Men reading in the bathroom?

[Bob Slydell]

I mean, why would anyone want to actually stay in the same room after they've... um... they've... you know.

Haven't you ever heard the expression "they think their **** doesn't stink?"

 

[DVCLiz]

sory can't help you there- I'm a WOMAN that reads in the bathroom -= guess I learned it from my father...LOL
I keep a book in there are all times & if I use the kiddos potty I usualyl ask them to bring me a book - I can always get a couple of pages read while I'm in there & often (not always) peace from the kiddos.....

Thank God!! I thought I was the only one!!!!

All three of us are bathroom readers, and we'll call for someone to bring us a magazine if we suddenly find ourselves without reading material. WDW guidebooks are also excellent for this purpose - just enough time to read a section on a specific resort, say, or review the rides at MGM. I don't think books or magazines get any germier than anything else that stays in the bathroom, but even so, we're washing our hands EVERY TIME we leave, so ???

We are also bathtub readers - have lost a few paperbacks that way!!!! And we read in the car, too - if I am really "in" to a book, I'll keep it with me and read a page at a long stoplight, as long as DD can tell me when the light has turned. I don't read while driving, though I've seen others do it!!!!

We're addicted to reading at my house!!!!!

 

[SC Minnie]

Why do women always go to the bathroom in pairs? To talk to each other while conducting business?

We take reading material in since there is nobody to talk to.

I was at a comedy show in college and the comedian saw me and my friend heading to the bathroom. He starts in on why women go in pairs. Its because we don't want to sit on the toilet seat so one hold the hand of the other so she can balance while squatting. He was demontrating and everything.

 

[jbdreamer]

We are also bathtub readers - have lost a few paperbacks that way!!!! And we read in the car, too - if I am really "in" to a book, I'll keep it with me and read a page at a long stoplight, as long as DD can tell me when the light has turned. I don't read while driving, though I've seen others do it!!!!

I just saw a women reading at the stop light the other day. Of course when the light turned green she didn't go, so the car behind her honked their horn.

 

[jbdreamer]

Why do women always go to the bathroom in pairs? To talk to each other while conducting business?

Well usually there is a line, so you need someone to chat with while waiting. It's also a good opportunity to gossip about the men your with.

 

[motherhen17404]

This thread is too funny!

We are also a family of bathroom readers. I think my DS (14) would stay in there forever if I didn't yell at him to get out of the bathroom.

I even had a boss who made us keep a few pens and a note pad in the bathroom so he could yell tasks through the door and we would have something to write our notes on! Now that was too much for me!

 

[BunsenH]

I prefer a crossword puzzle when at home and would never read when at work.

24 posts and no one mentioned the Seinfeld episode where George took a book into the bookstore bathroom and was forced to buy it!!

 

[pearlieq]

Why do women always go to the bathroom in pairs? To talk to each other while conducting business?

I don't do this one either. Drives me nuts when the woman I'm with wants to go with me. I prefer it to be a solitary activity and I certainly don't want to chat during.

My theory on it is that some women just can't stand to be alone! For whatever reason, they feel the need to move with the herd, even if that means hanging out in an icky bathroom.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Haven't you ever heard the expression "they think their **** doesn't stink?"

I'm here to verify that DH's does.

 

[Bob Slydell]

I'm here to verify that DH's does.

Nah -- doesn't count. You can't verify the stinkiness of someone else's crap. Your DH might think it smells like roses -- and he's the one who has to deal with it (at least while he's in there reading ).

 

[Art Vandalay]

24 posts and no one mentioned the Seinfeld episode where George took a book into the bookstore bathroom and was forced to buy it!!

French Impressionist Paintings? You like soothing pastorial images?

 

[FionaLovesShrek]

You guys have me rolling! Thankfully DH doesn't do that, but the idiot in my office takes his book with him every day, usual time after lunch, is gone for at least 30 minutes. Then has the nerve when he has finished reading his book, to ask if someone else in the office is interested in reading it Uh, NO THANKYOU! Sheesh!

 

[Mulan'sMom]

I can't sit and not read. I'm amazed by how brazen men are about it - they just stroll into the bathroom with a paper tucked under the arm - why not take out an announcement about how you plan to spend the next five minutes of your day? I always tuck my book in my purse! I was having just this discussion a few years back with a female friend, who proudly confided that she'd read all of War and Peace while she was on the pot. I lok at it this way, it's the only place where most of us can get five minutes of peace and quiet. I dont mind if you're multitasking in there - just please don't use it as an opportunity to call me on the phone to chat.

 

[mickeyboat]

I am more likely to linger than DH. He is a "get in there, get your business done, and get out" kind of guy. So much that he will wait until the last possible moment, and then rush to the bathroom. And you better get out of his way or you are in for it!

Denae

 

[Sylvester McBean]

I have seen DH use a phone book in a hotel. Talk about desperate!

umm, I've done that. I've also raided hotel lobbies for those tourist brochures to take in there. now I find it's easier just to take a Gameboy in there when it's time to spend time on the grump stump. I need professional help.

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

Nah -- doesn't count. You can't verify the stinkiness of someone else's crap. Your DH might think it smells like roses -- and he's the one who has to deal with it (at least while he's in there reading ).

Somewhere a rose is shedding a tear...

 

[Am_I_There_Yet]

umm, I've done that. I've also raided hotel lobbies for those tourist brochures to take in there. now I find it's easier just to take a Gameboy in there when it's time to spend time on the grump stump. I need professional help.

Grump Stump? That's a new one!

My father... as he walked with the newspaper tucked under his arm... used to announce to everyone that he was "going to the (insert mom's name), to take a (insert my name, or whatever unlucky sibling was sitting there)".

Grump stump is so much more refined.

 

[Beth76]

My DH does this he also takes his laptop in there too. What drives me crazy is that he's in there for like 30 minutes at a time. I don't know if he's just stalling or what. I'm sorry, but it should not take that long. It's always right when he comes home from work and I'm trying to fix dinner and the boys just want to play with him. Drives me batty!

 

[monarchsfan16]

My dad will be in there for 45 minutes at a time He has a collection of magazines and (ironically) food and wine books on his sink.
Here at school all the bathroom stalls in the dorm have the hall newsletter. Built in reading material The student union building also has a newsletter on stall doors.

 

[mickeyboat]

Here at school all the bathroom stalls in the dorm have the hall newsletter. Built in reading material The student union building also has a newsletter on stall doors.

OMG! I forgot about that in college. Those were the days!

Denae