Washroom Reading Material

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2005-01-17 06:48pm

Jesus, if you need to read when jettisoning useless biomatter, you must only shit once a fortnight. Honestly, how does it take more than 30 seconds for anyone other than a constipated lard ball?

Plus it's unsanitary for the reading material unless you enoy faecal coliforms on your paper for all to enjoy. This is how Norovirus gets around.

Tasoth · Post by **Tasoth** » 2005-01-17 07:47pm

whatever I grab before going in.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2005-01-17 07:52pm

Section A of the Wall Street Journal every morning. I read the rest of the paper at lunch.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2005-01-17 08:31pm

Toilets exist to shit in, not to read on.

Glocksman · Post by **Glocksman** » 2005-01-17 09:01pm

Usually the book I'm reading at the time, but every once in a while I'll take my laptop in and surf the net.

Post by **RogueIce** » 2005-01-17 10:43pm

Glocksman wrote:Usually the book I'm reading at the time, but every once in a while I'll take my laptop in and surf the net.

The ultimate geek!

Mayabird · Post by **Mayabird** » 2005-01-17 10:55pm

I don't, except for very rare occasions when I really have to go, but I am that engrossed in a book or article that I can't put it down. And this one time when I went to the bathroom in a friend's apartment and saw that his reading material consisted of Scientific American and Maxim.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2005-01-17 11:10pm

Good combo.

Post by **Zaia** » 2005-01-17 11:35pm

I keep a stereo in my bathroom because I usually have music going on whenever I'm in the bathroom, no matter what I'm doing. But I don't read unless I'm taking a bubble bath, and then I've got music going too.

Enforcer Talen · Post by **Enforcer Talen** » 2005-01-18 12:15am

usually a gurps gaming manual.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-01-18 12:20am

I read nothing. Too unsanitary.

Cal Wright · Post by **Cal Wright** » 2005-01-18 03:05am

Since I've read about 85% of the Star Wars EU, and I just can't bring myself to continue it's moved on to EGMs and other gaming mags. Most perferably though is my Game Boy Advance. Level 13 on Tetris bitches'!!!

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2005-01-18 02:30pm

Flakin wrote:Thing is, I find it difficult to go at all unless I'm reading something... weird!

Same thing with me, I can never get a satisfying dump unless I'm reading something. There have been times when I was on trips and forgot to bring reading material, and I sit there straining on the toilet and it feels like only half the crap came out. So after that I'll go buy a magazine or newspaper to read the next time, and then everything comes out fine.

Hyperion · Post by **Hyperion** » 2005-01-19 02:19am

I have a veritable library sitting on the can's tank. I've also been known to fire up the laptop on wireless and his SD.net.

moku · Post by **moku** » 2005-01-19 02:31am

This should be on all of those stupid online quizes. "Do you surf the net while dumping a crap?".

When it comes down to reading while on toilet... mmmh. Rarely. And if so - it is a really good book.

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2005-01-19 02:51am

I have probably done about 80% of my recreational reading on the can. I have finished quite literally hundreds of books in the bathroom. I do tend to spend extra time in the bathroom because of it but I try and be considerate and make sure no one else needs to use it before hand.
Like a few others have mentioned it's almost to the point of a disorder. The few times I find myself without reading material it almost brings on a semi-panicked state. I will rummage through the cupboards within reach or grab the nearest shampoo bottle for anything that has a label. Oh...rinse AND repeat. That's informative.

Sarevok · Post by **Sarevok** » 2005-01-19 08:18am

I used to read computer programming books and game guides in the toilet.

Post by **Vympel** » 2005-01-19 09:02am

How can you possibly read on the toilet? I just do what I have to do and get out of there as soon as possible.

Zoink · Post by **Zoink** » 2005-01-19 09:22am

My washroom has copies of Scientific American and a bunch of paintball magazines. I just swapped the Scientific American copies with some different ones last night

Chardok · Post by **Chardok** » 2005-01-19 09:57am

Vympel wrote:How can you possibly read on the toilet? I just do what I have to do and get out of there as soon as possible.

DI think Dalton sums it up best. The bathroom is one place where you can be truly alone. There is a barrier of stink between you and the rest of the world that the rest of the world wants nothing to do with. it's as if there are giant turd sentinels at the door, with spears made of feces, ready to jab anyone who dares enter. Solitude is grand sometimes, and you can do some of your best thinking while in that most relaxed of states. Sure, you can go in your room, and even lock the door, but that stops no one from banging on the door, requesting you to do <insert job here> or <go to this place> or whatever. that is a great reason to prolong shitcan times. For me it is a sacred ritual.

But you gotta be careful. in the case of the "Was Darwin Wrong?" cover of national geographic, I nearly blew a gasket laughing when I opened it directly to the page with the giant "NO, the evidence supporting evolution is overwhelming."

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2005-01-19 10:13am

lemme see, there's Car and Driver, Popular Science, a Maxim or two and and a Crutchfield catalog.

J · Post by J » 2005-01-19 11:54am

I keep some arts & crafts magazines in the washroom, if I'm not in a hurry, and I'm usually not, I'll read through them as I do my business. Sometimes I'll be in the middle of a novel which I really don't want to put down so I'll bring it in with me.

jcow79 · Post by **jcow79** » 2005-01-20 11:42am

Anyone ever had prized reading material 'fall in'? I've never had it happen in the toilet (although have had a few cell phones jump in) but I've dropped a few books in the bath.

JeanLucPicard · Post by **JeanLucPicard** » 2005-01-20 12:23pm

I often take the Star Trek Encyclopedia in with me. *yes, I'm obessed with Star Trek*

Post by **fgalkin** » 2005-01-20 01:37pm

Whatever book I'm reading at the time.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

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Washroom Reading Material

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