# Reading on the Throne - What's the Big Effing Deal?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-throne-whats-the-big-effing-deal/318116>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 22, 2005, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-throne-whats-the-big-effing-deal/318116 "2005-08-22T15:20:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![OtakuLoki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ac8455/32.png) [@OtakuLoki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OtakuLoki)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-throne-whats-the-big-effing-deal/318116/81 "2005-08-23T18:39:16Z")

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> [@Sage Rat](#):
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> What do you think about for the 30 seconds while you are walking from your desk to grab a soda out of the fridge?  
> I like reading and all, but sitting on the john with doodle bits hanging so I can finish a full page is just nowhere near a second choice to spending a leisurely hour in a nice warm tub finishing off a few chapters. Finish the shit and get on with life, I say.
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> I suspect the answer comes down much more to relative purge duration. So: I recommend more fiber and a long bath.

Dude, I read on the way to and from the fridge, too. I read while cooking. I don’t read while doing dishes, but that’s because it’s a two-hand operation. I read while shaving. I read while walking city streets. If I’m not actually thinking about something important - I read. 😃

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**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2005, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-throne-whats-the-big-effing-deal/318116/82 "2005-08-23T18:57:55Z")

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I’ve tried to read at stoplights, but the damn things keep changing before I’m ready!

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**Author:** ![metj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6a8cbe/32.png) [@metj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metj)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2005, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-throne-whats-the-big-effing-deal/318116/83 "2005-08-24T10:56:04Z")

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Yeah… I’ve read at stoplights, and got in an accident when I thought it turned green and it hadn’t. I don’t do that anymore…  
I do read in the bathroom tho - always have. You have to have something to do! I’ve also played World of Warcraft on the john once or twice. It took all my willpower to not tell the rest of the guild what i was secretly doing. 😃

At work I bring my phone in with me and program it or play games. If I don’t have my phone, I bring a safety pin in and clean between the links in my watch.

What can I say; I get bored easily!

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