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Post by alabamagal on Apr 10, 2014 9:03:42 GMT -5
You know. Before this thread, I seriously had no idea women squatted over toilets. I've seen pee on the seat before and wondered WTH? How did that happen? Wiped it off and sat down.
And now I understand why the lines at the women's restrooms are longer than men's with all the toilet seat covers and using toilet paper to cover the seat. And I never thought of squatting. It must be a workout for your thighs.
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Post by midwestlily on Apr 10, 2014 9:05:38 GMT -5
I sit. And for years I've worked at public universities where they don't provide seat covers; I've grown so accustomed to it that I usually don't even bother with them when they are available. Yet I rarely get sick, and in the past two years I've successfully healed from two surgeries (appendix and rotator cuff) without infections. So I'll keep sitting.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 10, 2014 9:08:44 GMT -5
I've sat on public toilet seats all over the world for 37 years and nothing has happened to me yet. I agree that all of these germaphobe tendencies are causing problems in people's health. We NEED germs to build immune systems. And I have a bone to pick with all of you squatters...WIPE OFF THE SEAT AFTER YOU PEE ON IT! I don't understand why people think peeing on the seat is better than just sitting down. It drives me crazy because I think it's way grosser to sit on a wet toilet seat than just sitting down.Ditto!
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Post by yogiii on Apr 10, 2014 9:14:54 GMT -5
I've had the pleasure of urinating in some of the finest hotels and event venues in Manhattan. Some of these lavatories are so luxurious that I take my drink with me I don't care how fancy a bathroom is, there is no way I'm bringing food or drink in there. That is my #1 pet peeve. NO food or drinks in the bathroom ever, yuck!
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 10, 2014 9:17:44 GMT -5
You know. Before this thread, I seriously had no idea women squatted over toilets. I've seen pee on the seat before and wondered WTH? How did that happen? Wiped it off and sat down. my point EXACTLY. I KNOW the good YM'ers here have quads of steel and you don't make a mess, but there are a whole lotta other folks out there who don't have your quads - and while they won't touch a seat with their fanny, they seem to have not a care in the world about leaving a disgusting mess for the next person . Not you guys . . . of course
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Post by midjd on Apr 10, 2014 9:22:36 GMT -5
I'm with MPL. Never gave sitting a second thought, even when camping and using the outhouse-type toilets (I'd actually be afraid to squat over those, I have nightmares about falling in as it is). Except for the last couple of months (DD is a germ factory thanks to daycare and my immune system is crap now that I'm getting no sleep) I rarely get sick. I also utilize the 5-second rule. It keeps me healthy!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 9:34:17 GMT -5
People kind of overwhelm me sometimes and I often retreat to a bathroom stall and shut the door just to sit and recharge even when I don't have to go.
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 10, 2014 9:59:32 GMT -5
I sit. Toilet seat covers seem wasteful and pointless. Seems like squatting spreads a lot more germs...
I don't know how the germaphobes survive children.
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Post by raeoflyte on Apr 10, 2014 10:25:13 GMT -5
I sit. Toilet seat covers seem wasteful and pointless. Seems like squatting spreads a lot more germs... I don't know how the germaphobes survive children. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards they ain't germy, they my kids You must have forgotten the toddler years. kids are gross. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards
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Post by Shooby on Apr 10, 2014 10:28:22 GMT -5
And no, I am not gonna breastfeed my baby in a skanky public restroom either!
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 10, 2014 10:30:47 GMT -5
You must have forgotten the toddler years. kids are gross. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards I'm a total germaphobe. My mother keeps rubbing alcohol in her bathroom for me. At the start of each visit, I sterilize the toilet seat. After kids have friends over, I sterilize the seat. I guess it come down to - how extremely gross other peoples snots are, but you just deal with your own. When you have kids, you can just think of them as extensions of your own snot....that is my own snot is how I felt about the kids snot -so it was mine and not "other" snot. Rubbing alcohol does not sterilize. You either need to alcohol and flame, or you need to use Clorox.
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Post by Shooby on Apr 10, 2014 10:31:48 GMT -5
If I douse my arse with alcohol and set it on fire, will that work? lol
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Post by Formerly SK on Apr 10, 2014 10:37:33 GMT -5
You know. Before this thread, I seriously had no idea women squatted over toilets. I've seen pee on the seat before and wondered WTH? How did that happen? Wiped it off and sat down. I guess I've never had this discussion IRL because I had NO IDEA so many people squatted. It has never occurred to me to squat over a toilet. I'm 41, have used a bazillion different public toilets without squatting or paper protection, and have never had something bad happen to me. A little urine on the toilet? Wipe it off and sit. If these germs were so dangerous, where are the millions of sick people? I understand emotional phobias, but I don't buy that there's actual medical risk. But now I understand how toilets can get so messy. I, too, was confused how a women's bathroom toilet could have dirty seats.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Apr 10, 2014 10:39:35 GMT -5
If I douse my arse with alcohol and set it on fire, will that work? lol
Probably not, but you'd get on Tosh.O!
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 10, 2014 10:40:20 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out.
