Bathroom Cross stich phrasing rhyme

November 21, 2018 10:00 AM

I want to get my friend a cross stitch for her bathroom that lets guests know you flush up for poo and down for pee. She wants something that maybe rhymes or sounds cuter than that. Any ideas for how i should phrase it ?
posted by LaunchBox to Writing & Language (13 answers total)

Not sure what you mean by flush up/down, but I grew up with the rhyme "If it's yellow, let it mellow. If it's brown, flush it down."
posted by jozxyqk at 10:20 AM on November 21, 2018

I suspect it's a dual-flush mechanism, with less water released on the downward flush.
posted by kate4914 at 10:23 AM on November 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

Best answer: "When from your butt, handle comes up. If pee you see, then down it be. "
posted by bondcliff at 10:26 AM on November 21, 2018 [9 favorites]

Flush up when it’s brown
When it’s yellow, flush it down
posted by ElizaMain at 10:29 AM on November 21, 2018 [4 favorites]

Best answer: Depressing the lever
Is sufficiently clever
To dispose of a payload that's scanty.
If what you must flush
Conjures more of a blush
Raise the handle to increase the ante.
posted by aws17576 at 10:39 AM on November 21, 2018 [64 favorites]

Flush down for poo,
Flush up for pee,
Now I have
no dignity
posted by jenfullmoon at 10:51 AM on November 21, 2018 [8 favorites]

Use the flusher
with clarity:
Down for poo,
Up for pee.
posted by MonkeyToes at 11:00 AM on November 21, 2018 [7 favorites]

There once was a toilet whose flush
Seemed mysterious when in a rush
But there's no mystery,
Flush up when you wee,
And down when it comes from your tush

(the fact that it doesn't actually rhyme could help it stay memorable...)
posted by Mchelly at 11:16 AM on November 21, 2018 [2 favorites]

When in doubt of how to flush
There’s no need to frown
Lift the handle UP for yellow
Push the handle DOWN for brown
posted by seanmpuckett at 12:47 PM on November 21, 2018 [6 favorites]

#1 - Push handle down
#2 - Pull handle up
#3 - ???
#4 - Profit!?
posted by The Bellman at 2:48 PM on November 21, 2018 [5 favorites]

How about a simple graphic?
posted by peagood at 6:12 PM on November 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

Press down for one
and up for two
when you're finished
with the loo
posted by stray thoughts at 9:10 PM on November 21, 2018 [3 favorites]

I love all these little poems but please pick something short and simple, or if you go with a wordier one, include some sort of very clear graphic or illustration (of the handle!). Dual flush toilets are confusing enough, nobody wants to be standing there next to their latest bowel movement trying to solve a Sudoku in order to flush the toilet.
posted by yeahlikethat at 11:42 PM on November 24, 2018