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It's night, and you've just peed in the toilet, but there's a problem, the toilet cistern is not full, and it's too late to wait, what are you going to do and for what reasons?
Wait until tomorrow for the cistern to fill so you can get rid of the urine.
Pour water from the cistern, even knowing that it is not enough to get rid of urine.
You can take a pot of water from the kitchen and pour it into the toilet. Same principle. Also why is the toilet paper flat?
Why is the toilet cistern not filling? Is 3 AM a high traffic period for your home toilet?
If it's brown flush it down,
If it's yellow let it mellow.
#cottagelife
We had this taught to us in school due to a drought. Quite a funny scene seeing a super serious teacher saying that in front of 850 teenage boys.
So really foamy diarrhea should mellow?
Let it be and deal with it later.
It's just number 1, nobody will notice it. At 3AM I still have to catch extra 6 hours of sleep in less than 1 hour.
wtf
Depends on your flush mechanism.
If you have an Australia/NZ system just pour a jug of water into the bowl and it will flush out the pee.
If you have a US/Canada system, repent.
Iβm so curious as to why you think us/canadian toilets donβt flush if you pour water into the bowl..
It's a reference to the siphonic system versus washdown system.
Ok, but siphonic systems still flush just fine if you pour water into them..? Iβve been doing it my whole life. Like even if you just pour water from a pitcher at a normal rate itβll eventually hit a pressure point and flush itself (assuming thereβs no clog). If you do it from more than a foot above the bowl it flushes basically instantly.
An instant flush is what OP wants. If they can do that with the siphonic system, that's great.
I am going to see if I can fix it because I am already up and I will just have to deal with it until I fix it.
If I can't fix it in 2 minutes I will grab a bucket of water and pour it in the bowl to flush it.
Lift up the lid on the tank. Push down the float. If it still won't fill, fill the tank with water from the sink or shower, then flush normally.
People flush every time they pee?
...some people don't?
Why would I? Seems wasteful. I only flush every third time or so, unless I shit.
Why would I?
To keep your toilet cleaner and your bathroom smelling fresher. And to reduce splashback of urine when sitting.
The first two points aren't really worth the wasted water because if you drink enough water your urine shouldn't smell that strong.
And I'm not sure why urine would splash on me when I'm sitting? I always sit, and afaik I've never gotten urine on me lol like what
Dropping poop sometimes creates splashes
This may blow your mind, but it's also possible to flush before shitting if this is a real concern. You'll still save a lot more water than you would by flushing urine every single time.
I don't really care what you do, though. I just don't think there's any real reason to be so extravagantly wasteful when your watered-down urine in the toilet doesn't even create a smell.
Then you're doubling your flushes for your poops. I'm sure there's some formula for this that could be worked out, lol
Reason number 3 is that something dropped in the toilet is less unpleasant to retrieve from a flushed toilet. Forgot that one earlier.
As well, it might be creating a smell that you've gone nose-blind to. Like a person's own BO. Others can smell it long before the "owner" can.
Flushing after every use also creates a habit so that one never forgets to flush after using someone else's toilet or a public one.
(Purely for the sake of argument)
You would not be double flushing for every number 2. Assuming a clean bowl at the start:
1111112 would be 3 flushes for 7 sessions 1212121 would be 6 flushes for 7 sessions 2222222 would be 7 flushes for 7 sessions 1121121 would be 4 flushes for 7 sessions
You can group any section of 1s between 2s into groups of 3 with up to 1 group with less than 3 1s. Each group would be converted to a 2. Then, you would do a flush after each 2.
As a side note, please don't do this. It's genuinely disgusting to go to someone else's urine scented bathroom
I'm super old, and I've never forgotten to flush at someone else's house or a public one. In fact, I often have to flush someone else's turds.
And people actually tell me my house smells good, so I'm pretty sure I'm not noseblind to urine. If it were potent enough to smell, then I'd either have to drink more water or consult a medical professional lol
Heh, maybe your house smells good relative to the houses that leave turds
I'm pretty sure it's because I burn incense, clean my house regularly, and the diluted urine that is literally encased in water has no impact on the smell whatsoever