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| Can someone please explain to me the thought process behind toilet paper hiding devices? | |
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| Topic Started: Apr 10 2018, 04:28 PM (1,920 Views) | |
| Kanye West | Apr 11 2018, 03:09 PM Post #51 |
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I just turn the light on when I go to the bathroom. |
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| Roor | Apr 11 2018, 03:23 PM Post #52 |
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bad hombre
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I think I'd throw the toilet lid at my husband if he never bothered to use it. |
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| Terabethia | Apr 11 2018, 03:53 PM Post #53 |
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And me. I don't really know anyone who does, either. Not that I go around asking people, but of the ones I have observed, it's not common. |
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| LahLah | Apr 11 2018, 04:03 PM Post #54 |
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haha, it does, but what if there are deodorant remnants on the outside of the lid?! It could definitely happen. I kinda want koala's toothbrush hiding device! LOL |
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| GirlGreen | Apr 11 2018, 04:10 PM Post #55 |
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We started closing ours because of the cats. Now it grosses me out when others don't. |
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| Gills | Apr 11 2018, 04:12 PM Post #56 |
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Toilet lids are always down to prevent the toilet from becoming the feline swimming pool. But I had no idea so many people were so deeply concerned about microscopic poo parts attaching themselves to other bathroom surfaces. Germs are everywhere. |
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| kartmom53 | Apr 11 2018, 04:14 PM Post #57 |
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If you close the toilet lid how will the dog drink out of it?? Says someone who often hears the lab lapping water from the bathroom in the middle of the night.
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| SweetHomeTexas | Apr 11 2018, 04:36 PM Post #58 |
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| sweet_november | Apr 11 2018, 05:06 PM Post #59 |
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Bully Face
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I hate seeing toilet lids open regardless of if it’s being flushed or not. If someone’s not currently using it, the lid is (or should be) closed. When we were house shopping, I was surprised at how many people left it open for pictures (sometimes when the toilet was not spotless either 🤢). |
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| Cassady | Apr 11 2018, 05:11 PM Post #60 |
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Yes, this. The lid isn't decorative. I don't understand leaving it open any more than not shutting a drawer or closing a cabinet. But maybe I'm just odd. I'm fully prepared to believe this. |
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| Cecilia | Apr 11 2018, 06:40 PM Post #61 |
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At other people's houses I don't see it down and when I have guests they never leave it down. I don't know anyone that routinely does. It is a good idea -- it just isn't something I think most people do. |
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| Parsnip | Apr 11 2018, 08:42 PM Post #62 |
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We drench our toothbrushes with isopropyl alcohol, cap, them lay them in a dedicated drawer space. Ours are all electric and we charge the batteries as needed, which might be once a week or so at the most. Toilets are always flushed with the lid down, in fact lids are only up while in use. That's what works for us. One of my daughters has been immunocompromised for most of her life, she's nearly died a few times, so that informs a lot of our hygiene habits. Growing-up was a diffrrent story, I'm sure I brushed my teeth with the whole family's fecal particles on a daily basis. Edited by Parsnip, Apr 11 2018, 08:48 PM.
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| ft12 | Apr 11 2018, 09:05 PM Post #63 |
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Yeeeesh
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Maybe they have a cat that likes to unravel toilet paper? |
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| Roor | Apr 11 2018, 10:53 PM Post #64 |
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bad hombre
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I mean ...is the lid merely a suggestion? WHY?? Seriously, people. WHAT IS YOUR LOGIC? |
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| Koalabella | Apr 11 2018, 11:08 PM Post #65 |
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Maybe people are used to public bathrooms with no kids? I don’t get it, but 2/3 of the guests who use my bathroom don’t put the lid back down, even though the lid started out down. |
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| Figment | Apr 12 2018, 01:01 AM Post #66 |
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I grew up with seven siblings and we always put the lid down...maybe because our dad managed the water and sewer department of our city and knew things. 😱 Or because you could see the toilet from the kitchen...specifically from his spot at the table and he found it unappealing. |
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| Buffy the Vampire Slayer | Apr 12 2018, 01:15 AM Post #67 |
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Annoying, little twerp.
