Reading on the toilet

[Ensiferum]

I love how there's actually a thread strait up about reading on the toilet.

And to answer the question sure, but not for too long otherwise numbness starts to set in and your legs fall asleep, and then if you try to get up too fast you end up falling over and have to call for help and explain to someone why you're sprawled across the bathroom floor with your underwear around your ankles and there's a book in the bathtub and...well...that's just embarrassing.

Not that that's ever happened to me before. *ahem*

 

[SD-Fiend]

Uncle John's Bathroom reader, bitches. That stuff'll keep you on the can for upside an hour sometimes. Love that shit.

quite the good read really I really need to buy the rest of em.

 

[Nuclear_Suspect]

Yes indeedy, gots me a small library out there of comics and books (Just finished reading all 4 Shogun books)

Reading, smoking, playing handheld or just ponderring all the silly questions, the porcelain throne is great for them all!

 

[DoubleTime]

Read or play games on my phone or iPod. Given my intestinal issues I don't really have much of a say in how long I take, so the least I can do is keep myself occupied. :/

 

[weatherfn]

And to answer the question sure, but not for too long otherwise numbness starts to set in and your legs fall asleep

Ha, very true. I've never had to call anyone to aid me, but I have fallen backwards onto the toilet. It makes a very loud bang; always interesting to explain to the folks why I'm making banging sounds in the bathroom.

 

[Chased]

I actually do my taxes via Turbo Tax while on the toilet.

/sarcasm

 

[Gaiseric]

Yeah, I do if I have a new book that I can't put down. And sometimes if I have a new game or gun magazine.

 

[yman15]

Do you read on the toilet? Me, I always take a book and ipod with me. Sometimes my DS if there's nothing to read.. Though I do spend about 40 mins on there though..

How the hell do you spend 40 minutes on the toilet. I spend around 5 minutes. And I never read on the can.

Let's see

about 5 minutes of sitting there idling
10-15 minutes of puhing
5 Minutes of more idling
5-10 More mintues of pushing
10-15 Minutes of wiping

I really did not need to know about that but since I already know how the hell does it take 15 minutes to wipe? Really what have you've been eating?!?
OT: I usually don't have time to read because I like to focus on the task at hand if you know what I mean.

 

[rayen020]

yeah i have a WH40K omnibus sitting on the back of my toilet... I don't spend 40 mins but usually read a few pages here or there. 20 mins at most.

 

[The Youth Counselor]

Uncle John's Bathroom reader, bitches. That stuff'll keep you on the can for upside an hour sometimes. Love that shit.

I was just about to mention that. My sister and I both keep that in our retrospective bathrooms to read.

 

[manaman]

Reading on the toilet? Not this guy. I have moved up in the world. I now browse with my smart phone.

HURGHHHH... *plop plop*

 

[Sleeping Giant]

I actually just bring my laptop in there with me. My bathtub/shower is like, two feet away from my toilet so I just set it on the edge and browse the web for five minutes.

 

[Mrrrgggrlllrrrg]

I go the bathroom with a copy of Nintendo power but I actually read escapist articles on my tablet.
Think that over.

We're rooting for ya.

OT: I like my bathroom, sometimes it's nice to sit in there away from everyone so I read or play with my ds.

 

[Supertegwyn]

I bring an iPod or a book. I love reading on the can, although I do spend a lot more time than I need to.

 

[Browncoat86]

Yes I do. I've been doing it for as long as I can remember, when I was a kid I did it because I enjoy(ed) reading so much, it actually got to the point where I was spending an hour to an hour and a half in the bathroom because I would simply fail to notice that I had finished my business, my parents actually took me to a doctor because they thought something was wrong with me,(they refused to believe it was because of reading). I do it now because I've noticed that when I'm reading or mobile gaming I strain less, and less strain can only be a good thing.

 

[Durgiun]

My dumps usually last somewhere in the 5 minute mark. Or less. Depending on what I've eaten. In those five minutes I:
-push out the greatest piece
-catch my breath
-push out the rest
-wipe
-wash my hands and hey presto.

Usually, I don't have time to read, unless I read in between wiping and washing my hands.

 

[Durgiun]

I refuse on principle to take any actual reading material into the bathroom because I think it's weird, but I will usually grab a shampoo bottle or something and read the ingredients, in a variety of accents. Go figure.

I can only imagine what you would do if left alone in the dark for an hour.

 

[CheckD3]

I have to have something to do when I'm in there, from DS, to books, to having played Wow, I like the alone time, and it's relaxing, and stress free time as well

 

[TehCookie]

I beat Megaman Battle Network 3 entirely on the toilet. Took me like half a year.

 

[scoopz]

hell yeah me too! well maybe not 40min but deffinately longer than the average pooper, or atleast the people i know. i usually don't read but if im in the process of reading a book i do read on the toilet.