Just because I have a penis doesn't mean I have to put the toilet seat up and down every time I want to take a piss while she does nothing. People should just leave the seat in whatever position they last needed it. This means that regardless of your gender, you will only have to do one seat operation at a time, tops. Besides, you never know when the next person to use the toilet has the same genitalia as you anyway. In fact, it could even be you!
Of course none of this would matter if mankind finally had the idea of putting urinols in common, household bathrooms instead of just out in the public. This would have the added bonus of not having the toilet's surroundings covered in urine stains. Toilets and penises do not mix! Is this complicated for architects to understand? Whatever's holding them back, I must know.
I've asked this to several women, and neither of them could give me an answer that didn't revolve around chivalry bullshit. This rule probably makes sense in a habitat governed mostly by women, but if I work at a place with 10 other guys and the only woman there slaps warnings on every toilet so we don't forget to put the seat down, I am going to want to hit her with both blunt and sharp objects. I won't actually do it, but the thought will run through my mind.
I do not want to deal with this in my own house when I get married some day. Just because I have a penis doesn't mean I have to put the toilet seat up and down every time I want to take a piss while she does nothing. People should just leave the seat in whatever position they last needed it. This means that regardless of your gender, you will only have to do one seat operation at a time, tops. Besides, you never know when the next person to use the toilet has the same genitalia as you anyway. In fact, it could even be you!
Of course none of this would matter if mankind finally had the idea of putting urinols in common, household bathrooms instead of just out in the public. This would have the added bonus of not having the toilet's surroundings covered in urine stains. Toilets and penises do not mix! Is this complicated for architects to understand? Whatever's holding them back, I must know.