Flushing public toilets

[swag]

Poll question: Flushing public toilets

[Shell Beau]

1. I like the toilets that have sensors so I have to touch nothing (except the TP)!

But I flush with the foot when needed!

[Captain Hilts]

40. But they flush at the wrong time. You end up having to flush again. nt

[lost-in-nj]

2. Foot flusher here

lost

[DS1]

3. lean in nice and close to the bowl and flush with my hands

and get a nice moisturizing spray

[BurtWorm]

24. What a coincidence. I lean in nice and close and flush with my tongue.

:crazy:

[Richard Steele]

52. Senator Craig? Is that you?

Tap once for "yes"...:rofl:

[PVnRT]

4. If it yellow, let it mellow

if it brown, blame it on the guy before you.

[VenusRising]

5. I, too, am a Foot Flusher.

You have to be.

Ok, well....I have to be. :freak:

[KitchenWitch]

6. I use my elbow

[Parche]

8. I Use Kitchenwitch's Elbow

:rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Capn Sunshine]

12. now available from Demco

Tired of exposing yourselves to bubonic plague and gonorrhea when touching that public toilet handle? Use DEMCO's new invention: Kitchenwitch's elbow!

accessories sold separately. Not available in all colors.

[supernova]

7. Most places here have sensors so they self flush

And the sink has sensors to so there's no water to turn off and on.

But I use my foot if it's old school manual.

[kwassa]

9. Flush with my teeth.

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

10. Foot tapping doesn't seem to work for some reason

...although other odd things do seem to happen... :evilgrin:

[Hong Kong Cavalier]

11. I flush it with my brain

"That's telekinesis, Kyle!"

[Labors of Hercules]

13. I use the same paper towel I dry my hands with...

and to open the bathroom door too... (just call me Howard). :rofl:

[CottonBear]

28. Me too! Then I lean against the open door and lob the used towel into the trash.

Opening the door that everyone has touched (yuck!, nasty) totally defeats the purpose of washing one's hand after using the loo.

[Labors of Hercules]

41. second that!

Here, let me sanatize a cold bottle of beer for you!

:toast:

[CBHagman]

46. I know what you mean. I've been reading too many articles...

...about how all the rest of us should wash our hands the way a nursing student showed me back in the day: do a thorough job and use the paper towel to turn off the faucet and open the door.

And don't get me started on how toilets are supposed to spray droplets.... :puke:

[Silver Swan]

14. I just want to say

That I am 61 years old and I have ALWAYS flushed with my hand, and to my knowledge, I have never become ill as a result of this behavior.

[BurtWorm]

25. It's a miracle, considering everyone else is flushing with their feet.

Just think about the germs on the bottoms of all those shoes...

:scared:

[tigereye]

15. um, there is hand washing after all....

[swag]

16. Hey, start your own poll if you want to talk about hand washing.

This poll is about toilet flushing.

[tigereye]

17. pffffft

:hi:

[swag]

19. Onomatopoeia!

Though I usually flush when I'm making that sound in a public bathroom because, to twist a line from Gore Vidal's Myra Breckinridge, I guess I'm what they call "poo shy."

[tigereye]

29. ah, more reasons to like you, swag! Myra Breckenridge asides...

it's been a long time since I read that, I used to be a Vidal junkie....


I guess I really should have said, pssssst, eh?

[baldguy]

18. I flush public toilets with my hand

Then I wash my hands. Soap - what a concept!

[swag]

20. Spoken like George Wallace!

Huzzah for baldguy!

[MissMillie]

23. ding ding! we have a winner!

:thumbsup:

[jpgray]

21. I flush public toilets with my Kantian theocentric metaphysic

[soleft]

22. I'm a big fan of the courtesy flush

Can't do that with your foot.

[Vanje]

26. Flush?

[bigwillq]

27. With my hands

and then I wash my hands. I believe there was a study that said cell phones were more dirty than public restrooms.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

43. Some kids also did a study that said....

...that the ice machine at your favorite fast food joint is dirtier than the toilet seat at said fast food joint.
Duckie

[bigwillq]

57. Wouldn't surprise me.

:puke:

[graywarrior]

30. If there's one thing that sends me into a rage, it's having to clean a toilet seat

because some "lady" pissed all over it. Damn, that makes my blood boil. It happens more often than you'd think.

