Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Uncle John's Bathroom Readers (12)
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It's one of Uncle John's most popular editions! More than 500 pages of absolutely absorbing material are at your fingertips. Divided for your convenience into short, medium, and long articles, this book has it all: humor, history, pop culture, politics, wordplay, quotations, blunders, facts, and more. Settle in and read about... * The world's rarest rock 'n' roll record * The secret history of the lava lamp * Da Vinci's unfinished masterpiece * Famous unsolved disappearances * Animals show more famous for 15 minutes * The world's luckiest accident * The birth of the T-shirt * Big, bad Barbie * Cereal flops And much, much more! show lessTags
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I used to wonder where know-it-all people acquired all of the information they feel obliged to share with the rest of us.
Now I know: they read it whilst in the bathroom, and chances are they got it from this thick book that's crammed full of unrelated yet interesting tidbits.
When friends began joking that they love visiting my bathroom so they can read this book I wised up and put a pump dispenser of Purell next to it. You know, just because.
Now I know: they read it whilst in the bathroom, and chances are they got it from this thick book that's crammed full of unrelated yet interesting tidbits.
When friends began joking that they love visiting my bathroom so they can read this book I wised up and put a pump dispenser of Purell next to it. You know, just because.
"Bathroom Reader" just about says everything you need to know about this series. Great collection of trivial (meaning trivia not meaningless) stories for short or long stays in the "reading room". Would also be good for long car rides & encouraging young readers to read out loud.
The entire Uncle John series is addicting and has single-handedly lead to many incidents of me "holding up the line" to the bathroom.
My daughter loves these books and so do I. They are jammed packed with interesting facts and trivia. We currently own five readers.
Just plain fun to read. Informative and funny.
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- Canonical title
- Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader
- Original title
- Uncle John's Absolutely Absorbing Bathroom Reader
- Original publication date
- 1999
- First words
- Introduction:
Well, we did it again.
Oscar the Grouch:
"At a restaurant called Oscar's Tavern in Manhattan, Jim Henson and Sesame Street director Jon Stone were waited on by a man so rude and grouchy that... going to Oscar's became a sort of masochistic... (show all) form of lunchtime entertainment for them...." - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)The abbreviation for pound, "lb," comes from the astrological sign Libra.
Classifications
- Genres
- Reference, Nonfiction, General Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 081.0207 — Computer science, information & general works Anthologies and Quotations General collections in American English Miscellany
- LCC
- PN6162 .U53 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Collections of general literature Wit and humor By region or country
- BISAC
Statistics
- Members
- 256
- Popularity
- 126,106
- Reviews
- 5
- Rating
- (4.23)
- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 2
- UPCs
- 1
- ASINs
- 4




























































