Usually, though, I am in there and out so fast that I don't have time to read.

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This poll was inspired by a discussion going on over in the forums.

I picked newspaper but 50% of the time I just sit there and end up reading the shampoo bottle or the tube of toothpaste.
If I'm really bored I will take out my wallet and count my money.

I have a newspaper rack in my bathroom but the newspaper in there is like 2 months old...I always forget to put the new paper in there.

The bathroom is my place of peace and solitude. I can go through more pages of a book in 15 minutes in there than I can in 45 anywhere else. Every once in a while I will take my laptop while cruising PR, but the idea of $1700 hovering precariously close to the brown bowl is a bit disturbing.

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Number One . . . I order you to take a number two.

Doniker, you just CRACK me up! I went with reading a book; I agree with 9iL. You know how people will start talking to you before they even get all the way down the hall? Well, they do at our house, but when they turn the corner and that door is shut, they clam up.

It's a respite and a read as well as relief!

I like to talk and visit with Will while I'm on the pot, and vice-versa. Our bathroom is a very social place for us.

Totally laptop! In fact, I'm on the toilet spewing LiquiShit as I type this! With WiFi and the Internet, i never have to read the same thing again. I'm usually at PoopReport though.

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"Double the flush, double the fun" --The Amazing Anus

I put newspaper. I read the headline article and then I am done. Only problem is holding tool with legs while sitting. I'm not good at that.

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"KOC -- the Cool Crapper" - Rat Droppings

Shitting for me is a time to ponder, to think of paintings I`m going to finish, to consider the plight of humanity, and to work out how I`m going to achieve world domination.

I consider having a movement almost sacred, so I hate distractions.
Plus, I am a big fan of the shit shivers and I can't fully enjoy them if I am distracted by reading material, a spouse or my dogs.
Few people understand the delicious sensation of the shit shivers, and so I choose to sit in peaceful isolation while dropping a log.

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~Keep your friends close, and your enemas closer.~

I've recently gotten back into a regular poker game. So on the pot at home I've been dealing myself hands and practicing my folding. Alas, with no "other" option in this poll, I'm off the charts with this behavior. Freaky.

i already professed my fondeness for magazines while pooping. if i'm in the middle of a very good book it will tag along sometimes, but the problem is if it's too engorssing i will find myself more intewresed in continuing the read instead of getting up wiping, etc. for that reason specifically i try to keep it light.

Logjam, do you get a royal flush every time?

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I go with magazines because if it's a long one i can read a couple of articles but if it's quick i can just look at pictures.

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I poop because I am...I am because I poop.

yeah i say book but i usually shit so fast theres no use bringing it. its mostly just cos the seat is cold and it takes my mind off it

"Logjam, do you get a royal flush every time?" In my dreams. More often I end up with two pair, busted straights, the occasional full house. But any action is good action.

I am surprised that only 10% of poopreporters read on the toilet!
Poop on!

-Poopgirl

Actually, 44% of Poopreporters read on the toilet. Only 10% read BOOKS.

As for me, I went with the family member/animal option. When Mr. Blaster is at home, the door is open and we're usually talking. He doesn't seem to mind the stench, although this morning he left when I was crapping. He always gives me a hug when he leaves. I got no hug when I was on the crapper. How sad.

When he is not home, or even when he is, the cats are swarming around my legs like a couple of cheap whores around a man with a $100 bill. We had tried a few counteroffensives to get them to give up that habit, but to no avail. Closing the door doesn't help, because they scratch at it and meow pitifully. So I have accepted the fact that they will always be in there when I poop. I don't mind it now.

I'm with doniker on this one. Shampoo and cleaner bottles. Or my wallet.

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"That was a very disappointing party. I showed up and everyone left!"- Camille

Yep, Doniker has it pretty close, although, on my end, I usually read the ingredients and directions for the tube of Preperation H.

No, I am not going into detail.

How about catalogs? Would this fall under the 'magazines' category? I have a few beading/jewelry catalogs I love looking at.

i actually learned from my bio teacher this year that there should be no form of entertainment in the bathroom so as to not encourage taking a long time to grunt one out. The reason is that can enflame blood vessels or something and do damage and cause a hemmhoroid (excuse spelling) or something like that. but the message was clear and that was to only come in when you had to crap, get the business done and leave.

The times I can get into the bathroom without
Gator are far and few between.

It's always a tandem sport.

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.....hugging bunnies since 1969
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Informed crapper: there's another school of thought on this, though. Some might say rushing a BM or straining to get through quickly would accomplish the same result regarding blood vessels.

I don't see anything wrong with a happy medium of reading something short like a newspaper article. We're not talking 'War and Peace' here.

Any mag with naked woemen, It relaxes the baloon knot!

I prefer my sidekick, either that or peace. I cannot poop while someone tries to talk to me. My mom used to do that and it disturbed a good crap.

I'm with the majority on this. When I am on the throne, I want my peace while I drop my piece. I don't mind if the cat moseys into the bathroom though.
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Jammin' lo'flo's since 1977.