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[hatman]

Hypothetical situation:

There's a spiffy new electric shaver on the market. You get one for the household, and you're set. Men use it to shave their faces, which requires that the shaving heads be in the concave position. Women use it to shave their legs, which requires that the heads be in the convex position. However, they also, every once in a while, use it to shave their underarms, which requires the heads to be in the concave position. A quick glance tells you what position it's in, and the flick of a switch easily changes it from one to the other.

A woman shaves her legs and puts the shaver away. She uses it both ways, and there's no telling who will want it next. She leaves the heads as they are.

Later, a man comes to use it and finds it in the "wrong" position. "Hey!" he shouts. "You left the shaver convex! Again! Why can't you ever put it back the right way?"

How does the woman respond?

A: "I'm sorry. I know you like it convex. I'll try to remember next time."

B: "So? Are you a baby? Flick the switch. It's not that hard. Takes half a second. How lazy can you be?"

Think about it for a sec.

And then tell me...

What the heck is the big deal about the toilet seat?

Comments

[schnuffichen.livejournal.com]

Seriously? If I was the woman (how wrong does that sound?), I would try to remember to switch it back to convex... then again, of course I can say that now... now that I know what you're referring to... ;)

[brianamj.livejournal.com]

You wander blearily into the bathroom at 3am, gunk in your eyes, and go to settle yourself on the toilet. Suddenly, you find your butt going a bit futher down than you expected, and now your eyes are wide open, you're scrambling for a towel after extracting your rear from the porcelain bowl, and you're screaming bloody murder. NOW will you put the seat down?

This is why both the seat and the lid goes down in my house.

[un-sedentary.livejournal.com]

I tend to put both the seat and lid down before flushing because someone told me once that when you flush, tiny particles spray everywhere... So, just to be on the safe side.

I think the main reason women insist that the man puts the lid back down is that no one wants to touch the toilet seat, haha. I never really thought about it, but I only share my bathroom with my little brother and I think he's taken to closing the lid following my example.

[stellar-dust.livejournal.com]

1. Because it looks much nicer with the seat down. The underside of toilet seats are pretty universally icky.

2. Because chivalry ain't dead yet, dammit!