Reading on the Toilet

pappyodaniel

It seems to be mainly a male thing as I'm yet to meet a female who'll admit to doing this. It's a very peaceful place to read without any distractions...apart from the smell :pac:

What do you think?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

I do it all the time. In fact, i only ever used to play candy crush on the toilet and I got to level 90 or something. Good times.

wazky

I play Angry Birds, sometimes I get lost in the emotion of it and spend half an hour in the jacks.

pappyodaniel

Poll added.

catallus

I can't understand anyone who uses their phone or reads anything on the jacks. It is just weird.

Arthur Beesley

I don't suffer from constipation, so no, I don't read on the toilet.

MRnotlob606

Disgusting whoever does that should be shot up against an ice cream van

Chucken

LexieOnRale wrote: »

I do it all the time. In fact, i only ever used to play candy crush on the toilet and I got to level 90 or something. Good times.

wazky wrote: »

I play Angry Birds, sometimes I get lost in the emotion of it and spend half an hour in the jacks.

Reading as taken on a whole new level

IrishHomer

catallus wrote: »

I can't understand anyone who uses their phone or reads anything on the jacks. It is just weird.

I do it every morning it's most enjoyable part if the whole day

Judgement Day

Is it not primarily old men like George Hook who have problems with their bowel functions that read on the toilet while they await some activity?

qo2cj1dsne8y4k

Chucken wrote: »

Reading as taken on a whole new level

I read boards too! Sometimes I even post from there.

Legs.Eleven

Constipated People Anonymous.

Vinz Mesrine

I'm doing it right now

wazky

Chucken wrote: »

Reading as taken on a whole new level

Well I'm not playing it with my ears so It does involve sight I suppose?

shopaholic01

No, it's supposed to lead to constipation because you're not concentrating on your, eh, evacuation.

In, job done and straight out.

Tail Docker

It's the seat of all learning.

Leogirl

I always thought it was male thing til I went to Brazil- at home they leave stacks of reading material in the loo! Men's & women's mags- so the women do it too it seems.

pappyodaniel

Leogirl wrote: »

I always thought it was male thing til I went to Brazil- at home they leave stacks of reading material in the loo! Men's & women's mags- so the women do it too it seems.

I quietly used to love an oul' gawk at Cosmo or Heat magazine back in the day so that may not be strictly true.

Leogirl

pappyodaniel wrote: »

I quietly used to love an oul' gawk at Cosmo or Heat magazine back in the day so that may not be strictly true.

I asked the girls- they do & had no problem admitting it. They thought I was odd for finding it odd! :-) Like a lot of things in Brazil...

Mena

I couldn't trust someone that doesn't read in the crapper.

Lenin Skynard

Leogirl wrote: »

I always thought it was male thing til I went to Brazil- at home they leave stacks of reading material in the loo! Men's & women's mags- so the women do it too it seems.

I doubt that's a Brazilian thing, in my family house where I grew up, the bathroom was referred to as "the library". Big heap of magazines and books in there. I still end end up reading the "Liz Jones' Diary" article from the Sunday Mail magazine and my horoscope when I go down for Sunday dinner, god help me.

Leogirl

Lenin Skynard wrote: »

I doubt that's a Brazilian thing, in my family house where I grew up, the bathroom was referred to as "the library". Big heap of magazines and books in there. I still end end up reading the "Liz Jones' Diary" article from the Sunday Mail magazine and my horoscope when I go down for Sunday dinner, god help me.

We call it the library but only when my father goes in :-) And I think he's reading novels in there, the length of time he's gone for!!!

Sir Osis of Liver.

My neighbours father had a Toilet Roll holder with a built-in radio.
The dirty bastard would disappear to the jacks on a Sunday afternoon to listen to the Gaa match on his toilet roll.He could squat there for 2 hours shouting "Gwan Tipp" while sh1tting his fat arse off.

Colser

Leogirl wrote: »

We call it the library but only when my father goes in :-) And I think he's reading novels in there, the length of time he's gone for!!!

If he takes his phone in with him I doubt that its novels hes looking at tbh

Penny Tration

I can't poo comfortably unless I'm reading something. At times when there's no reading material in the bathroom, I read shampoo bottles.

I also don't have constipation (I've never been constipated in my life, don't even know what it feels like), but I read for a minute or two after I've pooed and then finish off.

Davarus Walrus

Nothing too highbrow when perching on the pot. I'll leave The Idiot by Dostoevsky to those who consider the can a place to catch up with the classics. Prefer something a bit lighter and more frivolous. The VIZ Das Kraptial is ideal, as it over 500 amusing words and phrases to describe the act you are engaging in at that moment.

catallus

The Idiot by Dostoevsky is as light and as frivolous as it gets.

