While you're seated

[andrewducker]

[Poll #1405932]

Comments

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Where's the "Andy has waaaaay too much spare time on his hands: Yes/No" question? :)

[andrewducker]

Write yer own darn poll!

[bracknellexile.livejournal.com]

Why would I want to make a poll about repairing socks? ;)

[chuma.livejournal.com]

:D

[pisica.livejournal.com]

Why would you bother with a 'no' option? ;)

Blech

[erindubitably.livejournal.com]

Mo is going to enjoy this poll when she comes home.

Re: Blech

[andrewducker]

See - you two have a _proper_ bathroom, with stacks of reading material next to it! That's what I call hospitality.

Re: Blech

[miss-s-b.livejournal.com]

I take it from this comment that there are people who DON'T have bathrooms like this?

Weirdos...

Re: Blech

[andrewducker]

Well, I was in one at the weekend. One belonging to a pair of geeks, no less.

I was shocked. Shocked, I tells ya.

Re: Blech

[joexnz.livejournal.com]

I always felt it was unhygenic to leave the books in there and alan reads books on his phone

So I remain unremorseful about your shock

Re: Blech

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I certainly don't leave borrowed books in the bathroom because they do tend to get wrinkly from the steam when you shower.

[ashfae.livejournal.com]

I probably would if I'd ever had internet capacity in the bathroom. ;)

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

no no no no NO NO NO NO NOOOO

[holyoutlaw.livejournal.com]

If I had a netbook or similarly small computer, all my "Nos" would have been "Yeses". Hah!

[anton-p-nym.livejournal.com]

The only reason I answered "no" to the first question is that I'm usually a "one-book-at-a-time" reader of printed material, so any reading on, er, "personal time" would consist of whatever literary work is in progress at the time.

-- Steve doesn't think he's ever posted while reigning from the throne, but has found his mini-tablet oddly convenient for web browsing under those conditions.

[cdave]

My "smallest library" consists of those short short article books. Like "Why do men have nipples" and "Does anything eat wasps", and the Darwin Award series.

There used some Gary Larson in there, but I didn't put them back last time I moved house.

[aliiis.livejournal.com]

be warned, this could be you:

http://tweetingtoohard.com/t/1349725769

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

You need a button for 'In no circumstances.' Really, sir, one has standards... :-)

[davesangel.livejournal.com]

Agreed!!! :D

[andrewducker]

Exactly! My standards as a host would be _terribly_ lax if I didn't provide reading material for a guest inconvenienced in the convenience.

[innerbrat]

Reading while in the smallest room - particularly when it's the only smallest room in the dwelling, and when there are other people in the dwelling who might want to use that room - are reserved a special place in Hell stuck behind all the people who stand on the left on public escalators*


*unless they're Japanese. Then it's forgivable.

[matgb]

But surely this only applies if it actually makes people stay in there longer? If the amount of time spent doesn't change, then what does it matter if something is done to pass the time?

[innerbrat]

Then you're reaching the stage where you're already spending too long. At the risk of derailing, what the Hell takes so long?

[andrewducker]

There is no "too long" unless someone else needs to get in there.

[innerbrat]

Well, that's entirely subjective and dependent on the cold air tolerance of one's bum.

But as the person who's always the one who needs to get in there, I still have constantly failed to imagine what can take half an hour upwards.

[andrewducker]

A really good chapter :->

[innerbrat]

Evil.

[channelpenguin.livejournal.com]

THIS!!

What the hell do people DO in there? Eat more fibre or fat or whatever gets ya going....

I'm never more than a minute. Maybe 2 at the absolute most.

It's a mystery to me, it really is...

[matgb]

You know about my ongoing unknown gastric condition, right? If at some point any doctor can figure out what the issue is maybe I won't have issues going, but trust me, I do.

And also, given that I know I have some issues, I never object to someone banging the door and asking if I can speed up, I sometimes have to go back afterwards but...

[marrog.livejournal.com]

I don't remember specifically having posted to LJ or FB or whatever while on the loo, but that doesn't mean I haven't, necessarily.

[chuma.livejournal.com]

My ideal shower would have a water proof touch screen monitor in it linked from a terminal server so I could access the internet, music and tv while I was relaxing in it. Toilet, less of a priority.

[daisyflip.livejournal.com]

Agree - I read in the bath, and would LOVE to find a way to read in the shower but toilet - meh. I don't get why people find it comfortable to stay in. Maybe I'm just a fast poo-er, but there doesn't seem to be time to read without dawdling.

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I admit I sometimes read round the shower curtain, when I really, really want a leisurely shower, and really, really want to have something to curl up with.

[a-pawson.livejournal.com]

I'm curious. How much time do people generaslly spend in the bathroom (not in the shower etc.) that would necessitate a supply of reading material?

[andrewducker]

If it's more than thirty seconds then I need a distraction of some kind.

Mind you, I'm currently reading "CLR Throught C#" while walking to and from the bus stop, so I may well be a special case.

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

If it's more than thirty seconds you need to change your diet.

[luckylove.livejournal.com]

Or in my case stop taking my prescription medication :(
I really wish that was an option.

[cybik.livejournal.com]

I would never have a bathroom with books in because I care about my books. Mildew makes sana sad. Toilet would be fine. And yes, I know reading matter doesn't have to be books, but I don't have a huge amount of non-book reading material..

Also, I have dropped my phone into a sink before. It'd be worse if it fell in the loo because then I'd have to bleach it.. Doing the same with a laptop? Nah.

[dapperscavenger.livejournal.com]

How is anyone taking that long to toilet themselves? it's a thirty second job at most!

[rosamicula.livejournal.com]

"Toilet themselves"

That sounds so twee that if it were a band it would be signed to 4AD

[nameandnature]

So, you're a Twitter shitter?

[cartesiandaemon.livejournal.com]

I often take a book into the bathroom, but it would feel strange to have a collection of reading matter near the toilet (because it would feel irrationally icky) or near the bath (because it would feel like it was going to become damp and shrivelled).

[rhythmaning.livejournal.com]

Was there any discernible differences between genders? I have always assumed reading on the loo was a bit of a bloke thing!

[andrewducker]

Nothing really. Even when you come down to reading LJ on the loo it's 50/50.

The only thing is that all of the people who went "Aieeee!" were female.

So it's a curve that's evenly divided, but the women go further off to one side than the men do, if you see what I mean. And I can't even prove that - I'd need a better poll...

[davidcook.livejournal.com]

Thanks for this poll, I now know just who not to lend my books (and/or Internet-capable portable devices) to :-)
(I was a four-"No" person, in case it wasn't obvious ... )

[0olong.livejournal.com]

I mostly take my own book into the toilet. I quite miss having a decent supply of reading in there, but there just isn't space for it in my current bathroom - though there are a couple of Dan Browns on a rather hard-to-reach shelf. 'Emergency toilet paper', according to my flatmate.