Do you read newspaper in toilet ... ???

Reading newspaper in toilet - Image of a child reading newspaper in toilet.
Belgium
December 8, 2009 4:01pm CST
I have a cousin who has this strange habit of reading newspapers and magazines in toilet. He takes too much time there so he takes along with him either a newspaper or a magazine. I feel his this habit very strange. I would like to know if you people also like to read newspaper or something in the toilet.
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@Fulltank (2882)
• Philippines
8 Dec 09
Yes, I knew many of us do read newspaper while taking their private time in the cubicle or in the bathroom. I don't see it really a strange habit. I've been doing it in my entire adulthood. It doesn't even have to be the newspaper of for the day, but sometimes the old ones which I neglected to read. It makes me relax and would eventually eases the flow of waste downstream.lol.
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• Belgium
10 Dec 09
Funny, it makes you relax and eases the flow of waste. You are too funny. I do not know but I feel this strange. But everybody has his own way of doing things.
@cream97 (29087)
• United States
8 Dec 09
Hi, g_vickie84. I am guilty! I have read mail and a few magazines while on the toilet. If I am trying to move time along, I will do this. I guess for some people having something to read while on the toilet can help with constipation or diarreah.
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• Belgium
10 Dec 09
Actually this is a good way of thinking that reading something in toilet can help in constipation or diarrhea. I guess you had an experience in this. But I do not feel like reading anything while in the toilet. For me I just want to finish everything quickly and get out.
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
9 Dec 09
Reptile head - well the body was somewhere as well, but well hidden of course, i had no chance of getting the whole specimen on camera.
Hi there Vickie. I usually do take a look on magazines / a book or a newspaper on the toilet, if i have the time, and depending on the mood. I think it is a good time to use for something else as well. You know what they say, knowledge is power :)
@elitess (5070)
• Ipswich, England
9 Dec 09
Mylot does it again... it's the third time in the last week when mylot adds a recently posted photo to a new reply i make, i don't know why :| Sorry for the picture, i know it's not on topic.
@joro1best (222)
• Bulgaria
9 Dec 09
Wow..I have a portable pc and when i`m in toilet i play games..And yes sometimes i read newspapers..So crazy huh ?
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
It is a interesting comment. Playing games while in toilet. Can you actually concentrate on the game while in there.
@poingly (605)
• United States
9 Dec 09
Yep, not strange at all! In fact, the higher level of education, the more likely you are to do it!
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
I do not understand this fact, that the higher the level of education, the more likely people do it. How is this thing related to the level of education we have.
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
Nope i don't read anything when am on the toilet i used to smoke so that i won't smell the stinks lol
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
Smoking it is a good way to actually remove the stinking smell from their.
@youless (112123)
• Guangzhou, China
9 Dec 09
When I was a child, I had this habit. I liked to read some stories when I was in the toilet. But I don't have this habit any more. I do it quite and I don't understand why I could spend so long time in the toilet in the past:) I love China
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
I guess in childhood you had the habit of reading comics and sometimes it is not possible to read comics in front of parents, so children read them in toilets or at places where their parents can not catch them. I had a friend who used to read comics under a street light outside their house as inside his mother would not allow him to read comics.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
8 Dec 09
g__vickie84 oh I am guilty is not every one? I love to read a magazine in the bathroom,not in the toilet as that would be all wet and icky he he. I don't think its a bit strange, a lot of people do it, and some people take longer than others but that cannot be helped.
• Belgium
10 Dec 09
No it is not guilty, it is just that it is ok for some people but for others it is not ok. I can understand when you say that some people take long time so they need some sort of entertainment there. But I generally take very less time there so I never think like this.
@yugasini (12836)
• Anantapur, India
9 Dec 09
hi vickie, this is also a habbit,i have heared about this and i have seen some persons duing this,it is only possible in western toilets only not in Indian toilets,so people are becomming intelligent they do not waste their that much time at toilet,how the world comming forward and forward,have a nice day
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
Yes you are right. This is a habit. Some people like it and some people do not like it. But I guess it is possible in Indian toilets also. The cousin about whom I am talking about has an Indian toilet at their place. It is not a western toilet.
@cupkitties (7421)
• United States
9 Dec 09
If someone brings reading material to the bathroom, that a good sign there will be poo. Just saying..
@ybong007 (6643)
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
I do too sometimes but i usually bring my cellphone so i can listen to music or FM radio to pass the time. I don't think it's a bad habit to do some reading while on toilet it can even work to your advantage too in case you run out of toilet paper . Cheers!
@Godmother (476)
• Indonesia
9 Dec 09
Not everyone can "do it" easily in the bathroom, some take time. My son does. He needs time to relax so it will "ease the flow" (LOL). But yes, because of this, we have a magazine stand in our bathroom. I see this also in some of my friend's bathroom.
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
Yes some people do take time in toilets so they do pass time by reading stuff their. Even I have seen racks in some of my friends bathrooms.
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
Hi. Sometimes I'm guilty of reading a book inside the restroom. But I don't do it often. Normally, I just go to the restroom when I feel the need to so I would spend just a very short time inside.
• Belgium
12 Dec 09
Yes even for me I spend very short time there so I do not feel the need to pass time reading books and all. But even some days when I do take more time in there I do not know, but I can not read books or newspapers inside.
@rhyme23 (44)
• Philippines
9 Dec 09
Well, it's not really that strange.. most people do it all the time.. But I don't! This might be a little bizarre, but i really can't concentrate on what I am doing whenever I tried reading materials while I'm in the toilet =)
• Belgium
10 Dec 09
You are the first person to say that he/she does not read newspapers or magazines in the toilet. I am glad that there are people who think like me as well. Even I have tried this but I do not like doing it. I will rather finish the work fast and get out of there.
@aljh88 (223)
• Singapore
9 Dec 09
hmmm..why is this habit weird??i am pretty fast in the toilet..but if there is a newspaper with me,i tend to finish the paper before i will get up from the sit..i think its perfectly normally to bring materials to help you pass time in the toilet.