To ask my wife to stop using blue cistern blocks?

[Breadandwine]

Which are absolutely unnecessary and environmentally unsound.

But apart from this, I've been following the 'If it's yellow let it mellow, if it's brown flush it down' dictum for some years now. (The lid of the toilet is always kept down.) If my wife doesn't use cistern blocks (these things appear intermittently), everything is fine. However, when she puts the blocks in, there is a reaction between the urine in the bowl and the chemicals in the blocks resulting in a crust forming around the sides of the bowl.

This can't just be wiped or brushed away. The best way I've found to get rid of it is to use a (dedicated) pan scrubber. But it's a pain in the arse, to coin a phrase.

Just to keep it even - having shared a dressing-room toilet with a "no flush" policy (no time, when EVERYONE needs a pee in a 10-minute interval) I can confirm that nothing beats the rich, hormonal bouquet of female pee. Not unpleasant or offensive, but decidedly powerful!

If you mean the blocks that you put in the cistern, a plumber told me you should never use them as they can erode any metalwork in the cistern like the screws, and cause leaks. I use the ones you hang on the side of the rim and you can also get little gel type pellets that adhere to the side of the pan. (Toilet Duck Fresh Discs - available at all good supermarkets!)

Love MN, magic I'll piss in a jar then tip it down the sink, bypassing the correct receptacle altogether! Boak

YANBU. They aren't good for your loo as they wear away the plastic in the cistern. Better off using gel strips from b&m

Also.... 😩 urine smells differ from person to person and can be affected by some foods, drinks, supplements and health issues...! So it may not be a case of men vs women for the worst smell, but down to who drank the most coffee or ate asparagus last night....!

Reference:
www.nhs.uk/conditions/smelly-urine/Pages/Introduction.aspx
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YANBU

WHY in GODS name do people use so many freaking chemicals around the house? They're totally unnecessary and just a bloody marketing ploy. When you need to clean the toilet you can use a good biodegradable cleaner. There is no need to use those blue things!

(Ever noticed by the way that Fairy liquid says 'harmful to aquatic life with persistent effects' ?' Google that and then tell me why people think it's a good idea to put that down the sink.)

There are environmentally sound alternatives to every kind of cleaner and yet we persist using horrible chemicals. God I despair.

Yuck! Who wants to sit down a use the toilet when you might be splashing someone else's urine up onto you?!

Flush the toilet!

Piss left in loos bloody stinks! The house owner is nose blind to it but it hits visitors in the face as soon as they enter. Flush it!

YANBU

Just flush your stinky piss water you grubby sod!

This is gross!

Flush the toilet already!

No don't flush!

So long as it's not really hot weather it isn't necessary to flush every time. Don't use any kind of blocks and never had a prob - it's all probably variable as to what people are eating & type of water area. Plus maybe not drinking enough water!

If water waste is the problem, why not use rain water that's been collected and use that to flush the loo with?

Is it not normal practice to just bleach the toilet bowl every evening and leave it to soak over night? Or is that just me

If it's yellow, it stains the bog, anyhow and ends up stinking.

Flush the toilet after yourself, ffs.

I am the only female in our house. We are a mellow yellow family. It doesn't stinknow and I put bleach down every night. Has halved my water bill (water meter).

I bloody love Mumsnet! The level of support offered freely to those in need on some of the threads on the relationship board, for instance, is absolutely awesome!

Then there's the other Mumsnet where posters feel the need to descend into invective when they disagree with the proposition on offer.

I describe myself as a feminist - and when I read those remarks about my 'yellow/mellow' philosophy being akin to marking my territory, I was a little put out, to put it mildly. There are many women also following that method of water conservation - are they also marking their territory?

Here's what I intend to do. I've told my wife I will flush after a pee in the toilet - if she stops using the toilet blocks. I'll either flush or dispose of the waste in a fashion that doesn't offend anyone's sensibilities - even the most squeamish of prissy posters on here. (Sorry, mask slipped for a second there!)

Thanks for all the YANBU posts - and the good advice given by a select few.

Perhaps those of you who continue indiscriminately flushing will find some way to offset your profligacy - by going vegan, perhaps.

In the light of today's news that we are about to exceed the Global Warming target of containing the earth's temperature to 1.5C greater than pre-industrial temperatures - only 8 months after it was set - eating a more plant-based diet is about the best thing you can do.

Citric acid is good for cleaning off build up, ands it's not stinky, toxic or expensive.
Definitely agree to ditch the bloo stuff, it's revolting.

or dispose of the waste in a fashion that doesn't offend anyone's sensibilities What's your plan with regards to this then.

How about leaving the bath full after using it? Then instead of flushing the loo, use a jug or something to scoop some water down the loo.

A bathful of dirty water has got to be better than mellowing yellow bleughhh. I may be biased as had alcoholic hoisemate who did this Now that did stink.

*I'm in the mellow yellow group BTW,

You want to be a feminist on your own terms if you keep on doing something that is pissing off the women you love. Pardon the pun.

There is a point where you need to let go of the big picture and focus on what you are doing to the quality of life of the one woman whose life you actually need to be enhancing.

I think it depends on the shade of yellow. I drink tons of water and will happily leave clear-ish wee, but not if it's yellow. Really not nice for the next person!