Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #12) [Paperback]

Bathroom Readers' Institute (Author)

Book Description

Series: Bathroom Reader | Publication Date: May 1, 2002

Since 1988, millions of people have discovered the relief of having Uncle John in the bathroom with them! No more frantic searches at the last minute for that perfect magazine article. No more agonizing choices between light reading and the serious stuff. Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader collects humorous stories, interesting facts, and useless trivia chosen specifically for temporary reading needs. This edition includes:

*Weird tourist traps
*Who invented daylight savings time?
*The birth of the calendar
*The history of the bra

Plus, it continues with the regular features readers look forward to, such as the stories behind popular songs, the origins of famous phrases, proverbs from prime-time television, and memorable people who made their mark in 15 minutes.

Product Details

• Paperback: 522 pages
• Publisher: Portable Press; 12 Org edition (May 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1879682737
• ISBN-13: 978-1879682733
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #178,921 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Since 1988, the Bathroom Readers' Institute has led the movement to stand up for those who sit down and read in the bathroom (and anywhere else, for that matter). Our crack staff works year-round to bring you the publishing industry's most absorbing anthologies of history, humor, origins, flops, fads, quotes, puzzles, kids' stuff, and more. Today, with more than 11 million books in print and a membership base topping 40,000 loyal readers, the movement begat by Uncle John is stronger than ever. In fact, the "Uncle John's Bathroom Reader" series in the longest-running, most popular series of its kind in the world.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Whip Out That Credit Card and Buy This Book!, November 9, 2000

By 

Timothy Campbell (Toronto, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #12) (Paperback)

I can't imagine anybody not liking this book. It's candy for the mind. While they suggest that you put a copy in your bathroom for reading upon the throne, I'm pretty sure that anybody who starts reading it while taking care of business will keep reading it afterwards (after washing their hands, of course).

I'll admit that some of the information in the Bathroom Reader series is inaccurate. For example, in the "Legendary Lost Bathroom Reader" book, they said that the most commonly used letters in the English language were, in order, ETAOINSKRDLU. The "K" should have been an "H". However, there's so much material in these books, covering such a wide variety of topics, that it would be impossible for them to get everything right. To me, the main value of this book is to expose me to new topics that I didn't even know could be interesting.

I think that the highest compliment you can pay to a book is that when you flip over the last page, you wish you could have that experience all over again. Since there are several BR books, you can certainly do that!

One thing deserves mention: the creators of these books do not skimp. They cram every page full of reading matter. They seemed determined to replace "whitespace" with information.

What can I say? Buy this book!

14 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars useless, but entertaining, facts, March 26, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #12) (Paperback)

The bathroom readers series are light-hearted, easy to read, and enjoyable entertainment, with subjects ranging from presidential political funnies to strange marriage proposals. Great reading for men and women alike!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great!, October 13, 2002

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Max (Asheville, NC) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader (Uncle John's Bathroom Reader #12) (Paperback)

This book will keep you entertained for the whole bathroom-break with very interesting articles, and tiny factoids at the bottom of each page. This is the kind of book that man loves, because it is almost like TV. It keeps your attention with interesting facts and things like that that will make you surprised. Buy this today and you will be entirely satisfied.