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This is one of the things that drive me crazy when people come over. You know you had to lift up the lid to use the toilet in the first place. HOW does it not occur to you to put it back down when you’re done?! |
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| blkcat | Apr 12 2018, 07:19 AM Post #68 |
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If I use the toilet at someone's house I leave the lid up if that's what they do. I tell people to put the lid down so the cats don't go swimming. |
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| GirlGreen | Apr 12 2018, 07:47 AM Post #69 |
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Exactly! Especially if I only have one guest. I love walking into a bathroom and knowing my MIL was the last one in there. |
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| Starfish | Apr 12 2018, 09:57 AM Post #70 |
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No kidding! 1 in 6 cellphones has been found to have fecal matter on it. That is much grosser IMHO. Don't get me started on the disgustingness found on self-serve gas nozzles, bank machine keypads, public transit and reuseable grocery bags. Lid up/lid down is petty in comparision. |
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| Parsnip | Apr 12 2018, 10:57 AM Post #71 |
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But 6 out of 6 toilets spray fecal matter!
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| KenmoreMike | Apr 12 2018, 10:59 AM Post #72 |
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Elder Statesman and bon vivant
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Dear Ms. Koalabella, "Can someone please explain to me the thought process behind toilet paper hiding devices?" After I stop shaking!! Your photos of the bathroom tissue concealer surrounded by pink ceramic tile induced flashbacks to the original bathroom of Casa KM. I'm still shuddering!! The purpose of the bathroom tissue concealer was most likely to protect the sensitivities of visitors to the room. Hiding the roll of paper gave the impression that the room was used for nothing more unsavory than handwashing or fixing one's makeup. Even worse than the chrome cover were the dolls with the crocheted skirts that concealed the spare roll. |
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| AliciaD | Apr 12 2018, 11:02 AM Post #73 |
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I can't stand to walk into a bathroom and see the toilet "yawning" at me LOL so it's been instilled in our kids since potty training. So lid closed is the norm in our house! |
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| Cecilia | Apr 12 2018, 12:10 PM Post #74 |
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I think we can assume that every public surface has fecal germs. The first thing my husband and I do when we get home after using the bus or subway is to wash our hands with soap and water. And when I started teaching myself to not touch my face or use public computers without sanitizing them, the number of colds dropped. We have not had norovirus (knock on wood) for about 38 years; obsessive hand washing is probably why. And I realize our luck can run out any time especially as we have young grandkids. |
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| FarmMa | Apr 12 2018, 03:01 PM Post #75 |
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Maybe the people who don't want to see TP in the bathroom are the same ones who don't want to see somebody's maxi pads in the back seat of a car. Hygiene products can be very offensive, you know! |
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| Sam | Apr 12 2018, 03:20 PM Post #76 |
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Surely the actual toilet is a big clue that the main purpose of the room is for pooping? Unless of course, there is a chrome toilet cover.
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| BeerNutz | Apr 12 2018, 03:20 PM Post #77 |
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But that's how the fecal matter gets there! It comes out of the toilet looking for toothbrushes and cell phones and then hops to the bank and gas stations. I clean my phone almost every day. So gross. |
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| Gills | Apr 12 2018, 03:23 PM Post #78 |
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| Suzanne Sugarbaker | Apr 12 2018, 07:15 PM Post #79 |
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My toilet is in a little closet in the bathroom, and we don’t close the lid. In fact, we have never closed the lids in any house, and my grown children don’t close theirs either. I do not take my phone into the bathroom. We’re heathens. |
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| ft12 | Apr 12 2018, 07:20 PM Post #80 |
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Yeeeesh
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I close my toilet lid after each use, my friends don't. It drives me nuts but I don't say anything. They all think I am a strange germaphobe anyway so bitching about it isn't going to help matters. |
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| adrienne | Apr 12 2018, 11:45 PM Post #81 |
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Lid always closed, flushing or not, because cats and ick otherwise. In fact a new toilet seat with lid was installed at my shop when Tundra, Maine coon mix, took up residence because he liked to play in the toilet. Yuck. He still plays in his water bowl. |
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