Then flush half way through to save people the atrocity of going through what op had to suffer. Not that I would have ever used my foot to flush a toilet. So many things could go wrong with that move.

I work at a convenience store/gas station. I honestly cannot tell you how many times I have gone into the mens bathroom to mop and flushed the toilet with my foot. Most of my coworkers do the same, so I cannot imagine it is totally unusual. I always just assume the entire mens room is perpetually covered in piss, because it usually is, no matter how often we clean it. So far I have gotten lucky and nothing like that has happened to me. Sorry to hear about your luck OP.

To men just stop aiming after a certain age?

Most people also fail to realise that flushing aerosolises the germs and sends them at least several feet out from the toilet in a fine mist, so it wont make one bit of difference, its covering them regardless.

Ah, well, here in America many of the public toilets don't have a lid. Just a seat.

Thinking on it i don't think I've ever seen a toilet with a lid on it in any American set film I've ever seen, yet they're on every public toilet I've ever seen in the UK. Seems common sense to have them, i wonder why they don't.

Because US businesses are too cheap

In houses we have toilet lids, but very rarely have I ever seen them in public restrooms. I wish we had them though. It would make situations like this much easier to handle.

There is absolutely no need for racist comments.