there entire books that are called bathroom readers.  Short attention
span reading, I call it.  Collected 1-line to 2-page jokes,
anecdotes, etc. The expected time it takes to read 1 article or
whatever approximately coincides with the average time spent in the
bathroom, or soemthing like that.  I have seen entire SECTIONS in the
bookstore devoted to this genre.


--- In [email protected], "James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> Some guy once posted in the chat that his need to read on the john
was
> so strong, that lacking a newspaper or magazine, he would read the
> Lysol can, or the contents of his wallet.  Play dollar bill serial
> number poker, anything.
>
> My dad is a huge bathroom reader, so I chalk it up to heredity.
>
> --- In [email protected], "jmguillory"
> <jmguillory@> wrote:
> >
> > I've been lurking for months, and was finally moved to post about
this
> > topic.  I was shocked to read the chat today and see that Gene
says
> > that women have emailed him that they don't read in the
bathroom.  I
> > always keep magazines in there for that purpose, just in case I
forget
> > to bring a book in with me.  Seriously, are people's bathrooms
that
> > stinky that they can't handle a few minutes to be in there to
read?
> > But maybe this is because I read everywhere I go, so it seemed
natural
> > from a young age to read in the bathroom too.
> >
> > Jasmine
> >
>







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