This reminds me of a rainy day I was waiting for a very delayed commuter train. After 30-40 minutes, I went to sit on a bench. One of the guys goes "Lurkin, you can't sit there, the bench is wet! " I started laughing and said "Guy, I'm a mom, I've touched waaaaay worse than rain." Everyone started laughing, and I soon got company on the bench.
Sorry, I got confused and was trying to figure out why you thought of me and peeing. ETA lol But, yes I squat. Sometimes, I leave pee on the seat. I always wipe it down. I also wipe it down even if it isn't my pee. I just use a whole wad of tp so that my hands don't actually touch anything.
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Post by Sunnyday on Apr 10, 2014 10:44:16 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out. Same here. As I've gotten older, squatting is more and more difficult. In Asia, I've used squat toilets. And unless you've been to Asia, you don't know what "disgusting" is...... I am finding the American obsession with germs amusing. It really depends on where in Asia, but where I've been have been super clean (korea and japan). I also enjoy squat toilets (turkish toilets). You don't touch anything, you squat and then pee. Then you flush using your foot. Love them!!! And you can always get a little squat exercise in every time you pee.
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Post by The Walk of the Penguin Mich on Apr 10, 2014 10:50:42 GMT -5
Sorry, the microbiologist is coming out in me. When you say sterilize, it either means free from bacteria or not. It's like you can't be a little pregnant (as my old micro prof used to say). What you are doing is lowering the bacterial load.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 10, 2014 10:53:02 GMT -5
Here in CA it is standard (not sure required?) to have the toilet seat covers in every stall. I use them. I hate when we travel to places that don't have them... Then I either do the wipe, cover with tp and sit or I squat... Ditto to this except I'll wipe down the seat with tp before I put the cover on it. One thing I've noticed and really don't get is that its the doctor's offices and hospitals that never have covers in their restrooms around here. I just don't get that since those are the places that are going to have the most germs. Am I supposed to believe they clean their restrooms every hour because they aren't touched while I've been there waiting. Doctor's offices and hospitals know people don't catch anything from toilet seats.
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Post by quince on Apr 10, 2014 10:54:07 GMT -5
Wipe everything down with a big wad of tp then line the seat with tp then sit. This. I'm too short to squat. When I sit my legs dangle like a child's.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 10, 2014 10:57:51 GMT -5
You must have forgotten the toddler years. kids are gross. Sent from my ADR6410LVW using proboards I'm a total germaphobe. My mother keeps rubbing alcohol in her bathroom for me. At the start of each visit, I sterilize the toilet seat. After kids have friends over, I sterilize the seat. I guess it come down to - how extremely gross other peoples snots are, but you just deal with your own . When you have kids, you can just think of them as extensions of your own snot....that is my own snot is how I felt about the kids snot -so it was mine and not "other" snot. And yet, you clean the toilet seat with alcohol at your own mother's house. You're an extension of her. Most peculiar.
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Post by swamp on Apr 10, 2014 11:01:37 GMT -5
If I douse my arse with alcohol and set it on fire, will that work? lol I'd like to see that.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 10, 2014 11:11:54 GMT -5
I sit. Anytime I use seat covers, they seem to fall in before I sit, or the autoflush pulls them in before my rear reaches the seat.
When I used to bring my young nieces and nephews in, I would cover the seat with paper for them because that was what their moms wanted.
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Post by weltschmerz on Apr 10, 2014 11:13:25 GMT -5
You're far more likely to catch something from a restaurant menu than you are from a restaurant toilet seat.
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Post by kent on Apr 10, 2014 11:34:56 GMT -5
I carry a small bottle of $2 hooket spray. Strawberry scent. Just in case that bathroom reeks it helps me make it through! I need to slow down when reading stuff - I first read that as HOOKER spray and thought WTH?
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 11:48:05 GMT -5
plopping like a queen!
because if you have a party at your house and someone broke trough into your master bathroom...would you rip toilet sit off and buy a new one?
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Post by gooddecisions on Apr 10, 2014 12:05:29 GMT -5
There is nothing especially disgusting or germy about ass cheeks. Women who squat and hover are the ones peeing all over the seat. And, women who put toilet paper or seat covers all over the seat are the ones leaving it all on the floor. Bathrooms would be a lot cleaner if people used the toilets as designed and sit down. I rarely use a public restroom other than to wash my hands, but just my observation.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 12:07:32 GMT -5
I carry a small bottle of $2 hooket spray. Strawberry scent. Just in case that bathroom reeks it helps me make it through! I need to slow down when reading stuff - I first read that as HOOKER spray and thought WTH? same here...
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 12:13:48 GMT -5
She actually meant to type hooker spray, which makes it even funnier!
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 12:17:03 GMT -5
She actually meant to type hooker spray, which makes it even funnier! Those polite people...
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Post by wyouser on Apr 10, 2014 12:18:45 GMT -5
It would appear from the comments posted that most here would not have survived living in Roman times. Toilets were communal....I've never seen ANY reference to there having been any lids. There was no paper, so no sanitary seat covers, and no toilet paper. They did have a shared sponge on a stick that one "rinsed off" in water before reuse. It is good to see so many take a stand before taking a seat on this issue.(ALL PUNS FULLY INTENDED)
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