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For men that don't remember to put the toilet seat down,
make a spring loaded toilet seat that is dampened so that
after you put it up, it folds down v e r y s l o w l y....
toilet seat solution
http://www.halfbake...t_20seat_20solution
Alternative pedal-bin-style solution. [pottedstu, Dec 12 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Toilet Seat Springs
http://www.halfbake...et_20Seat_20Springs
The same idea, except it tries to open, not close the lid. [pottedstu, Dec 12 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
Intelligent Toilet Seat
http://www.halfbake...ent_20Toilet_20Seat
Uses arse-recognition technology to automatically move toilet to correct level. [pottedstu, Dec 12 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
and this one
http://www.halfbake...27s_20Toilet_20Seat
thus, halfbaked. Did you do a search on 'toilet seat' before you posted your 'idea', mhh5? [lewisgirl, Dec 12 2001, last modified Oct 04 2004]
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Feasible, inexpensive to produce and desired by 50% of the population. Could be onto something here mhh5. Is it baked though Sealy? |
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Yuck! Why would you want the toilet seat dampened? I assume you really want it damped. |
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There's no shortage of similar ideas here; but nothing quite the same. We've certainly discussed the issues in depth. (What happens if a man takes a long time to piss? Ow!) |
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Castration would not be a problem, unless you made a
habit of resting your naughty bits on the rim of the toilet
while relieving yourself. Having everything redirected onto
the walls and floor may be a problem though. |
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As well as voting on ideas, I think we should have occasional polls on which 1/2B solution to a problem is the best. For toilets, I think I'd vote for the Intelligent Toilet Seat, purely because with Schrodinger's toilet seat you have to take the box off every time you want a piss. |
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Castration would be a problem if you tampered with the spring, hee hee hee. At first I thought putting the upright lid in a grip that would release it after 2 minutes would be better than a slow spring, but that could be disasterous if you went in your bathroom, lifted the toilet seat, then found your fly was stuck or something, taking 1 minute 50 seconds to undo, so that you were still urinating when CLANK! |
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perhaps the loo seat should be manufactured like a pedal bin. normally down till yer bloke come along and activates it with his foot. might be a bit of a problem if he is literally pissed. |
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sooo sorry pot, I did not see your link.... |
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[bristolz] I posted a similar annotation under the 'Least Recently Used Cubicle' idea. Did the opposite (raised the seat) though. |
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Ah yes, so you did. Clockworks are cool. |
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Great minds think alike. And yes they are. Especially the orange ones. |
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Saw it on Home Improvement. |
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'More presentable'? How many people here haven't ever seen the inside of a toilet? The only purpose for the lid is to keep the dog out of it. |
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The major advantage of putting the lid down is that you
do it before flushing. That way a) any bacteria that would
normally be thrown pretty much everywhere by the
flushing mechanism are kept safely inside the toilet, and
b) I don't have to look at what I've just expelled
whooshing around happily before it finally sinks into
oblivion. |
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I personally don't care if anyone leaves the top of the
seat up. I do, however, stand behind a plan to make the
middle ring automatically fall after a flush. Sitting down
on the bare toilet really sucks. |
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Sam: Your toilet is airtight? Every one I've ever seen has spaces around the sides... |
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'the bathroom is more presentable and there are no more arguments'
And the cat doesn't fall in when she leaps onto it. |
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More presentable how? And this thread should flush the 'no arguments' bit... |
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Granted, the cat won't fall in, but mine is more prone to getting peed on than trying to swim. <Pops up between my legs and looks to see what's going on, and becomes part of the action. This does not go over well...> |
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The whole discourse points out a basic flaw in civilization--the assumption that one bathroom is enough. Need two, one for each sex. No more arguments. Too much intimacy, otherwise. No such conflict would ever occur in pre-civilized human existence. Just wade out into the water for a few minutes. There are so many other such features of civilization that need to be reexamined. But before you start, get rid of your T.V. Yes friends, the watch words of today are: too much. |
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ok what does everyone think about this version of jimithing's idea? |
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- Whenever you flush the toilet the seat is lowered and is slowed (by damping) just before it hits to eliminate the annoying bang. |
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- If you select option 2 (via a switch or button or something simple. Note that the switch is not intended to be used every time, probably only once when the user decides their preference right after they buy it) then whenever the toilet is flushed both the seat and the lid are lowered |
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Is this already baked or what? |
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Whaddever happened to night lights? |
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For women who never remember to put the toilet seat back up: A spring loaded toilet seat that can only be held down by the weight of a bum. |
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They belong down. There is much greater use for them down, percentage wise, than up, assuming an equal number of male and female users. |
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It belongs where you think the next person to use the toilet will need it. That's true consideration, as opposed to always down or always up, which will tend to favour a single gender. If unsure, go with down as per [bris]'s statistical analysis. |
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lewisgirl, what was the linked idea? only 21 years later... and its already gone! |
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