Monday Miscellany: Toilet Seats, Non-Alcoholic Purell, More Burglar Advice

Is this a safer version of Purell? At least people probably won’t drink it.

Following on this discussion of remotely piloted aircraft, here is news of a tamper-proof autopilot system designed to thwart terrorists.

More advice from a burglar on where not to hide your money, guns, or drugs.

Following on this discussion of household urinals, here is one economist’s manifesto on the toilet seat: up or down?

(Hat tips: Jack Nguy, Jeffrey Strain, William Jacobs)

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  1. aphotographer says:

    Re: Toilet seats up or down -
    (speaking of academics with too much time on their hands) There are studies of how much bacteria is spread in the bathroom when the toilet is flushed with the cover up. If you have your toothbrush in there you are actually risking your life.

    Put the seat down before you flush, no matter what the economics are.

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  2. aphotographer says:

    Re: Toilet seats up or down -
    (speaking of academics with too much time on their hands) There are studies of how much bacteria is spread in the bathroom when the toilet is flushed with the cover up. If you have your toothbrush in there you are actually risking your life.

    Put the seat down before you flush, no matter what the economics are.

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  3. honza says:

    Aphotographer, you should watch more TV. Mythbusters (Discovery channel) had a nice show where they tested how much bacteria are on different places in an average house. The least of them was on the toilet seat.

    It’s no rocket science, but I believe it more than your “study”. Allegedly, average humans has more bacteria than cells. Even if the numbers are different, we will with bacteria, and trying to “kill’em all” is doing us more harm than good.

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  4. honza says:

    Aphotographer, you should watch more TV. Mythbusters (Discovery channel) had a nice show where they tested how much bacteria are on different places in an average house. The least of them was on the toilet seat.

    It’s no rocket science, but I believe it more than your “study”. Allegedly, average humans has more bacteria than cells. Even if the numbers are different, we will with bacteria, and trying to “kill’em all” is doing us more harm than good.

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  5. oddTodd says:

    Apparently Jay Pil Choi doesn’t poop.

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  6. oddTodd says:

    Apparently Jay Pil Choi doesn’t poop.

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  7. dd says:

    Thanks oddTodd – it seems nobody ever remembers that part of the equation in the toilet seat discussion!

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  8. dd says:

    Thanks oddTodd – it seems nobody ever remembers that part of the equation in the toilet seat discussion!

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