an open pizza box in her lap and a 30-pack of Michelob Ultra on the ground next to her; Estelle in a red hoody, riding a bike with a swaddled E.T. in a crate on the front of the bike.

Open-front toilet seats — sometimes referred to as “U-shaped” or “split” seats — are almost exclusively affixed to toilets in publicly accessible bathrooms or commercial spaces.

Some have even posited that the open-front seat accommodates various body shapes and sizes that the closed seat just cannot. But the lavatory mystery has been solved. The mystery of the horseshoe ...

Some have even posited that the open-front seat accommodates various body shapes and sizes that the closed seat just cannot. But the lavatory mystery has been solved. “Open front seats and ...