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  The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Turner Stiles at 20:52 on 05 February 2010
 

In this thread I invite my fellow writers to list the books in their bathroom and pontificate on their appeal and purpose.

Charlie Brooker's "The Hell Of It All" - cathartic, provokes gales of laughter, alerts other members of the household that the latrine is taken.

Andy Nicholls - "Scally" - Everton football hooligan has a wander down memory lane. Packed with lies thinly disguised as first hand accounts of lurid violence. Assists in getting me up and off the pot in a hasty fashion.

Michael Chabon - "Wonder Boys" - Current book of choice. Requires a degree of concentration, hence it's position on the top of the pile

Kerouac - "Sartori In Paris" - An old family favourite. Useful for late night drunken reverie

Stephen King - "The Shining" - A hand held laxative for those "difficult moments"




  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  NMott at 21:44 on 05 February 2010
 

I currently have a stack of West Wing scripts piled up in the bathroom. They are most definitely not toilet paper.
8 down, ~140 to go.

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Jem at 22:34 on 05 February 2010
 

No Books in Bathroom. I never understood the concept.

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  chris2 at 12:23 on 06 February 2010
 

I agree with Jem. I see no point. They can only be a distraction and why waste even more time over the performance?

Furthermore, although I wouldn't class myself as particularly fastidious, when visiting I find the mags and books in other people's establishments especially unappealing - it's the thought of the circumstances of their handling over the previous weeks and months, I suppose! Books deserve better...

Chris

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Turner Stiles at 19:09 on 07 February 2010
 

Books deserve better?

Perhaps.

Never been that precious about em meself ... paper bricks with writing on them. Some of them more deserving than others.

As regards the bathroom being a suitable venue for reading, personally, it's often the one room where I can get a bit of peace and quiet ...

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  helen black at 12:27 on 08 February 2010
 

No books here.
I will not touch something that others have touched while they were doing a poo. No way. No how.
HBx

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Turner Stiles at 12:28 on 08 February 2010
 

You have a separate loo roll for every member of the family?!??

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  helen black at 18:24 on 08 February 2010
 

LOL!!!!!

No. But I just grab a bit of paper and get out of there. Reading would involve sitting there, turning pages...that others have turned. With their hands...shudder.
HBx

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Jem at 19:05 on 08 February 2010
 

Also, my bowels are so healthy that the whole performance is over in seconds. Hardly time to find the page I'm on.

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  nessiec at 13:10 on 09 February 2010
 

God, yet again I think that you and I were separated at birth, Jem. Same here - no time to get comfy with a book in there. Plus I don't like the germ element of all that (uh-oh, I'm becoming Zelah again).

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Jem at 14:04 on 09 February 2010
 



  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  j.oreilly at 11:43 on 10 February 2010
 

No books in our bathrooms either. They would end up being wanged in the bath on the pretext that 'they need a wash mummy.'

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  debac at 14:05 on 19 February 2010
 

Helen, don't you think people read before wiping their bottoms, rather than after?

Personally I don't usually take a book into the loo, but if I feel the need to relax, then I do, and it speeds things up so I only get to read half a page! He he! Bet you all wanted to know that! <g>

Deb

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  Jem at 14:09 on 19 February 2010
 

Thanks for sharing, debac!

  Re: The Job`s Not Finished Til The Paperwork`s Done  debac at 17:22 on 19 February 2010
 



Deb

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