Potty Talk

Photo courtesy of American Standard

The NorthernClan had to replace a broken toilet seat. Not an every-day kind of task, but these things break every once in a while. NorthernDaddy blames Toddler for consistently slamming the seat down and for causing rust by "hosing" the hinges. Toddler maintains his innocence.

The variety of toilet seats available at the local home center is quite impressive: there were thirty-six different models of the 'round' seat (and another forty of the 'elongated' style). After deliberating for thirty minutes, Toddler and Daddy selected a nice model and headed home.

Upon installation, it was discovered that one of the features (if a toilet seat can even have "features") of the selected seat is that it has "Whisper Close". That means that with a gentle tap, the seat and lid slowly glide down to the closed position. It is an  interesting concept, and does make things quieter - no slamming of the seat by the midget.

Toddler is fascinated by the workings of this toilet seat. After being put to bed, he suddenly realized that he had to pee. Three separate times. Within ten minutes. Anybody else think that he's just playing with the "Whisper Close"?

The downside to the slow-close magic show that is the Northerns' toilet seat is that NorthernToddler was so captivated by watching the seat float down to its closed position that he forgot what he was doing and missed the bowl and peed right on the floor!

That negative wasn't mentioned in the product literature......