We used to say “if it’s yellow, let it mellow. If it’s brown flush it down” in my house. I’m sure we didn’t invent this mindset but let me tell you. It’s all “mellow” until you go to make brown and someone else’s “yellow” splashes up on your unmentionables. Also the bathroom always stinks and toilet gets stained in 13 hours. I know water bills can be unforgiving but budget elsewhere
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I’d imagine the saying is more for trailer/septic users but I do agree.
Doesn’t urine begin crystallization just sitting in the toilet? Can’t that lead to damage over time in the pipes? Not a plumber here lol
I think this idea came from when there were water shortages rather than budgeting, we had it here along with hosepipe bans and the government telling us to “share a bath” to which we said “go f yourself”
Yeah my solution was just to flush before I go number two? Even if you are on a sewer system, it’s easier for water treatment plants to work when waste is more concentrated.
Pee outside
Honestly, the ‘if it’s yellow, let it mellow’ rule seems all fine and dandy until you have to face the splashes and stains. 🤢 A toilet that’s both stained and smelly? No thanks! Water bills are tough, but there’s gotta be a better way to save without turning the bathroom into a disaster zone. Trust me, budget elsewhere. 😬💦
I have newer lower flow toilets that don’t waste 11 gallons of water like the old days but I still let the yellow mellow for a couple rather than flush every time. I see no harm in saving water considering how expensive it is. There’s no staining and no bad smell if you close the lid and hydrate yourself.
I only follow that if I have to get up in the middle of the night. I can’t deal with poopstank throughout the night so down it goes, but yellow mellows till I get outta bed and next fill the bowl.
Who in the hell is letting piss just stay in the toilet instead of flushing…..?
It also stinks to high hell.
Growing up we had family friends who were on well water and they held to this rule. I just lied and said I needed to do number two every time, because YUCK.
The acid in the urine also eats through the porcelain and can damage the toilet long term. Source: personal experience
Only time my husband and I do this, if one of us gets up in the middle of the night to pee and the other stays asleep. So we don’t wake each other.
If we both pee, we flush. If we noticed we have gotten up a lot in the night (18 weeks pregnant here and peeing all the time lol) then I will flush too.
I hate it so much😭😭 our septic is to small for my family so we kinda have to or the yard floods☹️