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What form of mental stimulation do you prefer in concert with the all-important act of defecation?

None of the below - that's disgusting!
- 0 (0%)
None of the below - Allah forbids!
- 2 (4.3%)
None of the below - pooping is fun all by itself!
- 8 (17.4%)
Generic newspapers.
- 1 (2.2%)
Generic magazines.
- 8 (17.4%)
Generic books.
- 3 (6.5%)
Religious books.
- 2 (4.3%)
Specialty publication: Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
- 1 (2.2%)
Specialty publication: Passing Time in the Loo
- 0 (0%)
Specialty publication: The Great American Bathroom Book
- 0 (0%)
Audio player: music
- 1 (2.2%)
Audio player: Free Talk Live
- 3 (6.5%)
Audio player: other podcast
- 1 (2.2%)
Cell phone / PDA
- 6 (13%)
Tablet computer
- 0 (0%)
Laptop - no tray table
- 4 (8.7%)
Laptop - with tray table
- 2 (4.3%)
Laptop - and I'm.... oh, that's a big one...  :grunt:
- 4 (8.7%)

Total Members Voted: 30


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mike the godless heathen

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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #30 on: November 24, 2008, 12:44:43 PM »

need to be able to select more than one on this.

it is kind of a whatever tickles my fancy at the time.
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #31 on: November 27, 2008, 07:29:34 PM »

Nothing. Never in there long enough to warrant bringing in entertainment.
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #32 on: November 27, 2008, 10:13:35 PM »

I actually have all three columns of "The Great American Bathroom Book." However, I prefer to pass the time (among other things) browsing through the "Information Please Almanac." I get a new one every year. 

But, what I wan to know is why they call it a "loo?"
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #33 on: November 27, 2008, 10:24:50 PM »

I actually have all three columns of "The Great American Bathroom Book." However, I prefer to pass the time (among other things) browsing through the "Information Please Almanac." I get a new one every year. 

But, what I wan to know is why they call it a "loo?"

From: http://kottke.org/05/02/loo-etymology

"When people flung their potty waste out of the window, they would shout "Gardez l'eau" [gar-day low]. That's French for "watch out for the water". We probably get the word "loo" from this expression, although some people think it comes from "Room 100" which is what European people used to call the bathroom."
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #34 on: November 27, 2008, 11:43:53 PM »

so, what you are saying is, europeans were 1337 before there was such a thing as 1337?
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #35 on: November 28, 2008, 12:12:59 AM »

so, what you are saying is, europeans were 1337 before there was such a thing as 1337?

I'm afraid so.
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #36 on: November 28, 2008, 12:15:07 AM »

w311 th053 d4mn fuck3r5 n33d 70 637 a 11f3!!!1111!!oneelevenoneone11!11!111!!!!!!111elevenelevenoneone
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2009, 08:40:09 PM »

Ah, found what this thread was missing...  toilet emoticons!


         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

         

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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #38 on: June 18, 2009, 10:33:03 PM »

Read:

-The Brothers Karamazov by Dostoevsky

-Meditations by Marcus Aurelius

-The Prince by Machiavelli

in the last few months so I could use the time towards something.
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #39 on: June 19, 2009, 08:29:53 PM »

I like listening to classics, particularly Russian classics, on audio while taking long walks in the woods in winter.  Fresh air and adrenalin aids in mental digestion.  In the 'loo' you need something that's amusing for 5 minutes but doesn't have a very complicated plot.
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #40 on: September 20, 2009, 02:27:01 AM »

About 5 minutes into the Sep 14th show we learn what Ian's favorite loo passtime is - Facebook:lol:
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #41 on: September 27, 2009, 08:43:45 AM »

I have a dedicated toilet computer. One more benefit of having lots of computers.
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« Reply #42 on: September 27, 2009, 08:50:23 AM »

I have a dedicated toilet computer. One more benefit of having lots of computers.

toilet webcam....
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Re: Passing Time in the Loo
« Reply #43 on: September 27, 2009, 08:53:18 AM »

I have a dedicated toilet computer. One more benefit of having lots of computers.

toilet webcam....
Too bad FreeBSD doesn't recognize my webcam :(
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« Reply #44 on: September 27, 2009, 09:00:10 AM »

I have a dedicated toilet computer. One more benefit of having lots of computers.

toilet webcam....
Too bad FreeBSD doesn't recognize my webcam :(

windows 7 ftw 
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