# Who reads on the pot? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2003, 7:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932 "2003-08-27T07:05:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/41 "2003-08-28T12:00:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*“There is nothing wrong with this.” > > Yes, there is. Why would you rather smell your own shit while reading when you could just as easily finish and go sit in a nice, comfy chair? \*\* If you focus on a long enough novel, and if you’re in there for a bit, your sense of smell ends up getting burned out. So _that_ problem’s easily taken care of. ---
**Author:** ![Angel\_Heart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5e9695/32.png) [@Angel\_Heart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Angel_Heart)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/42 "2003-08-28T16:31:50Z")
If you have an “exhaust” fan and courtesy flush, the smell is diminished considerably. There are magazine racks in all three bathrooms at home. ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/43 "2003-08-28T16:45:34Z")
I don’t read in the bathroom but this gives me a chance to rag on my ex father-in law. Everyday like clockwork he would eat a bowl of bran cereal and drink 6 cups of black coffee. As soon as Jessie Raphel came on tv he would retreat to the bathroom with the newspaper. he would read the ENTIRE newspaper in there and this would generally take an hour. I kid you not. Did he not care that others may have to use the toilet? NO! He is selfish! My ex-husband used to do it on Sundays with the Sunday paper. Give me a break! hasn’t anyone heard of reading in the livingroom?!?!?!?!?!? ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/44 "2003-08-28T17:49:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > \*\*he would read the ENTIRE newspaper in there and this would generally take an hour. \*\* Did he ever wonder about why he was plagued by hemmoroids? (sp?) **BONUS:** Just what the heck is a courtesy flush, anyway?! ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/45 "2003-08-28T17:59:40Z")
> [@](#): > > BONUS: Just what the heck is a courtesy flush, anyway?! In the men’s bathroom there was a sign posted that said “Please do not fill the toilet with patter, use courtesy flushes frequently” The sign had to be put up cause someone was flooding the mens bathroom EVERYDAY! ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/46 "2003-08-28T18:05:21Z")
> [@](#): > > BONUS: Just what the heck is a courtesy flush, anyway?! In the men’s bathroom there was a sign posted that said “Please do not fill the toilet with patter, use courtesy flushes frequently” The sign had to be put up cause someone was flooding the mens bathroom EVERYDAY! ---
**Author:** ![Politzania](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3ab097/32.png) [@Politzania](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Politzania)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/47 "2003-08-28T18:07:28Z")
A girl, and I read in the WC - usually magazines or short-format-type books… such as the SD collection (for shame that noone mentioned [these fine products](https://securesite.chireader.com/cgi-bin/dopestore/buystuff.bat#Triumph) already!) OK - how many of you read while brushing your teeth? That is, when I’m not wandering around, making sure the house is straightened up before going to bed. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/48 "2003-08-28T18:22:54Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Isabelle \* > **In the men’s bathroom there was a sign posted that said > "Please do not fill the toilet with patter, use courtesy flushes frequently"** So…a courtesy flush is to flush before finishing the “job” so as to prevent the loo from getting stopped up from the collection of too much solid waste? ---
**Author:** ![Isabelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b5a626/32.png) [@Isabelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isabelle)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/49 "2003-08-28T18:29:26Z")
Well **js\_africanus** that is my take on it after seeing that sign. ---
**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/50 "2003-08-28T21:42:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > \*\*For **Flamsterette\_X** : [the 1920’s style death ray thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?s=&threadid=202225). \*\* Thanks, **Orange Skinner**. Now I think I’m in the know… I see it everywhere on this forum, so just wondered. F\_X ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2003, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/51 "2003-08-28T23:59:03Z")
No problem 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932/52 "2003-08-29T00:41:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by js\_africanus \* > \*\*So…a courtesy flush is to flush before finishing the “job” so as to prevent the loo from getting stopped up from the collection of too much solid waste? \*\* Actually, a courtesy flush more commonly refers to flushing quickly after a poo drop so that innocent bystanders, neighboring stall-sitters and their noses don’t have to frolic through the delightful garden of stink growing from the porcelain pool. Unless you don’t like people, then yeah, flush only when you damn well feel like it. 😛 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-reads-on-the-pot/197932.md?page=2)