Comments on: Boy Invents a Foot-Powered Toilet Lid Lifter

By: stefano

stefano — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:50:40 +0000

Why didn’t I think of it!! That solves so many domestic arguments.

By: Angry Lab Rat

Angry Lab Rat — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 07:19:46 +0000

Yay! It took an innovative 9-year old to give a “fair shake” to men everywhere. No more grabbing of nasty toilet seats, or harrassment from women who seem to embrace equality of the genders in every other way than the stupid “toilet seat rule”. Good for him. I hope the family changes their mind and opts to patent this little invention.

For more comments, please visit my blog post on this at:
http://angrylabrat.blogspot.com/2007/11/privy-prop.html

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 03:08:55 +0000

Sid:
Lower the seat :
- avoids dropped objects to be wet
- avoids projections when flushing (European toilets even more)
- avoids particules to be sent airborne
- avoids mom to be mad at you. you love ur mom, don;t u?

Just for the 1st 1 I lower it. Cluttered bathroom and clumsy people don’t go together

By: fish

fish — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 02:52:21 +0000

seen this on a show called life support, old idea

By: ugh

ugh — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 01:49:21 +0000

So tired of parents (and then the media ) fawning all over stupid kid ideas. Like this is something that hasn’t been done a million times already.

If an adult came up with this, people would go *eh*, not want to pay money for it, and move on.

BUT SINCE ITS A KID…

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 17:13:33 +0000

He may have seen Harvey Denton’s self-lowering toilet seat in British tv series The League of Gentlemen. Or maybe this is a purely local idea.

By: S-r-ex

S-r-ex — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 07:11:49 +0000

I rarely put down the seat and my mother just puts it down and doesn’t put it back up and I don’t care and neither does she.
I may be 17, but I too would easily be able to fix this up home, but it would be useless as none of us at home cares. And if this boy hasn’t noticed these trash-can lids before now, no wonder he forgets the seat…

By: ted

ted — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 01:55:13 +0000

Kinda inane.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 06 Nov 2007 00:34:33 +0000

Come on – This is brilliant! kudos to the kid.

By: Vonskippy

Vonskippy — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:11:05 +0000

Ummmm….no!

US Patent 5829068 (11-03-1998)

By: PapaTango

PapaTango — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:02:40 +0000

Lazy much?

By: Sid Morrison

Sid Morrison — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:16:02 +0000

I’m not sure why it is world news, but the kid did a decent job. Fair enough.

That granted, why it is his job to lower the seat when finished? Why doesn’t his lazy mother raise it WHEN SHE IS DONE? Why is the optimum default position “down” ? Who made that rule up?

Each person should set it however they like and leave it however they like. Freedom, man!