'Do you read on the loo?' blog discussion

Paulgonnabedebtfree

chocsessential wrote: »

Is there a possible gap in the market for a magazine called "On the Loo" (to be read you know where)?

There is a paper called "Loot".
Would that do?

Flat_Eric

I don't because I am typically in and out thus on the occasions when I have taken reading material in with me, I have read very little before I'm done. On the hygiene issue that some have raised, may I just point out that there are more germs on your kitchen sponge than your toilet seat....

http://mythbustersresults.com/hidden-nasties

immoral_angeluk

I don't spend long enough in there to warrant it... I'm a busy lady! People to see, things to do, child-related destruction to sort out!

ThriftyFelicity

As someone from the "go in, do your ablutions, wash & go" camp, I have a question for those who read / surf / phone / text / knit / etc... how long after sitting down does it take you to be... finished and ready to clean up and leave? Are you done (for all intents & purposes) within a minute or two, and do you then continue to sit whilst finishing an article, chapter, phone call, etc, or does it take you 10 or 15 minutes to actually "do" your business?

Inquiring minds want to know...

igaveupnowimback

Can well understand folks grabbing 5 min peace and quiet in the loo, but otherwise theres no way anyone should be sitting on the loo waiting or straining to go! Not even thinking about the hygiene.
Not good for u, not for circulation (lol), legs, bum, heart, bowel, - nothing! And you'd have a loo seat imprint on your bum!

bestpud

ThriftyFelicity wrote: »

As someone from the "go in, do your ablutions, wash & go" camp, I have a question for those who read / surf / phone / text / knit / etc... how long after sitting down does it take you to be... finished and ready to clean up and leave? Are you done (for all intents & purposes) within a minute or two, and do you then continue to sit whilst finishing an article, chapter, phone call, etc, or does it take you 10 or 15 minutes to actually "do" your business?

Inquiring minds want to know...

Yeah, I'm usually done quite quick but choose to stay and read. :D

The only time I would take 10-15 mins is if I had the trots!

What I want to know:

Is there any justification for saying it is disgusting or unhygenic, or is it just the thought of it that makes some people recoil in horror?

I can actually see there may be some reason for saing it is not good for circulation but I'm unsure if there is any evidence it is a hygiene risk...?

davidgmmafan

I just wanted say I literally LOL at the comment about taking a book in can be dangerous. Bizarrly I don't get the old dead leg followed by pins and needles syndrome I used to get when I was a kid (perhaps my body has grown used to this practice???).

I read on the loo and in the bath, although it does feel like a matter of time before I inadvertantly drop a book in the bath so only read paperbacks I wouldn't be that bothered to damage.

I did have something new to weigh-in with, so to speak. Regarding the hygeine issue surely taps themselves are more of a concern particularly at work? Think about it you do you stuff, walk over to the dirty tap. Put it on, wash you hands then put them back on the dirty tap. This problem is worse with those stupid taps that you have to keep pressed down. Are you supposed to press them with your elbow or what?

If not there's no way to avoid continually putting your clean hand back on the dirty tap. The taps that you press and stay on for a reasonable period of time are a reasonable compromize but why not just have a little pedal that you push?

PS I remember reading about a guy who wrote most of his first book on the john. I believe his name was Geoff Thompson.

ThriftyFelicity

One time I used a hospital loo, and was quite impressed with how "touch-free" it all was... the toilet flushed by waving your hand in front of a sensor, the taps turned on when you put your hands underneath (and off when you removed them), the hand dryer likewise was completely touch-free.

Only problem was, after your hands were nice & hygienically clean, you had to pull on the door handle to open the door, thus ruining the entire touch-free experience!

safesound

Another female who reads anything and everything whilst on the loo. My husband is the same, in fact he's so bad that one of my weekly chores is putting back the seven or so books he's taken in there one at a time because he's forgotten about the one he took in on previous visits.

worried_jim

This is why men are smarter than women, cos we read on the loo and gain extra knowledge. You can't beat Sunday morning on the loo clearing out Saturday nights vindaloo with a mug of tea and a copy of autotrader.