What do you read in the toilet ?

MarinoMark · 2006-07-15 10:55:35

I cannot go to the loo without something to read ! As far as I am concerned you cannot beat the "Guinness Book of Records"...Open it up on any page and you will find some interesting trivia. Its been in my bog now for a few months..

15-07-2006 10:55AM

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I cannot go to the loo without something to read ! As far as I am concerned you cannot beat the "Guinness Book of Records"...Open it up on any page and you will find some interesting trivia. Its been in my bog now for a few months..

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#2 15-07-2006 10:57AM

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My book of choice for the next week is the prince by machiavelli. Anything at hand really, I often find myself running around looking for a book.

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#3 15-07-2006 10:59AM

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I usually just read a science magazine...

There is no better place to get your head around quantum physics than on the bog.

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#4 15-07-2006 11:01AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

I usually just read a science magazine...

There is no better place to get your head around quantum physics than on the bog.

LOL

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#5 15-07-2006 11:11AM

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Roisin Ingle in the Irish Times Magazine.

She triggers a defecation response in me that knocks any laxative into a cocked hat.

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#6 15-07-2006 11:12AM

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You people need more fibre

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#7 15-07-2006 11:14AM

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I read nothing. Reading prolongs your stay on the toilet seat, increasing your chances of getting hemorrhoids

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#8 15-07-2006 11:23AM

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Everything and anything. Have been reduced to reading toothpaste boxes on occasion and shampoo bottles too when I can't lay my hands on anything. Evening Herald is the preferred choice as you can read it cover-to-cover in about 5 mins and just leave it there. Often have a cup of tea in there aswelll.;)*

*Joke

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#9 15-07-2006 11:25AM

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I read my text messages that I've been ignoring.

Further example of the destruction of the English language

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#10 15-07-2006 11:34AM

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I have been known to bring my laptop in there for particularly long sessions and I've even posted on boards.ie while in there.

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#11 15-07-2006 11:35AM

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NOthing.

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#12 15-07-2006 11:36AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

I have been known to bring my laptop in there for particularly long sessions and I've even posted on boards.ie while in there.

Does the laptop not get really hot on the skin of your lap??

I'm not explaining how I know this happens

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#13 15-07-2006 11:41AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

There is no better place to get your head around quantum physics than on the bog.

Hit your head off the sink and you may just invent a time machine

Nothing really, too many womens magazines lying around... ill flip through them if i get really desperate for literature.

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#14 15-07-2006 11:43AM

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SDooM wrote:

Does the laptop not get really hot on the skin of your lap??

I'm not explaining how I know this happens

17" screen... I can place it on the floor and still read it if it gets too hot...

sh*t... I hope this doesn't ruin the resale value of the laptop if I ever try and sell it on adverts.ie

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#15 15-07-2006 11:48AM

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I read this thread.

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#16 15-07-2006 11:55AM

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Whatever book I have going at the moment, or VIZ magazine.

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#17 15-07-2006 11:56AM

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monkeyfudge wrote:

17" screen... I can place it on the floor and still read it if it gets too hot...

sh*t... I hope this doesn't ruin the resale value of the laptop if I ever try and sell it on adverts.ie

Can't be good for the lappy either, dust and all that

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#18 15-07-2006 11:56AM

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I don't read in the jax... How big are your sh*ts, FFS?! I usually just concentrate on the job, I don't think I could go if I was reading something And I'm not in there long enough to make any progress in a book

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#19 15-07-2006 11:57AM

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Boards.ie all the way. No problem with the aformentioned heat issues (IBM R50 laptop).

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#20 15-07-2006 11:58AM

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I tend to only go once every 3 or so days so I'll tend to be in there for a long time when I do go.

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#21 15-07-2006 12:08PM

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wyndham wrote:

Everything and anything. Have been reduced to reading toothpaste boxes on occasion and shampoo bottles too when I can't lay my hands on anything.

Me too, usually I get two bottles of shampoo and compare the ingredients. It would be interesting if I knew what sodium laureth sulphate actually does, its in almost everything.

In public bathrooms, especially in college I read grafiti. Its usually advertising gay sex but you can get quite witty comments too. I once stood at a urinal in Trinity that read "Dont look up here, the joke is in your hand". Thought it was quite good.

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#22 15-07-2006 01:01PM

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The Economist
Irish Times letters page
Limerick Post
John Motson's World Cup Trivia Book
Play pinball on my mobile phone
The stickers/grafiitti on the walls
The information about the company that supplied the toilet paper - www.ille.de

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#23 15-07-2006 01:06PM

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Get my laptop... So usually I might stay there longer until I finish reading some interesting random link...

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#24 15-07-2006 01:08PM

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The Beano or one of the Beano Annuals I have.

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#25 15-07-2006 01:22PM

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Usually my phone is the only thing I have on me when I go into the toilet. I'd usually play some Tetris or Texas Holdem Poker on my phone or text someone. If not, I usually read the graffitti on the walls of public toilets. Some of it is quite incitefull: UP DA DUBS, <-- YOUR GAY, DECKO WAZ ERE, and other such gems

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#26 15-07-2006 01:36PM

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The ingredients in the bottle of air freshener.

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#27 15-07-2006 01:42PM

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I keep the current month's issue of Top Gear magazine in the jacks.

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#28 15-07-2006 02:25PM

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antSionnach wrote:

Me too, usually I get two bottles of shampoo and compare the ingredients. It would be interesting if I knew what sodium laureth sulphate actually does, its in almost everything.

Sodium Lauryl Sulphate is also known as Sodium Dodecyl Sulphate (SDS) and is a detergent molecule. It basically soaps up and gives you that nice lather but unfortunately also strips lipids away from the skin as that is what detergents do. This is why it is recommended that you moisturise everytime you leave the shower. It is also why provitamin B-5 (dexpanthenol) is added to a lot of shampoos now, as dexpanthenol is the precursor for panthenoic acid (vitamin B5) and is excellent at promoting growth of the skin. The same applies for ceramides, they are physiological lipids found in the skin and are added to moisturisers and some shampoos to replenish the lipids robbed by SDS!

Also, as for reading in the bathroom, similar thread here

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#29 15-07-2006 03:47PM

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Personal Computer World great bog magazine plus bowling on the mobile

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#30 15-07-2006 03:51PM

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bluewolf wrote:

You people need more fibre

She's right you know.

I'm never in the bog long enough to do anything other than what I went in there for....why the hell you would bring a book/mag/newspaper with you is beyond me....if you're that constitpated you have a lot of stomach and intestinal problems ahead of you in later life.

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#31 15-07-2006 03:55PM

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Mabye ours are just bigger and longer.

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