Talk:Toilet seat

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Most toilet seats for homes are round and closed. Some institutional toilet seats are oblong and open at the front. What are these called and what is the design purpose? -- Dajhorn 17:11, 26 December 2005 (UTC)

The open front is to prevent men from dribbling urine onto the seat. Also, the penis frequently touches the rim when sitting on closed-rim toilet seats, so it may also prevent any sanitary issues from arising in this regard. That's my guess. As for the name, I've no idea. --Shadow Puppet 19:59, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

I know some cultures use a squatting position for which they have to raise or remove the toilet seat. I've seen where they've been ripped off by the owner so as to make more room for the squatter. However, I'll not mention which culture as I have no reference but only personal knowledge. --Shadow Puppet 20:13, 20 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Seat up or down

I don't think the toilet seat is used in the down position 3/4 of the time. As a male, I need the seat up 3 or 4 times a day, as opposed to only once down. I'd say the value should be closer to 5/8, or better yet 8/13.

[edit] 600 dollar toilet seats

I flagged the "toilet seats in the news" section as POV because "actually fair and reasonable" is a phrase that should never appear in an article except as a quote. There are other POV bits in that section, so I couldn't just add a FixPOV note. Raindog469 16:42, 14 May 2007 (UTC)

I added the quotes around fair and reasonable, and identifed the profession of the individual who had made that determination at the time of the event. I re-read the section and everything there is documented fact, not opinion. Bsmcg 23:37, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

We need to see citation of sources for all of this, or else it has to be cut. This is controversial material, and according to WP:RS that means it must be attributed to a reliable source. DickClarkMises 14:33, 4 June 2007 (UTC)
Whether it is true or not, it still reads POV. Phrases such as "some unknown Senate Staffer", "trumpeted it to the news media", "President Reagan had actually held", and "incorrectly reports" show narrative bias. ~ Eidako 16:03, 28 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Better picture?

Can we get a picture that wasn't cut out in paint by a retarded 6 year old? For gods sake, someone go take a picture... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.80.180.219 (talk) 05:35, 17 February 2008 (UTC)