# Reading on the toilet
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion
**Created:** [November 13, 2001, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019 "2001-11-13T00:27:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
**Page:** 4
### Author:  [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019/61 "2001-11-16T05:17:31Z")
I have a friend in the UK who’s dad , if he finds out that you read on the toilet will GRAB the material (whether you are in the can or not, I am not sure), take it outside and BURN it.
Naturally, this amused my husband and myself greatly, as we are voracious readers in the bathroom. And we can pet the dog too at the same time.
Sometimes, both kids are in there too, brushing their teeth.
I call it quality family time, multitasking.
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### Author:  [@Earthling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Earthling)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2001, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019/62 "2001-11-16T06:17:02Z")
> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Shirley Ujest \*
> **Sometimes, both kids are in there too, brushing their teeth.**
Urp. Watch out for the [toilet spray](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a990416.html) when you flush. :eek:
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### Author:  [@Jpeg\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jpeg_Jones)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2001, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019/63 "2001-11-16T07:28:58Z")
What is this _toilet_ of which you speak?
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### Author:  [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2001, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019/64 "2001-11-16T18:21:00Z")
Y’know, when I was a kid I seriously thought that _Reader’s Digest_ was so named because you kept it in the bathroom.
I don’t do any serious reading in the bathroom, but I do keep cartoon books in there - several Far Side collections, and a 70s-era book of George Booth cartoons (he draws the “New Yorker Dog”).
Oh, and catalogues, absolutely! The more overpriced the better, like Frontgate with their $8,500 barbecue grills, or the [$80 cake tins](http://www.chefscatalog.com/product.jhtml?sku_id=848&cat_id=1091&top_cat_id=1000) in Chefs. If that doesn’t just make you wanna take a dump, _nothing_ will.
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### Author:  [@whatami](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whatami)
#### Post date: [November 16, 2001, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/reading-on-the-toilet/93019/65 "2001-11-16T18:36:53Z")
Hello, my name is whatami and…(sniffle)…I’m a toilet reader! There, I’ve said it!
Hey, I’ll tell ya what. There is nothing better than taking a nice long poo with a good book or magazine. Sometimes I’ll get into the book too much and my legs will fall asleep…(this is probably too much information)
I also like to read Trivial Pursuit cards…
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