dunny check
A dunny check is the act of looking before you sit — a very reasonable but apparently rare pre-toilet inspection practiced primarily in Australia, where the resident spider population has made bathroom complacency a life-threatening gamble.
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A dunny check is the act of looking before you sit — a very reasonable but apparently rare pre-toilet inspection practiced primarily in Australia, where the resident spider population has made bathroom complacency a life-threatening gamble. The dunny check is less optional hygiene ritual and more genuine risk assessment: checking under the rim, behind the cistern, and occasionally inside the bowl itself because something with eight legs has decided this porcelain throne is its territory now. Absolute non-negotiable in rural Australia.
Mum always taught us to do a dunny check before sitting down — didn't listen once, won't make that mistake again.
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