Is there anything better than reading on the bog?
I don't think so.
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Reading on the toilet
Initial post:
23 Oct 2009 19:27 BST
Fred says:
Is there anything better than reading on the bog?
I don't think so.
Posted on
23 Oct 2009 20:01 BST
Last edited by the author on 23 Oct 2009 20:03 BST
M. Jolliff says:
The problem with reading on the bog is not the act itself which I agree (as will most red blooded Englishmen) is indeed pleasurable ( indeed,I know of a man who reserves his sunday afternoons for this very purpose), but the after effects, vis not being able to walk if the item you were perusing is of any appreciable length.
In reply to an earlier post on
23 Oct 2009 21:35 BST
Steven Douglas says:
Medically not wise, it encourages piles
Posted on
24 Oct 2009 22:27 BST
M. Dowden says:
My grandad used to take his westerns into the bog for extended periods of time......he had chronic piles and when he had a mishap he had to be rushed to hospital with half his butt hanging out. So saying, if I think I will be some time I take a book in the loo with me. But once you have finished do not sit on the bog and continue reading - for your own health.
Posted on
24 Oct 2009 22:50 BST
Princess Latifah says:
I take books I don't particularly like but I've spent a lot of money on into the bog and at least read a couple of pages a day* in that way and get my money's worth!
*maybe more depending on what I've been eating!
Posted on
24 Oct 2009 23:31 BST
Dr. Randolph Marsh says:
Don't know if you have ever seen the Seinfeld episode, where George reads a book on the toilet, decides he doesn't like it, and returns it to the store. Shop after shop refuses a refund, as the book has been flagged as tainted.
I get reminded of this fact by my wife, every time I read a few chapters whilst nesting on the porcelain.
Posted on
25 Oct 2009 12:07 GMT
AnetteF says:
I don't. Knowing how many people like reading on the toilet (not even mentioning the statistics about how often men wash their hands afterwards) is one of the main reasons that I very rarely buy books second hand. Have not used the library for years for the same reason.
Posted on
25 Oct 2009 19:40 GMT
Mrs. Barbara Deakin says:
You would all be better off if you took some knitting.
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25 Oct 2009 19:47 GMT
Mrs. D. Lee says:
Agree with you Anette. I never borrow books (unless it's family), and never go to the library for this reason :)
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26 Oct 2009 08:19 GMT
S. Roberts says:
This is so wrong I am finding it hard to find words to express it! My husband does it and I refuse to touch the books afterwards, If there is one he particularly recommends I make him buy me a new copy! Hence he has his part of the bookcase I have mine.
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 11:31 GMT
D. Shaw says:
Ewwwk!
A Very un~healthy habbit!! Must be the cause of many tummy upsets ... Good habbit if you don't want to share your books i guess :o
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 12:17 GMT
George Feathers says:
Reading in the smallest room shoudn't be a cause for hygenic concern. Simply ensure that you put down the book after, er..."expressing" yourself and don't pick it up again untill you've washed and dried your hands.
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 12:26 GMT
Gordon Dent says:
There seem to be several molysomophobia sufferers here. Insisting on buying a new copy of a book because somebody else has read it on the toilet is irrational and probably pathological.
Yes, I do read on the toilet, and will happily read books that other people have read on the toilet (or in the garden or while eating: much more likely sources of infection). The health risk is entirely to the reader whose lower-limb circulation is impaired during the activity.
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 18:03 GMT
Blackbeard says:
Are you the same women who change diapers and clean toilet bowls? I don't think anyone is actually using a book to wipe themselves.
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 20:46 GMT
Last edited by the author on 26 Oct 2009 20:48 GMT
AnetteF says:
Looks like this topic is mainly divided by gender... why am I not surprised??? LOL!!!!
@Blackbeard - as you say... you don't THINK so... rest my case ;-)
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 21:15 GMT
G. Greenhalgh says:
I am female and enjoy reading on the loo. Only place to get peace with a 6 year old in the house! Anyway didn't know about the piles scenario so may just do a chapter at a time and not linger!
Posted on
26 Oct 2009 21:55 GMT
L. Stacey says:
I'm also female and do enjoy reading in the loo. I dont think there is any problem with it and as for it being un-hygienic I think the main reason everyone is so prone to get illnesses is because of oversteralising and being scared of germs :)
Posted on
27 Oct 2009 14:28 GMT
Gwen Bailey says:
I love reading in the loo. I've got a small library in one of my loos and a handheld solitaire game. What's the point of sitting on the loo and no having anything to occupy your mind?
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27 Oct 2009 18:07 GMT
AnetteF says:
@M.Joliff - thank you *g*
Ladies, (I thought my comment might 'flush out' a few ;-) ) don't forget... statistically most of you will be washing your hands before picking up the book again. Having personally on numerous occasions observed the time between the sound of the running water and the exit of various males from the location in question, I had to come to the sad conclusion that the statistics with regards to the male habits on that point, sadly seem to be true. I am of course assuming that every single male contributor to this thread is the exception that proves those statistics.
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27 Oct 2009 22:46 GMT
LEP says:
I always take my current read to the toilet with me. However, I always wash my hands, but then I'm a woman!
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27 Oct 2009 22:48 GMT
LEP says:
One of the reasons I never touch peanuts or other 'open' bowl snacks in bars/pubs.
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27 Oct 2009 23:03 GMT
Mr W says:
I have a whole command centre in my toilet, from which I monitor the outside world.
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