Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
by
Bathroom Readers' Institute
Order:
USA
Can
Portable Press, 2004 (2004)
Paperback
Reviewed by Hilary Williamson
T
his volume is one of a trivia series by that rarefied body, the Bathroom Reader's Institute (BRI). Its contents are sorted by subject and by length -
Short
,
Medium
,
Long
, and
Extended
(the latter intended for '
leg-numbing experiences
'). Chapters range from '
Public Lives
' to '
Printed Word
', pausing along the way for such erudite topics as '
Blunderful Life
', '
Creature Features
', '
Govern-Mental
', '
Americana
', '
Oh, Canada
' and '
Kung Phooey
'. As a bonus, there's a fun factoid at the bottom of every page.
I
t's weird and wonderful between the covers of
Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
. There's a monkey trained as a pickpocket in Bogota; the fact that the term '
Junk food
' comes from the Dutch '
jonket
', that is dried fish/meat rations eaten on long sea voyages; a question '
Can you wiggle your pollex?
' which sounds rude but isn't; a real-life bumper sticker that reads '
Bad Cop, No Donut
'; a '
Zombie Quiz
'; the fact that '
It's illegal to sleep naked in Minnesota
'; and, in '
Punditspeak
' this quote by Peggy Noonan - '
Put a federal agency in charge of the Sahara Desert and it would run out of sand.
' I even found something useful in here, an email address to report those neverending spoof eBay '
Your Billing Information
' messages.
U
ncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
is a
must read
for trivia lovers ... and also for those who are obliged to spend a great deal of time in the bathroom. Enjoy, and as the BRI suggests, '
Go with the Flow!
'
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