'I'm in here!'
For some reason my family has no lock on the toilet door, never have done.

This prompts visits to the throne to be quite a tense affair as you hear foot falls on the stairs and so have we have developed the cunning ritual of shouting 'I'm in here!' regardless of if the other person is coming in or not...

Can be quite entertaining with visitors or also with my dad as he appears to enjoy turning the light off (the light switch is outside, who thought that one up?!?!?!?)
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 11:34, 6 replies)

We were the same.
My mother has recently moved into another house and one of the first things she did was remove the lock from the bathroom door.

She claims it was originally done to prevent young versions of my sister and me from locking ourselves in the bathroom and being unable to escape. As we're now 28 and 31, it wouldn't be an issue even if we hadn't moved out several years ago.
(ThomsonsPier consumes, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 11:41, closed)

I
think that's the same excuse my mum used...

Earlier this year my retired father decided to 'improve' the bathroom by putting a round door knob on in the bathroom, with a slightly sticky door.

With damp hands it keeps you in the bathroom better than any fucking lock I can tell you!
(Fuckarma was masturbating into your handbag, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 11:49, closed)

In my house
we havent had a door on the bathroom for 2 years (maybe this should have been in last weeks QotW). Thus we've developed a practice of telling each other when we are going for a dump so the other one can stay out of sight and earshot.

Pissing is warning free.
(kebabking - salad and garlic mayo pls, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 11:49, closed)

I think you must be my brother...
Also, the heater switch for the shower is next to the light - much hilarity ensues when flicking that off when someone's in the shower...
( snee held his breath since, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 12:09, closed)

I was watching...
some house-buying programme the other day and the host said it was illegal to have a light switch on the inside of a bathroom due to the moisture generated, don't know how true it is though?
(gin'll fix it, Fri 21 Nov 2008, 15:43, closed)

I dont know about legality
but this is about right. If you want the light control inside the bathroom you have to have a pull cord rather than a switch since your body is nowhere near the actual switchy bit.

I think it has more to do with wet hands than moist air though.
(kebabking - salad and garlic mayo pls, Sat 22 Nov 2008, 12:27, closed)