Cat prefers seat down (extra room and their toes stay warm). Dog doesn't care.

All are female, so I'm outvoted on all angles.

I am a water waster - always flush. My wife, on the other hand, will put tissue in there once in a while (something about makeup), and the animals, whereupon finding this affront to their pedigree (do pound animals have "pedigree"?) shoot that familiar "you are one waste of a pair of pants, aren't you?" look....