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??

@ravenmum As a child, I was terrified of seeing a toilet with the seat up. It looked like an open-mouthed monster, the rubber supports looked like teeth, and as a child, it was right at my eye level. Also, when I had to put the seat down, I was afraid of it landing with a big bang.

In the toilets at university, there was graffiti on the wall about taking a Nintendo Gameboy to pass the time, and Rubik's cube.

@GlamGiraffe

It's horrible. All the gems transmitted. When you flush. Germs are propelled into the air so his books are a contamination hotspot. I've never understood why you go into peoples houses and they have a stack of books beside the loo I dont understand why people sit on the loo reading their mobile phones either.equally grim.. mi assume they dont anti bac them every time they walk out?

Well I don't understand why you flush without putting the lid down.... This is our first flat where we don't have adequate space for books/magazines in the toilet. Gross I agree, but I was always up to date on New Scientist :)

I’m not too bothered. You read before you clean yourself. So long as they are far enough away from the loo.

Personally I don’t sit there for long as I eat plenty of fruit and veg.

My mother used to take The Times into the loo for her daily morning "visit", and do the Times crossword (cryptic version of course) while in there. Which wasn't as bad as it sounds, as she was a wizz with crosswords & could do The Times one in around 10 mins.

The dream is to have toilet roll holder with a shelf big enough to hold a book, a coffee mug and an ash tray.
Bliss. 😊😊

Crikey. I read ds = dear sons. Took me a while.
@Babs709 I should have clarified , that would be slightly disturbing!

@wanderings

Only on Mumsnet are people so hysterical about toilets.

I agree

@Permanentlypuzzled

The dream is to have toilet roll holder with a shelf big enough to hold a book, a coffee mug and an ash tray. Bliss. 😊😊

Ta dah!

'Closing the lid spreads it further' is a myth that has been debunked.

I think it's really unhygienic

@VitreousHumour

'Closing the lid spreads it further' is a myth that has been debunked.

I can’t imagine why anyone would believe it anyway. It’s pretty obvious it isn’t true.

When I was a kid people always had funny books in the loo 😂 so gross but a good laugh

We have a bookshelf in our bathroom with several well-chosen tomes and a fully loaded Kindle. I can happily while away half an hour. DH often spends an hour in there. It's the One More Chapter Syndrome.

We've got thousands of books so any available reading opportunity is grabbed with both hands!

Oh and we've been doing this for decades and nobody has ever suffered any ill effects

To those saying it's unhygienic - presumably you don't change/wash your clothes every time you go for a dump? After all, you're taking THEM into the toilet with you. And pulling your knickers/trousers up with unwashed hands. And using the flush WHILE WEARING CLOTHES - they'll be covered in a cloud of poo-mist donchya know.

Filthy beggars!

I have a bookshelf in my toilet..and proud of it. My parents had one too and we're all OK, no germs hurt us!

If anyone is really badly constipated, they would like the 500 or so books in my loo. I don't close the lid to flush, either. I'm still alive and I'm nearly 50.

I think one of the most annoying things is when you're staying at a friend's house and sat on the toilet reading a riveting 'Who Done It' and you find the last page has been torn out by someone who, one assumes, ran out of toilet paper and didn't have the wit to unravel the cardboard tube to 'finish the job'. I just hate that.

I read in the bath as well. That's the other reason why I have books in there.

DH has a stock of horrid magazines in our bathroom - motorbikes, HiFi etc - he's 62 so should have switched by now to Gardener's World and English Heritage - and finding them on the windowsill next to the bog make me want to vom.

Weird,

How long to people need to do a shit?

It's grim and makes me feel sick. I don't take my phone in either. It really shouldn't take that long to poop.

It's not about how long it takes to have a shit - I can be in and out in 5 minutes if there's no reading material. Sometimes though going to the toilet is the only bit of peace and quiet you get all day, so it's nice to string it out. Also there's nothing like a relaxing, extended bog break.

@Davros

DH has a stock of horrid magazines in our bathroom - motorbikes, HiFi etc - he's 62 so should have switched by now to Gardener's World and English Heritage - and finding them on the windowsill next to the bog make me want to vom.

Now THIS I don't get?

Just because you aren't into the same things as him (motorbikes & hi-fi) is no reason to assume that at the immense age of 62 a) assume he should develop a liking for gardening and heritage or b) he should only be reading traditional "pensioner" type magazines.

I'm 3 years short of him, and I do happen to read the English Heritage mag because I've been a member for nearly 40 years. I also borrow my mate's kit car mags sometimes, and have a stack of Fortean Times in the loo. Gardener's World however is a no no, as I loathe gardening.

What do you people do if you have to use a restaurant / public toilet? Do you have a Readers Digest Compendium of Short Stories on your person for these occasions?
Or just read the walls?