So, in answer to your demented question, I flush with my foot and open the stall door with a piece of toilet paper. Public restrooms freak me out.

[swag]

31. This thread was nominated for the Greatest Page at DEMOCRATICUNDERGROUND.COM!

[MonkeyFunk]

32. I use my mouth

is that wrong? :shrug:

[Clintonista2]

34. L..O..L

That has got to be the best thing I've ever read in my entire life :rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl::rofl:

[cuke]

48. That depends

Do you swallow?

[Clintonista2]

33. I feel sorry for the ladies...

I've never, in my entire life, taken a #2 in a public washroom. It's GROSS. Women have to sit down on the dirty thing EVERY SINGLE TIME they go to the washroom. That's gotta be rough :(

[Gormy Cuss]

47. Um, this may be TMI but many women don't

sit down for #1. There's the "suspension" method. See graywarrior's post for a description of the unfortunate side effect of that stance.

[Monk06]

35. I use my foot and then go to the sink and wash my shoe. n/t

[swag]

36. I wholly endorse this method!

[LadyAziz]

37. Foot flusher

but I like the automatic flushers best. But they need to invent a self cleaning toilet seat.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

44. They have them in Japan.

[mcscajun]

45. They have invented it...

http://www.hygieneforhealth.com/eyegiene.htm

[astral]

38. When I get up they take my picture before they flush

Swear to God! At least this one in particular. It even sounds like a camera snapping a pic.

[swag]

39. I hope you give them a good show!

[YellowRubberDuckie]

42. I go ahead and flush with my hand....

Hello!? I'm going to wash them right afterwards. And if I can't, I carry hand sanitizer with me like a freak. It all works out. I'm not a germaphobe. That's why I have an immune system.
Duckie

[DarkTirade]

49. In most places its more sanitary to pee in the bushes than in the nearest public toilet.

[Rosemary2205]

51. supposedly

sticking your face into local public potty is more sanitary than talking on the average office phone. I'm too lazy to dig up the article but supposedly more e-coli, MRSA and other nastiness was found on office phones and keyboards than on the potties in various public places.

[DarkTirade]

53. Yes, I've read something about that too.

But then again, how often does somebody come in with bleach and clean off a public phone?

[bridgit]

50. hand, if they don't have sensors...

[Quantess]

54. I don't use toilets.

I could, but Lisa Nowak and David Vitter inspired me to wear diapers.

[Blue-Jay]

55. When I make boom-boom, I leave it for all to admire.

It is that impressive, I assure you.

[Dystopian]

56. Foot Flushers Unite!

I've flushed with foot for as long as I can recall.
Will not sit. Must hover.
Wash hands, shut off faucet with towel, use another towel to open door, and sometimes must use foot to make my escape. Will not touch door handle. After all of that trauma, use germ gel.

Freaky Public Toilets!!!!!!!!!!
Only use when necessary.

LOL...work in preschool..."Miss Dystopian, I can't flush the toilet, can you do it?" Child watches as I foot flush....next day child whispers in my ear, "I flushed with my foot!" Others have simply announced it to me beaming with pride.
I've been creating the next generation of Foot Flushers...
I wish I could be humble about it...



peace~

[FloridaJudy]

58. Foot flusher

Except in those bizarre restrooms that have the lever at about shoulder level (and I am not a short woman). Then I wrap my hand in toilet paper before flushing - tossing in the paper as the water swirls. Then I do a damned-near surgical scrub.

And yes, I'm one of those that uses a paper towel to turn off the sink faucet. My personal beef with public loos is those that either don't provide paper towels or have them so far away from the sinks I have to waste water. I hate, Hate, hate those bloody blow dryers. They take forever and leave your hands feeling slimy. And they have the nerve to say they're "protecting you from diseases caused by paper towel litter". Has anyone in the history of medicine ever gotten a disease from paper towel litter? No, I thought not.