In the category of stupid arguments...

[Hagar]

I'm thinking there might be a market here for some enterprising toilet manufacturer. The toilet seat is automatically closed after use. Before using it you have 2 buttons with the options of Male or Female (or other descriptions to be decided at a later date after due discussion.) Pressing either button would automatically prepare the toilet for the desired purpose. Problem solved. I could make a fortune out of this.

[Wing Nut]

I think you may have a problem with the lift speed.  It only takes a short time for a human to lift the seat, while a mechanism would be instrinsically slower.  Otherwise it would smack into the toilet back.  Perhaps a device with a manual lift, but automatically lowers itself?  You could use one of those eye mechanisms that make it flush automatically and as soon as the guy steps away...

[Smoke2much]

I have a simple rule.  If you want it down, put it down and if you want it up put it up.  Simple.

I also have a cat (Michael, the one with epilepsy) who loves to drink from the toilet.  I find this unnaceptable so the lid gets left down most of the time these days.

Will

[Hagar]

[quote]I think you may have a problem with the lift speed.

[Smoke2much]

It's a simple question of equality, that's EQUALity, not girl power or feminism.  Simple equality.  If things are equal there are no problems.

Will

[Craig.]

there are a few toilets on planes that use half your idea Hagar, it has something that keeps it from slamming down no matter how hard you try to throw it:) if you can add a simple mechanism to it to make it work automatically there ya go

[Hagar]

That's it Craig. I've refined my original design by using one universal foot operated control, rather like a pedal bin, with a pneumatic damper at each end of the operation to prevent damage. That should be easy enough for anyone of either sex & any age to figure out. I think this could start a trend. No home in the civilised world would be complete without one of my new-fangled automatic toilet seats & I shall become disgustingly wealthy. Remember you saw it here first.

[Deputy]

Ok. You all know about those spring hinges, for a door? Why not just screw that in to the bottom, and the top of the seat? When your done, it folds down. But, make sure it's not one of those really strong ones, that would snap the lid into your ass.

[Politically Incorrect]

I avoid the whole debate, I just pee in the sink:)

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Well now over here in the Colony we being somewhat middle class ourselves (now I am not braggin mind you or complaining) well we have a three holer.
One for her, one for me and a smaller one for the wee ones.
I can't understand this lid thing, we don't got no lids.
How do your flys get in and out.?
There's a five inch knot hole on the North easterly side from which the wind blows...no problem getting hands dry...just hold them up to the hole.
Lots of newspapers to...Like I say...read em, use em and recycle em back down the hole.

This towel thing I don't understand either....I just bring a wack of them paper towels home from the hangar every day.  We use em once and take out to the three holer and wipe down the cobwebs...then down the hole.

The ole girl is realy going to be surprised this Christmas,
yup...bought her a new washer and dryer.
Got it on sale too at the Co-op...500 feet of cloths line and a new scrub board.

Well Happy Landings...Cheers Doug

[KnightStryker]

Towels are used for exactly one week around my place.
As for the toilet seat, It is simple. The most important thing I have learned since I got married is that if the wife is happy, im happy. If the wife is not happy, noone (not even the dog) is happy. So she likes the seat to be down, so I adjusted the seat to set just a little further back than normal so that it will close itself. See we have one of those fancy soft seats and when you raise it up if you press it into the back of the toilet it compresses the soft stuff inside it and it slowly expandes back to its original shape. When it expandes enough, it falls. Self closing toilet seat. My wife is happy cause she thinks I lower the seat everytime, and I don't get any crap about it. No arguments means more flyin for me, so hey I'll lower the seat everytime .

[Hagar]

LMAO Doug. That's the answer. I remember such things from my childhood. Fond memories most of 'em too although a tad chilly round the nether regions at this time of year.  Mind you, being poor we could only afford a "one holer" for everyone in the family. You had to make the best of it & especially if you were on the small side be extra careful not to overbalance & disappear down the hole. On this happy note I shall now depart for my bed with a smile on my face.

[FLYING_TRUCKER]

Hey Hagar

I'll BET you did the same thing I did....Let the others go first on those frosty morns....then the seat was nice and warm.

Happy Landings...Cheers....Doug

[Smoke2much]

If you don't include the Hydraulic dampers you could market it to certain religious groups as an automatic circumcision device.

[Hagar]

The very thought brings tears to my eyes.
I can see a flaw in my cunning plan to become filthy rich overnight. Too many vast insurance claims & law suits looming on the horizon. I would be bankrupt before earning my first million. This is not so easy as I thought which is why I am still poor & likely to remain so. I have now abandoned the Hagar Patent Automatic Loo Seat in favour of Plan B. Teach all females to operate the darned seat manually. I figured it out all by myself before I was 2 years old. It ain't that difficult.