To think recipe magazines in the loo are unsanitary?

[mrsgordonfreeman]

As a tangent from the guest thread...

BIL always has a stack of magazines in the loo: Men's Health and suchlike.

He often also has the BBC Good Food magazine there.

Is it wrong to feel a bit icky about eating something he cooks from a mag he read whilst pooing?

I suspect it is.

YABVU at least he does cooking, my dh does not cook ever so count yourself lucky. As long as he practices safe hygeine whilst cooking it all that matters.

eurghh YANBU. I hate it when people leave reading material in the toilet. That's what shampoo bottles are for

Lol

I would be the same. I would not be able to eat chocolate fudge cake, for instance.

YABU I suppose, but I totally agree with you!

He's not a bad cook as it goes, but he freely admits that he leafs through the magazine whilst on the bog and decides on the week's menu.

no yanbu urgh

That's pretty yuck. But then I think having reading material in the loo is common and nasty.

Why do (mainly) have to spend so long on the loo anyway? Go in, do what you need to do, flush, wash and out. If it takes you 30 minutes to have a poo then you need to change your diet or see a Doctor.

Men coming out of the loo clutching their phones make me gag too

YABU, reading in the loo is a bit yuck but I can't see it makes any difference what you're reading. He doesn't leave the actual food in there does he? That would be cause for concern!

Only if you wipe your bum on them!

No - I don't like mags in loos either. I do like reading in the bath though.

Yes I hate seeing reading material in people's toilets. Shit or get off the pot as the saying goes! Its not a relaxing nook, its a convenience!

Well... personally I love reading material in the loo (let's not forget not everyone has accomdoating bowels or whatever - when I get my period I can be there a while :().

But I wouldn't take recipe books in there!

I have a stock of about 10 small and interesting books to flick though on a bookshelf in my downstairs loo.

I deliberately choose these books and refresh them, and daily enjoy a couple of brief reads; whether it's a random synopsis of a classic novel, or piece of historical trivia, a dip into a book of letters, an amusing anecdote from 20th rock music or something out of an anthology of poetry. (That's the current collection).

Having a toddler, chances to read are rare, so (when DH or someone is home to watch dd), I snatch my five minutes reading time in the loo, and will defend my right to do so!

NB, I'm sure the books are no more germy than anything else and hygiene issues are neglible. I generally have very clean hands!

PS, I wouldn't keep magazines though, as they don't look as smart on my loo bookshelf, and I do think the recipe magazine is a bit grim.

YABU and most of you are being quite ridiculous about it. Preparing the recipes in the loo would be unsanitary but not reading them.

We have loads of reading material in our lavvy. I believe it's properly referred to as shiterature.

Hadn't thought of putting recipe books in there - great idea - I'm sure Jamie Oliver's face would be a comforting sight for guests, leering labradorically at them over the pan.

It's grim. Grim grim grim. Cannot persuade DH to choose a magazine, take it in, read it, the TAKE IT BACK OUT WITH HIM. So piles of 40+ magazines in each of our 3 loos. Sigh.

Why is it grim? Surely he washes his hands?

I don't get it - sitting on the loo for any length of time is uncomfortable. Plus I've always wondered - do you read before doing a poo or after? Can't understand sitting there knowing there's a poo in the toilet (and surely it smells?) - I have to get up and flush straight away.

It drives me mad that in my parents' house, you are not allowed to leave even a toothbrush out by the sink - everything gets put into a cupboard. Yet there are loads of magazines, maps and books right by the toilet (and don't get me started on why my dad thinks it's acceptable to read on the only toilet in the house for half an hour when you have four adults and a toddler staying - grrr)

@ 'Shiterature' Thanks for that Majestic

It's grim because when the loo is flushed a whole pile of grim germy stuff gets sprayed around the room and settles (semi-permanently) onto anything which isn't included in the regular disinfectant cleaning schedule - i.e his magazine pile. As per this

However, wish I hadn't reminded myself of the contents of that article, as now I need to go and bleach-soak my kitchen cloths. Sigh.

OMG this is funny. I don't read in the toilet (or the bath for that matter) but of course YABU. But then you've also made me laugh, so....

Oh, I didn't think of the germs, it was just the notion of eating something he'd visualised whilst having a poo that I thought was icky.

Only if he doesn't wash his hands in between!

Why does it matter if there are germs on the recipe magazine? You don't eat the meal off it, surely?

Dh often spends over half an hour sitting on the bog, usually on his phone playing games or looking at facebook. I think he does it to escape the children or if im honest, me.

The thought of recipe mags in the loo and then took into the kitchen makes me feel a bit ick.

Since you're standing next to the lavvy when you flush it, there'll be germs all over your clothes, hair, etc., anyway won't there, howdidthishappen? So I don't see that the reading matter would make a great deal of difference to your personal bacterial load.

Unless perhaps you don some kind of special hermetic suit when performing the flush???