B0jangles

Every toilet in my house has a stack of books on a wide variety of topics. Whenever I come across new books I sometimes think "hey, you would be a great toilet book!", generally because whatever it is is it is divided into fairly short pieces.

If I am in a strange house with no books at all in the bog, I tend to end up reading the back of the shampoo bottles. That gets old pretty quickly; there's only so many times you can read about sodium laureth sulphate without getting bored.

IMHO This is unquestionably the best toilet book:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Biographical_Dictionary_of_Film

myshirt

Gave a friend of mine a lift to view an apartment once, and he brought a newspaper with him for some strange reason. Said it was all he needed. Space in the apartment was on the tight side. Just enough room to swing a tiger. But that was through my eyes.

First thing he done, sat on the jacks, spread the newspaper. Perfect. Could just fit a broadsheet. And with that, he took the apartment on the spot.

bumper234

I read war and peace on the toilet (not in one sitting) it was what i called my bog book. Also read all of Stephen king and David Eddings books on there over the years. Nowadays it's boards, thethunderdome or twoplustwo for reading material

paddydriver

Don't forget Hank Schrader

broke the massive crystal meth operation

with a bit of light reading in the jax..

Oops...:eek:

wp_rathead

paddydriver wrote: »

Don't forget Hank Schrader broke the massive crystal meth operation with a bit of light reading in the jax..

SPOILERS!!!!

shamrock55

I cant s**t without reading something, anything at all ive even gone through all the shampoo bottles, anything in the bathroom that has writing on the back of it ive read:D

im reading slashes auto biography atm

paddydriver

wprathead wrote: »

SPOILERS!!!!

Fixed that...

Smidge

You all would want to get more fibre in your diet! :pac:

Leogirl

Colser wrote: »

If he takes his phone in with him I doubt that its novels hes looking at tbh

Thank you- my lovely wine just came back up! He's too old to find porn on his mobile. I hope.

FanadMan

I read everywhere but the bathroom is one of my peace places where I can get away from everything and just read. The bloody place is starting to look like a library......novels of many authors and genres, angling instruction books.....even a collection of "Uncle Johns Bathroom Reader" (really funny and interesting books by the way) books. I don't take my phone with me to the loo - just don't want the interruption

shalalala

green_screen wrote: »

I can't poo comfortably unless I'm reading something. At times when there's no reading material in the bathroom, I read shampoo bottles.

this made me laugh a lot in a very public place on my own. I thought i was the only one! I could go into chemistry the amount of chemicals i know about!

foxy farmer

Could never understand the practice. Spending long periods reading while on the throne with your pants around your ankles on an uncomfortable seat while breathing the fumes of your own crap is not my idea of peaceful. The medical profession frowns upon the practice as it confuses your bowel function apparently.

GalwayGuy2

bumper234 wrote: »

I read war and peace on the toilet (not in one sitting) it was what i called my bog book. Also read all of Stephen king and David Eddings books on there over the years. Nowadays it's boards, thethunderdome or twoplustwo for reading material

That's what I do I've started to find it difficult to find time to read. The bog's ther perfect opportunity :P

Gael23

I do what I need to do and then leave. Never read anything in there

newtoit73

yes i agree , 47 mre

wendell borton

If I sit on the jacks for an extended period I get pins and needles in my legs, so no.

Shenshen

Female, and I do read on the loo. Only comic books, though.
I did try reading novels, but it just doesn't work for me. I tend not to stay long enough to get into any serious readings. So I have a stack of old comic books on the window sill in both our loos.

It's a bit of a family tradition, me and my brothers started bringing comic books to the loo. Then we started leaving them on the window sill, much to the annoyance of my mother. After a while, she had shelves fitted over the loo, to keep things tidy.
So now we've all long moved out, but guess what? That shelf is still there, and is still full of comic books.

gizafagila

I can't go for a shihe without my phone.

mad muffin

Married? Children? Toilet+iPad=sanctuary

Fresh Pots

I do a lot of browsing boards on the toilet!

RobertKK

No, I think it is disgusting, especially if someone takes a paper in with then and then bring it back out with them, and expect others to read it.
It hardly the most hygienic practice.

on_my_oe

Years ago I started as a secretary, and got warned by my predecessor not to book any meetings for one of the solicitors 10.30-11am... I soon cottoned on why when my boss started walking past me carrying a newspaper. My next role, similar story but an afternoon slot.

ToddyDoody

I'll generally take the day's post to the toilet