DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have become friends with another couple over the past two years, and we frequently invite them for dinner. Lately, I’ve noticed that the husband leaves the toilet seat up after using the bathroom.

Both my husband and I have a habit of closing the lid before flushing. Is there a way I can politely bring this up with our guest?

My husband believes it would be rude for me to mention it and that I should do nothing. If not a polite conversation, is it rude to leave a little framed sign in the bathroom: “Please close lid before flushing”?

GENTLE READER: Are you sure that is what you really want?

Because if your guest (or anyone, really) closes the lid before flushing — without a quick glance behind to make sure that everything is ... expunged — you might get an unple

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