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Put the Seat Down
What are women talking about when they complain that "men never put the seat down"?
What do they mean when they say "Put the seat down"?
| Put the lid down, so nobody can see in. | 17.0% (6) | |
| Leave the lid up, but put the seat-ring down. | 44.0% (15) | |
| Both. | 38.0% (13) |
34 voters answered this question.
Women always put fluffy lid covers on their toilets, so when you put up the ring-seat to pee, it falls back down again. Why do they do this?
| They never put the seat up, so they don't know that it falls down, | 38.0% (13) | |
| They want to hear it bang down, and then laugh. | 2.0% (1) | |
| They do it to create a lose-lose situation for visiting men. | 11.0% (4) | |
| That's the only way they can guarantee that the seat gets put back down. | 41.0% (14) | |
| They want men to pee on the seat. | 5.0% (2) |
34 voters answered this question.
Men, when the seat won't stay up and always falls down, what do you do?
| Hold it up with one hand. | 41.0% (13) | |
| Pee through it, trying to miss the seat. | 19.0% (6) | |
| Pee through it, hitting the seat on purpose. | 9.0% (3) | |
| Don't ask me---I'm a woman. | 29.0% (9) |
31 voters answered this question.
Women, why aren't women obliged to leave the seat up, for the convenience of men.
| It doesn't work that way. | 25.0% (8) | |
| Because I'm a girl. | 25.0% (8) | |
| Never thought about it. | 12.0% (4) | |
| Don't ask me---I'm a man. | 32.0% (10) | |
| I don't understand this question. | 3.0% (1) |
31 voters answered this question.
Which are you, anyway?
| Man who always puts the seat down. | 11.0% (4) | |
| Man who doesn't always put the seat back down. | 42.0% (15) | |
| Woman who wants men to put the seat down. | 37.0% (13) | |
| Woman who doesn't care. | 8.0% (3) |
35 voters answered this question.