Lots of people say this, but i sit and stand on it anyway.

When i was very young, i was practicing my saxophone embouchure on my mouthpiece while i was going to the bathroom. When i flushed, i looked down at the water going down the toilet bowl, and my mouthpiece fell into the toilet and got flushed away.

I can't go back in time, so ever since that day I've taken pains to remove the risk of things falling into the toilet, especially while it's flushing.

One example is if i have to retrieve something from the cabinet on the wall above the toilet, i make sure the lid is closed first.