[Aliantha]

HLJ, I'd agree with you except that when I get up to go during the night, I don't usually turn the lights on, so if the seat isn't down, I get to sit on the rim which one of the kids has probably pissed all over anyway, so then I have to have a shower to make myself almost feel clean, which wakes me up well and truly so I can't sleep, and then I lay there ruminating on what a bunch of selfish, thoughtless males I live with.

Trust me, in our house, it's better to just put the seat down.

Shawnee, I know what you mean. Our cats do that too, especially if their water bowl doesn't get filled up. It's gross.