Comments on: FOR THE LOVE OF EVE

By: Snow

Snow — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:03:21 +0000

I agree. Sit on the toilet.

But, if you absolutely must hover, do so without peeing on the seat. Rip off a little square of TP, delicately lift the seat out of the way, then squat over the bowl. With another square of TP, put the seat back in place.

Wash your hands.

By: The (Gender) Politics of Pee - The Pursuit of Harpyness

The (Gender) Politics of Pee - The Pursuit of Harpyness — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:02:05 +0000

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By: Jenna

Jenna — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:01:31 +0000

Thank you! I sit my happy hindparts on the toilet seat. It’s like this…..any germs you’re exposed to INSIDE the bathroom is already ON YOU. People bring those things in and if you are halfway decent and wash your hands after it’s all done, you’re fine. Besides, it’s not good to be so afraid of germs. Part of having a healthy immune system is giving that bad boy a work out….not preventing any self-respcting germ from visiting you. Kissing, shaking hands, opening doors, using phones and drinking from public water sources is MUCH nastier than sitting on the potty.

I agree. Sit on the toilet.

By: linda

linda — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:37:19 +0000

AMEN. Ugh. I work in public and women leave the bathroom SO NASTY. Why? Because they hover and sprinkle piss all over the seat and then they use too much toilet paper and don’t bother to get it in and them someone else tried to get it in with more toilet paper and now you have a gross nasty toilet seat covered with disgusting paper with pee.
Save everyone time, just sit the fuck down. I take a wad of paper, wipe around the seat of a decently clean bathroom once and then I *sit*. Never, not once in my life have I gotten any diseases from doing so.

By: brigittassen

brigittassen — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:10:16 +0000

I am a hoverer, but I must say I am a skilled hoverer from way back- I wasn’t sitting on toilets since I was seven. Only when I’m in a hurry, though. Once I sit, well, then I can kind of lounge, you know? Slowly take the tp, slowly wipe…slowly etc. So I do it when I’m rushing. Or if there’s pee already on the seat.

But I must say I only get pee on the seat when I try to be careful- ironic?- If I clench to try and soften the flow, it starts to run along places it shouldn’t. I’ve learned to just let fly, and nothing gets anywhere it shouldn’t.

It’s like pouring from a mug. If you try to be “safe” you spill it everywhere but where you want it to go.

Plus, i kind of like the feeling of air flow over my private bits. It feels nice, and sitting doesn’t usually allow that, unless the bathroom is really really drafty.

By: Tonya Powell

Tonya Powell — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:30:10 +0000

This is awesome! Nice to see some women that think like me.

By: Katie

Katie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 03:11:00 +0000

OH MY GOD YES.

Non-sitters are the worst kind of hypocrites. “Oh, my ass is too pristine to touch a seat that may have residual pee on it! I’m a delicate princess! I’m going to squat over the toilet and pee ALL OVER the seat, therefore contributing to the ‘problem’ that didn’t even exist before I splattered my piss everywhere!”

Thank you. I thought I was the only one who got angry about this.

By: Shaina

Shaina — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 20:36:45 +0000

I lived in a dorm in Israel for 4.5 months this spring and OMG i wish i could have had this article to translate and post everywhere. although the worst actually wasn’t the pee spray, it was definitely the poop spray. almost every day we would go in and one of the toilets would have poop ALL OVER the inside of the toilet. like, above the water line, right up to the bottom of the seat. all we could think was HOW???? luckily it was almost never ON the seat, but just the sight of it made us want to puke. we *almost* felt sorry for the girl who must have had explosive diarrhea every day…almost. i can handle cleaning a dirty diaper cuz well, babies cant help it. but adult feces on display is just inexcusable.

i’m slightly germophobic myself (have difficulty eating without washing my hands first, etc), so i understand the need to hover. just, seriously, common courtesy–if it’s not YOUR toilet, clean up your mess.

By: PhDork

PhDork — Wed, 13 May 2009 04:04:36 +0000

Fluff and Nicki: I am only mildly assuaged by the fact that you realize that your toilet-related behavior is excessive and illogical. Only mildly.

meme, we were made to squat, I agree, but toilets are not designed for squatting, but for sitting. If there’s a hole in the floor, squatting is appropriate. If there’s a toilet…

Lunautilus: LOVE the options.

By: Lunautilus

Lunautilus — Wed, 13 May 2009 03:25:50 +0000

Thank you so much for this! Though normally a pretty calm person, I can’t help but seethe when I see that someone has pissed on a toilet seat. The way I see it, if you can’t use a toilet the way it was intended (or at least clean up after yourself), you have a few options:

1. Hold it til you get home
2. Find some bushes and “hover” there
3. Wear a diaper and go whenever and wherever you want to

The seat-spatterers are on par with the able-bodied folks who leave shopping carts out in the parking lot (and likely are the same people, I suspect).