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Post by Abby Normal on Apr 10, 2014 12:20:40 GMT -5
This thread cracks me up. Mostly I sit, unless the bathroom is gross. Then I'll squat only if I really have to go.
But my son plays baseball and it seems all they ever have it porta pots at the fields. Nothing like having to go in a place where 100 boys have played fireman. We were at the state tournament last year and the pots were so bad I couldn't bring myself to go. I walked back and got the keys from DH, announced to all the moms I was going to find a clean bathroom if anyone wanted to come. I had six takers. We piled in and went to find someplace clean to pee. Nothing says bonding like a potty break field trip.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 12:20:51 GMT -5
No, never. I have never sat on a public restroom toilet seat....not gonna happen. All i know is 'THIS' aint touchin' THAT....no way no how....and I will only go #1 in public restrooms. I don't know how/if you can 'miss' and pee outside the bowl, either...i don't get that....basic squatting isn't rocket science.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 12:22:54 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) I will not use shared sponge...I will not use shared sponge...I will not use shared sponge...I will not use shared sponge...
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 10, 2014 12:23:06 GMT -5
No wonder female bathrooms are so nasty. Sit down and do your business you weirdos.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 12:24:01 GMT -5
i am surprised that no one has brought up this product that would end the need to squat or hover.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 12:26:05 GMT -5
i am surprised that no one has brought up this product that would end the need to squat or hover. OMG!
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 12:32:30 GMT -5
i am surprised that no one has brought up this product that would end the need to squat or hover. OMG! Shouldn't that be on later's woman thread?
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 10, 2014 12:34:25 GMT -5
No wonder female bathrooms are so nasty. Sit down and do your business you weirdos. From a stander..... Not all the time. I sit when I need to lose a pound in public.
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Post by kittensaver on Apr 10, 2014 12:51:04 GMT -5
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 13:03:08 GMT -5
i am surprised that no one has brought up this product that would end the need to squat or hover. Is it like a rain poncho? One size fits all yaing yingies?
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 10, 2014 13:30:59 GMT -5
i am surprised that no one has brought up this product that would end the need to squat or hover. Archie. I bought one of those. I never mastered it 100% of the time. It's more difficult than they claim
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Post by midjd on Apr 10, 2014 13:42:11 GMT -5
I think the narrow part should be longer and bendy so you can aim... isn't that all the fun of it?
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Post by justme on Apr 10, 2014 13:42:57 GMT -5
I'm usually a wipe and toilet seat/tp cover. Mostly because I'm too lazy to thoroughly make sure it's dry from all you squatters so the cover/tp give me a barrier for what I've missed. It's the sitting on urine that squicks me out, not the toilet seats. Sitting on the water sprayed out when you flush squicks me out too.
I've only ever squatted when there wasn't enough time/tp to "clean" up the seat enough and no time to change venues. And then there was a brief time I had the genius idea to try it for exercise...didn't last to long.
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Post by Sum Dum Gai on Apr 10, 2014 13:54:17 GMT -5
What do you do with that thing when you're done? Rinse it in the sink and put it back in your purse? As if bathrooms weren't gross enough, now you want to carry a piss covered device around in your purse? Nasty.
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Post by tloonya on Apr 10, 2014 13:57:57 GMT -5
What do you do with that thing when you're done? Rinse it in the sink and put it back in your purse? As if bathrooms weren't gross enough, now you want to carry a piss covered device around in your purse? Nasty. Yep, I wish to see your face if you were sitting in traffic for hours after finishing large coffee and being ready to pay any money for 'piss covered devise'...
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Apr 10, 2014 14:07:47 GMT -5
What do you do with that thing when you're done? Rinse it in the sink and put it back in your purse? As if bathrooms weren't gross enough, now you want to carry a piss covered device around in your purse? Nasty. It's meant for use in remote areas - no restrooms. You put it in a zip lock bag and wash it out when you getback to your own room. I bought it intending to use it on our last trip to Asia. But never mastered it..... Here in the US, you don't really squat; you hover. Which is not nearly as difficult as a deep knee squat. Getting up from a deep knee squat is difficult for me- and not getting any easier.
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Post by lexxy703 on Apr 10, 2014 14:11:41 GMT -5
I usually wipe & sit unless it is a really dirty place.
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Post by milee on Apr 10, 2014 14:12:33 GMT -5
I don't know how the germaphobes survive children. I'm not sure, either. If I didn't love those disgusting, germy little boogers so much, I would have called the Gypsies to take them away long ago.
