The Courtesy Flush- whats your policy?

[frapjap]

I don't think a courtesy flush is necessary unless you leave bloody toilet paper in the bowl for the next person to find, Ray.

I had VERY violent diarrhea

[Bubba1]

I think people are missing an important factor for the courtesy flush. We now see more and more low flow toilets, which means one could easily clog the toilet if you wait until the end with just one flush, especially with budweiser/taco bell greasy butt splashers which require lots of toilet paper.

[Mr1der]

I'll flush if I start choking or get concerned that it'll never make it down if I don't do it now.

[audtatious]

I don't courtesy flush but I hate people who hang out in the bathroom grooming themselves for 10 minutes while I'm waiting to blow chunks.

[Bubba1]

I don't courtesy flush but I hate people who hang out in the bathroom grooming themselves for 10 minutes while I'm waiting to blow chunks.

One would think a couple well timed farts or splashes, accompanied by a few deep aaaaaah's for added effect would motivate those groomers to leave before the tsunami of swamp gas reaches them...

[SnookieTownshend]

I think people are missing an important factor for the courtesy flush. We now see more and more low flow toilets, which means one could easily clog the toilet if you wait until the end with just one flush, especially with budweiser/taco bell greasy butt splashers which require lots of toilet paper.

Exactly. We had several toilet backups at work until I asked one of the guys at the office to politely ask the offender (also a guy) to please either courtesy-flush the thing or go before he comes to work. (Six people, small office in an old house and one small bathroom, so it wasn't hard to figure out who the offender was.)

[nick1809]

just dont light a match or breathe, and you'll be fine. c:

[danshaz82]

I'll flush if I start choking or get concerned that it'll never make it down if I don't do it now.

this. if i dump in a toilet that i know wont be able to handle the load in one flush, ill courtesy flush it.

[C-Kwik]

Just because a turd is in water doesn't mean it won't continue to release stink into the air.

Not enough to matter.

According to "The Poop Report" (Your #1 Source for #2):

"...the courtesy flush is an urban legend and should cease wasting precious water by propagating this nonsense...

...when poop is released, the bulk of the odor is emitted at the opening of a bunghole and while it is in the air, enroute to the water below. The turd in the toilet water emits minimal odor. What is out is out, and flushing doesn't pull in enough air to rid the space of poop-stench.

The courtesy-flush is, in essence, a mere "statement" to people who might be in adjacent stalls or awaiting your departure."

I would say submerging the poop helps a lot, but it is not 100%. Poop is made up of a lot of chemicals. Some are going to be soluble in water. As such, if the odorous chemicals are, they will be exposed to the surface. The water will certainly slow down the odor, but my anecdotal experience with some of my stinkiest poops suggests it can not completely remove the odor. The main bathroom in my parent's house has a commercial fan mounted way up high by the roof. The suction is enough that I am unable to get the door to even come close to slamming shut with it on. With the door closed, the air coming under the door is quite strong (like a fan blowing on high). You can take the hottest bath in that bathroom and if the fan is on, the mirrors will not fog at all. Basically, any offending odors can will not linger in that bathroom for very long at all. But if you leave some particularly offensive poop and turn the fan off you will eventually smell some of it.

I'm not advocating courtesy flushes as I don't bother with them, but I highly doubt that water contains it 100%. But it does slow it down significantly. Otherwise traps would probably be useless...and anyone who has had to work on a drain downstream of the trap knows they are very necessary.

[BusyBadger]

First a thread on sitting versus standing during wiping and now this? Lots of poop fascinated anal-retentive types on here.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-YVt4gfquA&showinfo=0[/youtube]

[Bubba1]

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I'm not advocating courtesy flushes as I don't bother with them, but I highly doubt that water contains it 100%. But it does slow it down significantly. Otherwise traps would probably be useless...and anyone who has had to work on a drain downstream of the trap knows they are very necessary.

Methinks if you need to relieve yourself badly enough and are waiting impatiently for a stall with your legs crossed in a public bathroom and the guy currently in the stall is taking a stinky power dump with poop splashes louder than a Rosie ODonnell doing cannonballs from a high dive with lots of wet sounding butt toots that make your eyes tear, even you would ask him for a courtesy flush, despite having the knowledge that the relief is minimal. I'm sure it's mostly psychological, but at some point self preservation for one's nose comes into play, and every little bit helps.

[Mr1der]

flushing a turd after it's dropped from your bum diminishes the smell from said turd. it's a fact.

those creeps that need to flush just to urinate are weird.

at a urinal, I flush in hopes of knocking down potential for back splash from a the force of my mighty urethra.

it's usually frowned upon to stand about 6 feet away from a public urinal while taking a piss....

[frapjap]

flushing a turd after it's dropped from your bum diminishes the smell from said turd. it's a fact.

those creeps that need to flush just to urinate are weird.

at a urinal, I flush in hopes of knocking down potential for back splash from a the force of my mighty urethra.

it's usually frowned upon to stand about 6 feet away from a public urinal while taking a piss....

If you ever come to my house, the men's restroom is outside.

[SBC 240Z]

If you do a premature flush then how can you admire your master piece once you're done?

[NolimitZ32]

If you do a premature flush then how can you admire your master piece once you're done?

<Surprised no one has used this one yet.

[SBC 240Z]

I guess I'm the only one that takes a picture of my work and then texts it to friends so they too can admire it. They rarely appreciate my work.

[Bubba1]

I guess I'm the only one that takes a picture of my work and then texts it to friends so they too can admire it. They rarely appreciate my work.

I suspect so. But if it catches on you always could start a social networking site and call it...."Fecebook."

[SBC 240Z]

True Story: One Christmas I had a rather nasty bowel movement that morning, took a picture and texted it with the title "Merry Christmas" to ex-girlfriends and others I didn't particularly care for; ie most everyone.

[NolimitZ32]

That's strange I do that too back and forth with my cousin's Fiance, for us its more of a competition though