2006-10-28 08:23:44 · 15 answers · asked by ? 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
BH, thanks for telling me where I could have found the answer. I prefer letting you find it for me. Thanks for the information.
2006-10-28 08:38:26 · update #1
I already know the answers to most of my questions but I enjoy seeing all of the answers from all kinds of people.
2006-10-28 08:42:19 · update #2
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2006-10-28 08:31:56 · answer #1 · answered by huggz 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Well, from my limited experience, from only seeing the "men's room" side of things....
It's a maintenance issue. Yep, men dribble on the seat and if it is a public toilet, most won't be bothered to wipe up...but it's worse than that.
People figured this one out in the late 1970s actually....on average, urine is a *moderately acidic* liquid. Meaning, if you have a public toilet and the seat is *not* open up front, and you have an average of 10-20 men dribbling on the front of the seat per day, in addition to it being a hygiene problem, the concentration of the urine as it dries will corrode *holes* in the seat.
(if someone doesn't scrape up the remnants and try to set fire to them as they are also flammable)
So yeah, it isn't just about the cost of cleaning the seat (fairly cheap) but also about the cost of *replacing corroded seats* (fairly expensive).
Just saying. Whole thing wouldn't be necessary if *some guys* weren't taught that "Messy==Manly". :)
2006-10-28 08:33:02 · answer #2 · answered by Bradley P 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This Site Might Help You.
RE:
Why are public toilet seats split open in the front?
2015-08-06 13:20:11 · answer #3 · answered by Bette 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"This question is, by far, the most frequently asked question received
by the museum. Toilet seats with a 'break' in the front are called
'open front' seats. The open front toilet seats afford the users more
sanitary conditions and a greater sense of comfort than their
residential closed-front cousins. The reason that the open front
toilet seats are so widely used in the U.S. is due to section 409.2.2
of the Uniform Plumbing Code. The Uniform Plumbing Code is written and
maintained by the International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical
Officials. The code has been adapted into law, in whole or part, by
most of the United States."
Toilet Museum
http://www.toiletmuseum.com/faq.html#Q6"
You could have found this answer by typing 'why public toilet seats different' (no quotes) in your search engine, as I did.
2006-10-28 08:27:40 · answer #4 · answered by . 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Open-front” or “split-front” seats with the little gap came in around 1940 to mitigate the errors. If standing males don’t lift the seat, they can drip urine onto its front; the gap supposedly eliminates this.
It also keeps the penis from touching the seat when a man is seated.
2006-10-28 08:28:21 · answer #5 · answered by maddy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Men commonly dribble urine when they finish urinating. Most of the dribble falls toward the front of the seat. By putting the split in the seat if someone comes in to defecate they don't have to sit in someones dribble.
2006-10-28 08:52:30 · answer #6 · answered by JOHN M 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It stays cleaner because people always pee on the front of the toliet and if there is not front part of the seat then there is no place for people to pee on
2006-10-28 09:23:37 · answer #7 · answered by Cool Dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
so you can ripp them off the toilets and play a game of horseshoes with emm lol no really its for the handicapped that pee from the chairs some cant reach to lift it so they have a little field goal there to aim at
2006-10-28 08:27:50 · answer #8 · answered by james w 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less seat to hit in case of dribbles.
2006-10-28 08:26:05 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Less seat for blokes to dribble on.
2006-10-28 08:24:55 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