Bloom County 2019 by Berkeley Breathed for August 19, 2017

Oh thank goodness I’m not the only one that happens to.

just about jumped out of the stall the first time that happened to me in an airport

Face it, penguin! Spontaneous premature flushation is a way of life in public restrooms all along the ribbon of highway!

Those flushers are terrible for small children who are just learning to trust the toilet.

I encountered one that kept sucking down the “neat seat” every time I’d turn around.

“Open the pod bay doors, Hal.”

One thing scarier than an autoflusher is an autoflusher with a dead battery and no manual bypass flush button. We have a whole building full of them and no guarantee of clean safe repose.

Even if you have a way to cover the sensor, that starts a 10 minute countdown timer on the toilets where I work. It helps to have a chronograph wristwatch; at the 9:30 mark, pull up your britches, stand up, lift the seat up to keep the upside from getting splashed, and move away. It’s a one-time flush, so once it’s over it’s smooth sailing from there.

For the record, that last panel freaks me out too!