Uncle John's Bathroom Reader

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I have a factual question, but I am pretty sure this thread will get hijacked anyway.

That being said:

Is Uncle John John Javna ?

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That being said, what is your take on the BRI’s tomes?

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I like them.Have 20 of the books or so.

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Love 'em, read 'em all, and I hope they don’t mind that I sent them a correction on one of their riddles in the latest volume.

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I have about 14 of the books. I buy a couple every Christmas and they’re just wonderful to have around to read as the Big Joyous Holiday Season winds down, during the slow stretches. I Hope they keep cranking out more, but the company is starting to put out niche books - cats, national parks, and others. Do you think someday they’re just going to run out of interesting stories and just diversify into smaller books in smaller categories?

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Yes.

We have about 20 plus volumes as well. We even have one autographed by Uncle John. He shows up at west coast Costcos when he publishes a new volume. And BRI often cites the Dope.

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Love em! I have 24 of them and they sit right next to all 5 Straight Dope books.

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I was given one as a gift and at first was kind of like, “What the hell is this…”, but I have to admit I really did enjoy it and wouldn’t mind reading the others.

Since the OP foretold of a hijacking, I’ll be the guilty party: When is the next SD book coming out? There hasn’t been one since the '90s!

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Ah, it probably wouldn’t sell now, as the interwebs have all the old questions.

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I have a handful of them. I like 'em but I haven’t read them in a few years.

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They seemed to use his name way too much in the credits.

Also, when the cover was Javnasized, or some such, I figured Javna had more to the book than he let on. Once I realized they were both Johns, I figured I had a good grasp on the situation.

I for one love the facts at the bottom. Actually had one come up in a game of Balderdash, under the Famous People Category:

Sara Hale.

My Reader had that one Sara Josepha Hale wrote Mary Had A Little Lamb. figuring this to be a better guess than the field, I wrote it down, and got the 3 points for actually knowing the item in question.

That and 4 bucks will get me coffee.