by Lorelai George

Created on: May 16, 2008

Bathroom. Water closet. Powder room. Comfort station. Whatever you call them, those things are dangerous. Want to know why? THIS is why...

Picture this: changing rooms at school, getting changed for an hour of torturous physical education. Nobody uses the showers, so they act as an extension of the changing rooms where the rejects end up getting changed instead. On one particular day, it's around half past eleven, and one student decides to chase her friend through the showers. She ends up head-butting the shower and cutting her head open. No joke. Half an hour later she's in hospital having her head glued back together.

That's not the only time when showers attack, however.

Another time, you could be standing, helplessly in the shower, when the shower decides to fall off the wall and attack you. It's possible. It's also not very easy having a shower when you have to hold the shower head and the soap.

But that's enough about showers. What about toilets?

There are many hidden dangers in the toilet, although they're not as full of germs as people used to think - an average computer keyboard is estimated to have more germs than your average toilet seat these days. I still wouldn't advise licking one, however. The toilet seat or the keyboard, that is.

Snakes have been known to hide in toilets, traveling through the systems and biting people whilst on the lavatory. If you have a pet snake, keep it away from the bathroom at all costs. Unless you'd like a nasty surprise when you're on the loo.

Snakes aren't the only ones who like toilets, however. Spiders like to hide in them too; or worse, under them, and often they're so small that you won't even notice them.

What does this teach us? To always check in, on, and around the toilet before using it. And to always put the lid down.

What about baths? Have you ever tried to turn the tap off with your foot when you're in the bath? I wouldn't advise it. It might get stuck. Paranoid, yes. Possible, yes.

As for sinks, there are very few dangerous things that can be said other than make sure that they are properly attached to the wall, and if they are not, stand well back. A sink falling on your feet has got to hurt.

Please also remember that all of the anecdotes mentioned in this article are true, but that the chances of this happening are very slim. Unless you're a walking butterfingers. In which case, be afraid. Be VERY afraid. You never know what's going to attack you next.

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