Went to Megamall this afternoon to buy, of all things, a toilet seat. Yes, a toilet seat.
My brothers and I were supposed to buy one last Monday at Ace Hardware. However, I found out that it wasn't as easy as going to a rack and pointing to one that catches your fancy.
No, one has to know the dimensions of the toilet! I never imagined that something as mundane as a toilet bowl had standard dimensions to follow and that buying the wrong seat could spell the difference between comfort and disaster!
So, before going out on a toilet seat hunt, I asked my brother to measure the bowl. 14" x 18". Fair enough.
Armed with this information, we headed once more to Ace Hardware to purchase a seat.
Then the real dilemma began. Are we buying the hinge-less seat or the slow-close one? Which color to buy? And what about the price? Does a higher price ensure more comfort?
After some discussion, we settled for a standard, "universal", white seat. I would have wanted the soft, beige one but the only design available was one with a huge butterfly "embroidery" on the canvass cover. Too "bohemian" for our taste.
Lesson learned: never take toilet seats for granted - they are the ones that give dignity to our "thrones"!
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