Reading Material for the Bathroom

[Michigan Swampbuck]

I haven't been reading anything during a sit-down break in the bathroom for a long time now, until lately. I found an old book of totally politically incorrect ethnic jokes and have been reading that one while on the throne, and that seems appropriate. But back in the day, we had a magazine rack in the bathroom and we had some choice reading material for when we had some time to kill. Some of my favorite material from back in the day follows, just remember my list is from a whole family of influences, from Mom and Dad down to the youngest, not just my own.

Reader's Digest. Need I say more? The title says it all. The short condensed stories were just long enough to complete the mission and are on a variety of topics for everyone in the family. National Geographic was another family mag that was on the bathroom rack.

The daily newspaper, particularly the sports and comics sections. I wasn't a big sports fan, but everyone reads the sports section while doing their business. The comics section was always good even if it was from the previous Sunday.

Thinking of comics, The Freak Brothers and Mr Natural come to mind, good alternatives from my older brothers along with Easy Rider Magazine and the locally published newspaper from the head shop.

My younger brother is a drummer and couldn't take a dump without a recent copy of Modern Drummer magazine. I was into Guitar Player for one year, but I was more into different sports mags, mostly ones about fishing. I never had to have any particular publication to get the train out of the station. Of course, dirty magazines were out of the question and only to be found out in the garage, shed or in bedroom closets, plus none of that would facilitate a bowl movement anyway.

So, does anyone have anything to add?

[Nugget]

Well, for important meetings in the oval office at my house you'll find the Comprehensive Book of Dream Interpretaions,  The Lost Continent of Mu series, Vacuuming in the Nude (by Peggy Rowe),  The Celestine Prophecy, The Book of Enoch, plus a pen and paper for notes.
I'm usually reading several books at one time,  so they tend to shift around to all of my sitting places.

[Ksihkehe]

I can't speak for anything more recent than like 20 years ago, but Uncle John's Bathroom Reader was decent. It looks like they're still around, but I have no idea if they're any good or have become junk like so much other media.

I don't read much in the bathroom, but I remember a few of these books.

[Michigan Swampbuck]

Here are some of Mom's picks for the bathroom, Woman’s Day, Family Circle, and Better Homes and Gardens.

[Michigan Swampbuck]

I can't speak for anything more recent than like 20 years ago, but Uncle John's Bathroom Reader was decent. It looks like they're still around, but I have no idea if they're any good or have become junk like so much other media.

I don't read much in the bathroom, but I remember a few of these books.

Cool, that Wiki link lead me to this Wiki article . . .

Bathroom reading is the act of reading text while in a bathroom, usually while sitting on the toilet and defecating. The practice has been common throughout history and remains widespread today with both printed material and smartphones.

LINK

It seems that reading and pooping have been going on for centuries, at least since the 1700s.

And boy, people have sure given this subject a lot of thought. I wonder where they were while thinking about this.

Bathroom reading and psychology
Even when people read for extended periods of time during defecation, it is rare for bathroom readers to feel disgusted by the smell of their own feces, or even to consciously notice the smell.[8][9] Sigmund Freud also noted this phenomenon in Civilization and Its Discontents, though he described lack of awareness of fecal smell in general, not just while reading: "in spite of all man's developmental advances, he scarcely finds the smell of his own excreta repulsive, but only that of other people's."[10]

[Theatreboy]

I really want to write a book called

How did we poop before cellphones

I will be a bathroom reader.