As the CapitolHillBilly UK correspondent I feel it is my duty to share this rather unfortunate story from the BBC with you.
An increasing number of small boys may be finding toilet training a more painful experience than they anticipated, say safety experts.
Doctors at one English hospital reported four cases in which a toddler's penis had been injured by a falling toilet seat.
The fashion for heavy wooden and ceramic seats is worsening the problem, they say.
Figures suggest there may be up to 250 similar cases a year in the UK.Dr Joe Philip, from Leighton Hospital in Crewe, said that parents might need to take more precautions to keep their young sons out of A&E.
He called for more seats to be designed to fall slowly, and for heavier seats to be banned from households with young boys.
He even suggested that the social norm of putting the seat down after use be suspended and the seat fixed in an upright position.
Well I am at a loss for words about this, finally someone comes out publicly and supports a cause close to my heart-the suspension of the social norm of putting the seat down after use-it appears there is now scientific evidence to suggest that this should be stopped. I for one will be taking this advice, I advise you to do the same.
