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Do you read when sitting on the toilet?

If I read anything it will just be the back of a shampoo bottle or something. A lot of things seem to contain "Sodium laureth sulfate".
 
I never read there. The few seconds till I've answered nature's call would hardly suffice to find my bookmark.
I much prefer reading in bed - it's comfortable and much less draughty around the south.
 
I always check the TrekBBS when I'm taking care of business. Passes the time (among other things).

;)
 
Which brings up a additional question. Has anyone read or posted in this thread while taking care of business on the toilet. If people are posting we will soon need to begin a investigation as to which threads or posts were inspired by a visit to the toilet!

Jason
 
Which brings up a additional question. Has anyone read or posted in this thread while taking care of business on the toilet. If people are posting we will soon need to begin a investigation as to which threads or posts were inspired by a visit to the toilet!

Jason

Get back to post # 18, by @StefanM
 
I actually have certain literature reserved for reading while on the toilet. Stuff that is entertaining, but can be interrupted at any point. Collections of comics strips like Peanuts or Garfield, digest sized comic collections (I started collecting the digest sized DC Blue Ribbon series from the early 1980s, before that I read Archie Comics' recent Marvel Digest series), or collections of quotations, fun facts, and so on.
 
How about Readers Digest? I don't even know if those books are even published anymore but I think they existed for the sole purpose of being put out in waiting rooms and bathrooms.

Jason
 
Well it does have Digest in the title.
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If I read anything it will just be the back of a shampoo bottle or something.
I did that once and came to the decision that "Floz" would make a cool name.
Well, I live alone, and my bathroom has a view of the TV, so...
Reminds me of the time my cousin had severe diarrhea so he set his TV up in the bathroom and spent the night watching TV on the crapper so he wouldn't miss anything.
 
I never understood why someone should waste his/her time sitting on the pot for an extended period of time. On the other hand: people in the gym usually have their smartphones in their hands, working with it and sitting in front of a gym machine, doing no sports at all and occupy said machine.
Ha, I would say you're going to the wrong gym.

Kor
 
Ha, I would say you're going to the wrong gym.

Kor

It's not the best, but it's cheap. And I can't pay more for it. Are you saying that in better gyms where you have to pay more people actually do more workouts instead of gazing numbly on their phones?
 
It's not the best, but it's cheap. And I can't pay more for it. Are you saying that in better gyms where you have to pay more people actually do more workouts instead of gazing numbly on their phones?
It depends on what's available in your area, and I would say it has more to do with the atmosphere than the cost. I go to a small, simple place (it's also clean and well-maintained) that I would consider reasonably priced, equivalent to 26.53 Euros per month (and the startup fee was the same amount). But everybody is really focused and nobody messes around, since the clientele are mostly people who do physique contests, competitive powerlifting, or training for sports, or they are beginners with a personal trainer closely coaching them during their whole gym session.

Oh, and to answer the OP's question on the thread topic, I agree with another poster that there just wouldn't be enough time to read anything!

Kor
 
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I don’t know if there’s a term, but those question/answer books are good. Things like ‘Do Polar Bears Get Lonely?’

Quick page long tidbits you can dive in and out of.
 
I haven't read while sitting on the toilet since I was a kid. The house I lived in till I was about 9 years old had a bathroom with a low wall between the tub and the toilet. It was the perfect height for reading. I would take a volume of the World Book Encyclopedia into the john and sit sidesaddle, doing my business and improving my education at the same time.

Sometimes. But when I do, I tend to get engrossed in what I'm reading and end up staying on the toilet long after I've stopped shitting. And wiping dried out shit out of my ass is way too difficult.
Too. Much. Information. :barf:

I've had the phone ring while I'm taking a crap. I ignore the call.
Isn't that what voicemail is for?

How about Readers Digest? I don't even know if those books are even published anymore but I think they existed for the sole purpose of being put out in waiting rooms and bathrooms.
Here's one that was ostensibly meant to be read in the bathroom.

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The hardcover version was punched and eyeletted and came with a chain, presumably for hanging it near the toilet. I only had the paperback edition.
 
"If you're on the toilet long enough to read something, you're doing it wrong."

Or more importantly, you might want to consider your diet and water intake. A bowel movement should take less time than to brush your teeth. ;)
 
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