Books in the toilet....

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Just euugghhh Or is it just me???

My grandad always kept a pile of crossword books on the windowsill next to the toilet and it made me really uncomfortable 😂😂😂

Please say I'm not the only one who thinks it's a bit grim??

@HyacynthBucket

I agree with you OP. If its germy enough in there when being used that there is a need to wash hands afterwards, what is the point if other things like books orphone have beenhandled in the meantime?

Also I rmember reading somewhere that if you have time to read there is something wrong with your elimination. It should not take any time at all if healthy.

You go in with your book. put book down while you pull down your pants, pick it up, start reading, when you've finished you put down your book, wipe yourself, wash your hands and pick up the book again - where's the issue?

oh and DP flushes he loo with the lid up - so basically we're f**d!

It totally is a thing

I’m more worried about people who don’t keep a book or magazine in the loo. I feel certain those people are taking their phones in there. And then carrying them to the kitchen, putting them to their face, touching them RIGHT NOW. I wash my hands after I use the bathroom so the potential germs on my stack of magazines is irrelevant. I feel confident that the poops-with-phones people don’t wash their hands and their phones every time...

(“But I don’t read when I poop!” you say. Guarantee your husbands do.)

Oh and I vote for lid down.

This is a bit like saying "how can you read in the bath? If you take more than 2 minutes to wash your body in the bath, there's something wrong with you!!"

Just because you CAN do something very quickly, doesn't mean you have to.

If its germy enough in there when being used that there is a need to wash hands afterwards, what is the point if other things like books orphone have beenhandled in the meantime?

I think you have a fundamental and worrying misunderstanding of why hand washing is required.

I don't hoover the house from top to bottom on a daily basis. Disgusting. I think you need to take a good hard look at yourself. I bet you don’t even have a public pool esque chlorine foot wash thing as you enter the premises either.

what is the point if other things like books orphone have beenhandled in the meantime
What is the point of washing your hands, is that the question?
You wash your hands after going to the loo, whether or not you read a book when on the loo, so whatever you do, you end up with clean hands.

My bf has the local "What's on" magazine lying around, I usually have something about etymology, jokes or interesting facts. All things you can pick up, read a sentence, be mildly entertained or informed, and put back down.

I can't be the only person to lock themselves in the bathroom with a book when I don't need the loo just to get five minutes peace and quiet?

My aunt used to keep a copy of the tourist information guide, Lets Go, on the windowsill in her toilet

Brilliant!

I think it's disgusting.

I grew up with books in every room, bathroom, loos, kitchen, corridors, landing, alcoves, and all the normal rooms.

There were none in the porch.

YANBU OP - my DH does this and it makes me cringe and fancy him just a little bit less. I hate the image of someone sitting shitting and making such a meal of it they need to pass the time reading. I don’t really know why as we all do it. I think it’s cos if you go in after, the seat is still warm and the air is not fresh. Grim.

@Jux what did you read in the porch?

I read a study once that concluded children were more likely to be influenced by the presents of books rather than actually having story time on a daily basis. And by influenced I mean more likely to voluntarily pick up a book therefore be better readers etc. Can’t remember what it was to offer the source but I’m sure it’s out there if anyone is particularly interested.

My children like to read books while they are doing a poo so we have books in the bathroom. I don't see why that's gross, they wash their hands after going to the toilet, and it's not like they are smearing the books with urine or poo 🤷‍♀️

I don't think anyone is BU to dislike the practice, though. Some people are more easily disgusted by others. It's not even always a question of logic, I don't think; just our personal programming.

On a side note. My first boyfriend when I was 14, his dad kept porn mags in full view in the bathroom. He had a brother, sister and mum also in the house and nobody seemed to bat an eye. This was the 70s when it was naked women sitting on a tyre in a scrap yard or cutting hair naked in a salon - not like the really hardcore stuff today - but even still!! I only visited once and that was enough!

Even my dd has a book when on the loo, people use their phone, there's no difference.
If you clean the room regularly, where's the problem?
Don't like them? Well you don't have to have them in your loo, it's not compulsory

I read a study once that concluded children were more likely to be influenced by the presents of books rather than actually having story time on a daily basis

Babs709 Presents or presence? Not being pedantic, just curious about whether it was to do with receiving books as presents or having books present in the house?

My late Mum always had a couple of crossword books in her loo.She always went to the toilet at the same time every morning, and it became a ritual to do a crossword puzzle at the same time. !

Yes, I was wondering what other titles might be suitable for a loo library:

The Remains of the Day by Ishiguro

or we could update the classics:

Mess of the D'Urbevilles - Hardy
A Tale of Two Shitties - Dickens.

@WhoWouldHaveThoughtThat, my friend had a swanky fitted bathroom put in in the early noughties, complete with bidet.

They never used the bidet for its intended purpose, but it always contained magazines. They were Autocar and Dogs Today, which told you everything you need to know about said friend and her DH.

I've always thought it gross, and I'm pretty laid back about hygeine. My stepdad used to take a newspaper or Viz annuals in. Grimm. I've never understood how people have the time to read and shit. Just do it and go don't linger.

If you have time to read on the toilet you have problems with your digestive system.

@DadDadDad, Winnie The Pooh would merit inclusion and Wind In The Willows is worthy of consideration.