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	cleolinda 2008-10-22 08:45 pm UTC (link)
	It didn't really matter to me either way until I read that the spray from a flushing toilet can spread up to fifteen feet. And most bathrooms aren't very big. So basically, if you don't close the lid even before you flush, everything in your bathroom gets germy... including your toothbrush. Yeah. I'm kind of OCD about it now. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	plazmah 2008-10-22 08:59 pm UTC (link)
	I remember reading that when I was 13 or something. I told my mom and she was proudly vindicated about her constant nagging for us all to close the toilet whenever we were done. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	artimusdin 2008-10-22 09:21 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah, I was not happy when Mythbusters proved that fact. ;___; I did not need to know that guys! (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lirazel 2008-10-23 06:02 pm UTC (link)
	Okay, that makes it official, then. Sigh Husband trained me when we got married. Unfortunately very few people who visit us are of the same frame of mind. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artimusdin 2008-10-23 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	Granted, they also proved that a brush just out of the package and covered the entire time will also have some ah.. stuff on it, regardless of where it's kept. In one case, it was the kitchen. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	lirazel 2008-10-23 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	;_; we're doomed. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artimusdin 2008-10-23 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	Considering we haven't all died yet, I think we're safe. For now. The fact that we've survived this long speaks well for us, though. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ebneter 2008-10-23 11:53 pm UTC (link)
	Nah. You're doomed. Just like the rest of us. Only a matter of time... (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artimusdin 2008-10-23 11:58 pm UTC (link)
	oh I know we're doomed. The question is, from what? From psychotic silver-haired men with mommy complexes, or itty bitty cells that can potentially kill us? From gigantic balls o' matter from outer space, or a Giant Earth pimple? These are the questions I'd like to know. =D (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tree 2008-10-24 03:08 am UTC (link)
	I'm with George Carlin on this one. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artimusdin 2008-10-24 03:10 am UTC (link)
	...? Apparently either I don't know that one, or my brain says "Woops, forgot again~". Plz to be enlightening me? (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	tree 2008-10-24 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	In short, swimming in raw sewage makes you tough and healthy. I think you can find the clip in question on YouTube -- look for Carlin on germs. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	artimusdin 2008-10-24 05:06 pm UTC (link)
	Oh! No, I've heard that one, my brain just wasn't telling me I knew it. <3 (Reply to this)(Parent)

eleutheria
2008-10-22 10:28 pm UTC (link)

OH GOD. Okay, I might just start shutting it now. Reason I don't, though, is that I forget it's up and slam my ass on a closed lid. Which, with fibro, hurts like hell. But better that than... this.

(I get it half right anyway. The guest bathroom, where people are likely to see it, gets closed always (but I rarely ever use it). The main bathroom doesn't. Will be changing that now!)

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	cleolinda 2008-10-22 11:19 pm UTC (link)
	Yeah... I know we didn't want this to turn into My Thoughts on Toilet Seats, Let Me Show You Them, but... I felt like the people needed to know. (Reply to this)(Parent)

	vzg 2008-10-23 01:56 am UTC (link)
	This! This. I don't make others do it and obvious I can't do much in public restrooms, but I try to minimize nasty toilet water getting on my toothbrush. D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	littlest_lurker 2008-10-23 05:15 am UTC (link)
	WHAT? WHAT? AHHHHH! runs off to the WC with a shitload of antibac products D: (Reply to this)(Parent)

	telcontar 2008-10-24 09:51 am UTC (link)
	...thank goodness our toilet is in a separate, closed off part of the bathroom. (Reply to this)(Parent)

caoilte
2008-10-24 05:52 pm UTC (link)

I insist on changing my toothbrush almost every month and keep it covered AT ALL TIMES because I'm anal like that. I just can't stand the thought of germs...and my 11-yr old son accused me of being OCD because I always make him wash his hands at the drop of a hat. (the fact that he's always into stuff makes no never mind to him @.@) Plus I'm always on them to put the damned seats down etc. and have now moved into my OWN SHINY bathroom because I can't stand the mess they leave the main bathroom in. (the joys of living in a huge-ass house with more bathrooms than ppl. <3 Tho the heating bills are atrocious...)

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