IndigNation             WHAT'S GOT YOU HOT?

Who is the braniac who developed the plastic toilet seat bolt? In fact, who was the idiot that first even thought of them? Ever since plastic toilet seat bolts became ubiquitous, replacing the previous solid and steadfast metal toilet seat bolts, sitting on a public toilet has become a dangerous sport. Now, whenever you set yourself down on the seat, you quite literally risk wrenching your back, or throwing out your hip, as the seat slides out from under you to one side or the other.

And these aren’t just for old bolts that one may argue should be replaced. Brand new facilities end up with seats loosened and doing the sideways slide just weeks after installation.

Somebody, some day, is going to sue the owners of a public restroom, and the company that manufactures these privy perils and then may be sanitary sanity will prevail, and we can all go back to metal bolts, and secure toilet seats.

I, for one, can’t wait.