Reading on the toilet

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FamoFunk

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Hahaha OP

I may text if I have my phone on me, but I seriously couldn't sit on the toilet more than I need to, I'm in a and no messing about kinda toilet person.
 

wetfart

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I always read in the bathroom. It's one of the few places where people will leave me alone so I can actually read!
 

Jamash

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I do, but I really try to only read for as long as is necessary to take a shit, any more is bad for your health.

Well, reading isn't bad for your health, but sitting on the toilet in 'the ready position' and straining for any longer that is necessary can lead to haemorrhoids.

In a nutshell you can become so engrossed in a book that you don't realise you're doing the shitting motions for longer than you need to and begin to push your lower intestine out. Obviously this doesn't happen in one sitting, but it's a possible consequence of such prolonged and repeated behaviour, so reading on the toilet can be a bad habit to get into.
 

ShindoL Shill

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i read the latest Cracked.com articles.

but usually i spend 15 minutes just reading with no interruptions, building up energy, then have my shit like a fucking cannon.

if i'm going for a piss, i dont read, for obvious reasons.
 

ToastiestZombie

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Thank god for the YouTube app on the iPhone! I normally finish about 10 minutes in then get distracted watching the latest yogscast or totalbiscuit video that I normally stay in there for about another 40 minutes. Worst case scenario ie: Ipod not charged and I really need to go, I normally just read the latest issue of PC Gamer or grab my 3ds if its near.

* Didn't think I would ever post that on here*
 

ToastiestZombie

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wetfart said:
I always read in the bathroom. It's one of the few places where people will leave me alone so I can actually read!
Sure you don't do anything else that requires ten or more minutes alone. *wink wink*

Sorry, sorry about that :p
 

Kizi

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How is it physically possible to take so long taking a dump?
I'm in and out in about five minutes, so I don't have time to read. I usually end up spending these five minutes thinking about life, the universe and everything.

I've often wondered how my friend can waste 20 precious minutes of his life on the bathroom on one shitting.
 

Grospoliner

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I always read on the can. Even if I only have a few minutes or it turns into a long debacle. Usually I'm a fast enough reader that I can work through an entire chapter in the typical 20 minutes I'm in there.
 

Zantos

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I take my phone and play solitaire or angry birds. I used to check and update my facebook before my friend started commenting on them with "Ewwwww, you posted this while taking a dump!"
 

Sean Hollyman

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Zantos said:
I take my phone and play solitaire or angry birds. I used to check and update my facebook before my friend started commenting on them with "Ewwwww, you posted this while taking a dump!"
How did they know you was posting while dumping?
 

SquidVicious

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My roommates and I keep a copy of The New York Times' Sunday crossword puzzle and we leave it there 'till it gets finished and we only work on it while we're on the can. Our record is 2-weeks.
 

dlsevern

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I think books are a natural laxative, seriously, everytime I go to a bookstore I have to shit. When I'm at home, everytime I have to shit, I take a book with me.
 

standokan

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Hell yeah I read on the toilet, partly because I have to go, partly because I won't get bothered.
 

smearyllama

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Tselis said:
smearyllama said:
Fusioncode9 said:
Sean Hollyman said:
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.
Some questions are better left unanswered, boy.
Some questions are better left unanswered.

OT: Sometimes.
I occasionally play a handheld in there, or read, but I prefer to get in and get out.
This made me laugh so hard, and here I thought I was beyond toilet humor. ^-^
Which part?
Because the on-topic part could be misinterpreted.
 

game-lover

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Sometimes... But not often.

When I do number one, I'm usually done so quickly, I don't have time. In and out. When I do number two, I'm probably cramping so bad I couldn't possibly concentrate through the pain long enough to read anything.

Often when I do read, it's just to get away from everybody else and I'm already done but just haven't gotten up yet.
 

TheColdHeart

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I do tend to read, I don't go overboard in the duration just something to do if progress is slow. Books, magazines or my phone all do the job. Quick few pages or an article, whatever. Although once I got slightly involved in a book's finale and was sat for nearly an hour without noticing.