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Post by milee on Apr 10, 2014 14:21:09 GMT -5
But my son plays baseball and it seems all they ever have it porta pots at the fields. Nothing like having to go in a place where 100 boys have played fireman. We were at the state tournament last year and the pots were so bad I couldn't bring myself to go. I walked back and got the keys from DH, announced to all the moms I was going to find a clean bathroom if anyone wanted to come. I had six takers. We piled in and went to find someplace clean to pee. Nothing says bonding like a potty break field trip. Yep. I was at a two day shooting clinic a few weeks ago - out in the middle of nowhere, about 30 guys and me. One porta potty. I took one look inside the porta potty, turned around and found myself a nice tree to go behind. It was kind of funny all weekend to see all the guys politely using the nasty porta potty and I'd just wander off to a nice, clean spot in the nearby woods.
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Post by engineerdoe on Apr 10, 2014 14:43:51 GMT -5
I sit. Never gave it a second thought. I'm a farm girl. Not much grosses me out. totally unless the toilet is disgusting, I put some paper on the seat and plop down......all of you who are squatting I hope you check to make sure you didn't pee on the seat. I had a friend once who was a hoverer and she peed on her shoes when she missed. everyone does know it's a myth that you can catch something, right? I'm envisioning a new sign to put up in the stalls: "Please pee on your shoes instead of the seat. Thank you!"
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Post by steff on Apr 10, 2014 14:57:07 GMT -5
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Post by Bob Ross on Apr 10, 2014 15:06:57 GMT -5
I never sit on public toilet seats.
If I did, how would I be able to spray diarrhea all over them?
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Apr 10, 2014 17:11:25 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? I keep reading the thread as "Shitting on Public Toilet Seats... do you?" It's actually not too far off base. I prefer using the seat covers and most places here offer them. Getting them to refill the dispensers regularly is a whole 'nother matter. I check the stalls for the cleanest looking one and put TP down if no covers are offered. When I'm desperate and TP isn't there I squat and always carry Kleenex and some form of wet wipes in my purse. DH keeps them in his truck and if we go to a gas station or fast food place I throw a couple in my purse if I have no other options at the time and really need to go. I also saw the various specials where they had scientists test your kitchen to compare to the public toilet seats and the toilet seats were cleaner. It helped when needing to use a public rest room but it made things worse when eating at other people's houses! Dr. Oz said that urine is (can't remember exact term) but it basically meant sanitized naturally so that helped too. And their small children (probably mostly the boys) they bring in to potty. I've seen moms wiping seats down after their boys used the bathroom. I was like "Ohhhh. So that's why there is piss all over toilet seats!" Thinking it's non STD little boys was better than thinking of adults who may have some gross infections. LOL!!
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Post by Peace Of Mind on Apr 10, 2014 17:21:56 GMT -5
I think the narrow part should be longer and bendy so you can aim... isn't that all the fun of it? I thought it was the shaking it off part. Gives a guy ANOTHER excuse to play with it.
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Post by NoNamePerson on Apr 10, 2014 17:35:55 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? Read back a few post Ken. She said she did mean Hooker spray
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Post by sunshinegal1981 on Apr 10, 2014 18:49:31 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! Hmmmm. Why? I mean... is it that aerosolized fecal matter sticking to your food grosses you out? How is that more gross than just breathing the air in there? I mean, I wouldn't have a three course meal in a lavatory, but plenty of times I've brought my beer in with me so it wouldn't get roofied by a weirdo in a bar. Isn't that what the PSAs tell you you're supposed to do?
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Post by yogiii on Apr 10, 2014 19:10:15 GMT -5
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! Hmmmm. Why? I mean... is it that aerosolized fecal matter sticking to your food grosses you out? How is that more gross than just breathing the air in there? I mean, I wouldn't have a three course meal in a lavatory, but plenty of times I've brought my beer in with me so it wouldn't get roofied by a weirdo in a bar. Isn't that what the PSAs tell you you're supposed to do? I'd chug the beer, then use the bathroom.
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Post by sunshinegal1981 on Apr 10, 2014 19:19:10 GMT -5
Hmmmm. Why? I mean... is it that aerosolized fecal matter sticking to your food grosses you out? How is that more gross than just breathing the air in there? I mean, I wouldn't have a three course meal in a lavatory, but plenty of times I've brought my beer in with me so it wouldn't get roofied by a weirdo in a bar. Isn't that what the PSAs tell you you're supposed to do? I'd chug the beer, then use the bathroom. Live and let live then, I guess. (With the size of my bladder, your solution would never work for me.)
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Post by Nazgul Girl on Apr 10, 2014 20:06:33 GMT -5
If I ever meet a fellow YM'er, I don't want them to know whether I sit or hover. TMI to give out. I don't want to know what they choose to do, either.
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Post by mollyanna58 on Apr 10, 2014 20:38:12 GMT -5
If I ever meet a fellow YM'er, I don't want them to know whether I sit or hover. TMI to give out. I don't want to know what they choose to do, either. How about an EE'er? Things are a lot more casual over there.
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