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Reading whilst at your abloutions
Have just listened to discussion on "The Wright Stuff" about reading while sitting on the lavatory. The question was - Is it only men that do it ?
Apparently not.
Michael Rosen and Christopher Biggins sing the praises of the activity, and so does the lady standing in for Wright (don't know her name) Two pleasurable activities which go nicely together, they suggest.
I have always thought it a very unsavoury thing to do - and feel that the book/newspaper/magazine has been contaminated in some way (no - I am not particluarly a hygiene freak) and can think of much better places to read.
I have been known to read while washing up with one hand, vacuuming and of course walking about with a crying child in my arms...but come on, the lavatory ??? Surely not.
Apparently not.
Michael Rosen and Christopher Biggins sing the praises of the activity, and so does the lady standing in for Wright (don't know her name) Two pleasurable activities which go nicely together, they suggest.
I have always thought it a very unsavoury thing to do - and feel that the book/newspaper/magazine has been contaminated in some way (no - I am not particluarly a hygiene freak) and can think of much better places to read.
I have been known to read while washing up with one hand, vacuuming and of course walking about with a crying child in my arms...but come on, the lavatory ??? Surely not.
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if it takes them so long that they have time to multi-task, perhaps
they should be reading about improving their diets?
Of course. I read (and write!) on the porcelain throne. What else are you going to do, stare into space? I resent the fact that nature is eating in to my spare time.
But not now, I don't like anything that doesn't need to be in the loo area, to be there. And when you visit pople and they have reading material in their loo, even special magazine racks, ooh yuk.
It's far more relaxing reading in the bath than in the shower!!
I never have a bath, only showers, but wouldn't read in there... (the bath!) that's the get in get out place for me. The other place I simply cannot read is in bed... I either want to go to sleep or get up.
I've just discovered that if I do a major crossword in bed at night, I wake up after an hour or two and can't get to sleep again for hours, wondering what the last few clues could be, whereas if I read in bed I sleep better, now that I've cut out my cholesterol lowering tablets, for the moment.
Ablutions is spelt (spelled) like this - A B L U T I O N S
Since becoming an "editor" my keyboard seems to add letters and punctuation marks where they are not needed ;)
Now I will read the thread.
I don't really think germs would "land" on the books, it's just the idea that doesn't right, somehow.
Jenny - you are too kind :)
=D
I read in the bath but not whilst on the toilet - we have our toilet separate from the bathroom.
my brother reads whilst in the toilet - which is a sign that you do not want to go in there straight after him! =(
I know umpteen fellas that take a newspaper to the loo while 'performing' a number two.
Obviously I don't behave in such a abhorrent manner - that would be hideous.
;)
[quote=Baggy Books]I feel I need to know - aren't your hands busy elsewhere?[/quote]
Um...no. They'd only be resting on your knees or drooping down beside you otherwise, wouldn't they? Might as well be turning pages.
So glad to hear that!! :P
I now keep my toothbrush in the bathroom cabinet. I also worry about the mug it's in. I usually end up having to pour bleach into it (the mug) to clean it.
And actually, putting it into the bathroom cabinet is not ideal, it's better for the toothbrush to be somewhere it can dry quickly.
Imagine if he (or she) had written a love song!!!
I will gum a stranger...
suck his spit across a roooooom.....