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OK, I'm well aware that each week I declare a new decorating don't, but this one? This one is well justified. I promise. Useless decor has always made my skin crawl, but the most useless decor of all (the one that make me break out in hellish hives) is by far the toilet seat cover.
Tell me, homeowners. Why? Why must the toilet seat be covered? Is it because we don't want our guests to know it's there? That God forbid they find out that we actually own a toilet seat? Face it. If we covered every eyesore in our home, we'd be left without sink drains, radiators and hot water heaters. And then we'd all be wet, cold and cranky.
So please, if for no reason other than my own personal sanity, don't cover your toilet seat. With anything. Nothing furry, shag or patterned. Nothing. Leave it alone. Because the seat itself? That is the cover. And once we start covering covers, well, then all hell has officially broken loose.
Please. Be kind. Don't cover.
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Reader comments (Page 1 of 4)
May I suggest a switch to decaf and some Yoga classes?
ReplySeriously, there are far worse issues in the world than toilet seat covers. Besides, I like mine. I have young boys in the home who like to slam the seat down and I am happy that they remember to do it lest we have our toddler throw items into the open toilet. The cover simply helps soften the blow.
Sorry about your hives. I do recommend limited any intake of NSAIDS which seem to kick a nasty round of hives off for me. But that is another blog, I am sure. Have a great day.
Lisa, All very great answers to a dodo article.
I am a 60+ grandmother, but have not have a seat cover in more than 20 years. HOWEVER, if the one pictured came in the same print - only in lavender - it would perfectly finish my lavender, french, ironworks bathroom. Alas, I don't suppose anyone can tell me where I might find one?
Now we have all spoken on one of the world's most pressing issues of the day, can we move on to a discussion of stainless kitchen appliances verses avacado green?
LOL It's a government plot to get our minds off the idiotic other stuff going on. Or else it was a guy who complained because the toilet seat cover makes it harder for the seat to stay "up."
But seriously, in defense of toilet seat covers: they add that final point of "triangled color" that completes your color scheme in the bathroom. Whatsamattah witchu interiuh decoratuhs you don' know dat?
Otherwise, WHO CARES?
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I agree, Lisa. I love my toilet seat covers. They keep the seat from sliding and are nice and cushy when I sit to apply moisturizer on my footsies after a shower.
Also, I love that pattern. I could decorate my whole bathroom around that pattern :)
ok I'm not even going to read the rest of this article- I'm just gonna pretend it doesn't exist. Like she gave up talkin' stupid. First she must have never woke up in the middle of the night with a terrible flu before. One where you gotta sit on something so you can lean over the tub to get sick???
Replywho wants to sit on a freezin' john cover. I sit there to bath the dog too lady- I'd like it semi-soft. Maybe you have alota paddin'-but some of us don't.
You puke in the TUB? NASTY CHILD! In my house you'd clean it up!
You clearly have way too much free time... If you don't like them - don't have them! Nothing worse than an empty headed hipster.
ReplyWell, I think toilet seat covers are useless also, but why do some people think they have to tell everyone else how to decorate their house? You should put into your home those things that you like, never mind what is fashionable or not. Go join the fashion police if you have nothing better to do.
ReplyI'm surprised that this is a headlining article... why is a toilet seat cover worth writing an angry opinion column over? I agree with the readers that there are many positive uses to a toilet seat cover. It quiets noisy men while they slam toilet seats in the morning. It gives me a non-slip surface when I need to stand on the seat to reach something or open a vent on the ceiling. Heaven forbid I should argue it adds a splash of color to the room! It matches my floor mats! If this is your point of view, will you argue that we should never have window valances? Or useless personal items to decorate our homes? ... It's my toilet, not a soapbox, don't preach on it.
ReplyToilet seat covers are unsanitary and if someone has one so they can sit on something soft while they vomit in the bathtub, well, that's quite disgusting. Who the hell vomits in the bathtub? Take the toilet seat cover off and do it into the toilet.
ReplyFor those of you who have boys in the house who "slam" the seat down, try teaching your brats some manners.
What has this to do with GRANDMOTHERS?????
ReplyAlso, who cares?????
Can you read? Then look at the first sentence,You are as smart as the writer!
I agree with the writer, toilet seat covers are very grandmother, and rank right up there with crocheted dolls that cover the extra roll. Please, no fuzzy, patterned things that cover the toilet seat.
As for the rest of the comments? Who slams the seat down? Who stand on the toilet seat? Who vomits in the bathtub?
All I can say is all of these comments make me glad I live alone!
The thing that irritated me the most in this article was "hot water heaters." Hot water is already heated. It should be just "water heaters." That's the same as saying "PIN number" or "VIN number" (Personal Identification Number number and Vehicle Identification Number number.)
ReplyThank you so much! I hate it when people call water heaters "hot water heaters." The water goes in there cold. If you have to add an extra unneeded adjective in there, add the word cold and call it a cold water heater!
Barney:
Yes, sbrc can read! Can you interpret a question?? To reiterate: what do toilet seat covers have to do with grandmothers??? My grandmother never used one; young people use them; and men put them on (read the blogs!!). Also, this grandmother looks in her 30's!! So, the writer connecting toilet seat covers to grandmothers is silly. And, on top of everything, who cares???
Read, Barney, read!
Do they even sell toilet seat covers anymore? I thought everyone knew they were silly. I haven't seen one in years and years and years.
ReplySure they still sell them, go on line and you will find all kinds of them for sale and in stock to ship
I don't have them, but did when my wife was living. After she went and I moved, no seat covers, because I never though of it.
Maybe I should go out and buy one.
It was not only a grandmother things, but still are used by though who like color in the bathroom.
I haven't had a toilet seat cover for many years. The reason: we have handicap-accessible toilets, and the seats are too big for the covers that invariably come with bathroom rug sets. I just toss them, not preach about the evils of using them.
LOL , so apparently people who do not like toilet seat covers are rather rude. I heartily enjoy reading comments where people feel the need to be unnecessarily nasty (insert sarcasm here).
ReplyFor the record, I have the covers, and do not see any reason for someone else to get to tell me what to do within my own home. Unsanitary? We ARE talking about a TOILET. Clean much? I also have 4 children, and can attest to the FACT that it takes kids a long time (as in years,) to gain the ability to actually think about other people before making choices...it is not because they are brats, it is called "growing up." We do not call a 4 year old an adult, for a reason. We can, however; call an adult a 4 year old, if they choose to behave as one.