"HeyBub" wrote in message
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The conundrum of toilet seat placement has been professionally
investigated.

When mathematicians (I'm one) decided to tackle the problem of toilet seat
placement, I got interested. The results of applying game theory to the
question of "Leave up or down?" are interesting.

Assumptions had to be made, of course: The female performs more toilet
operations because of a smaller bladder, but the male drinks more beer.
Not considered was potential prostate problems.

Mathematical calculations demand the seat be left in its last-used
position. Researchers, however, conclude that the seat should be placed
down after toilet use. It turns out female hectoring is more compelling
than science.

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/s...f-635f6a445f96

Other possible considerations, such as esthetics, sanitation, and pet
hydration were ignored.

Sanitation is a big issue in public facilities with unisex rooms (airplane
toilets are scary). I always thought that remote control seats would be a
nice idea. Nobody wants to touch the damned things.

As one poster said, the gals just hate to look at the seat in the up
position.