Seriously. This is everything but bull crap. I have dreamed to have this since I was young. But let me tell you the reason behind. I think this will be better than telling poop-jokes online. Ha ha!
I grew up seeing pocketbooks, comics and magazines shoved,hanged or placed anywhere inside our bathroom. And these reading materials are strategically placed for two reasons: 1. It doesn’t get wet and 2. It can be easily accessed even when you are already sitting down and taking a dump.
Before I get even further, I would like to explain to our friends from the west that for the regular bathrooms in our country, toilets rarely stay dry because it’s in the same place as the shower. It’s all compact and what not. But I am not going to explain how we can take a bath with a bathroom that small. Go figure.
Now going back. As what I’ve said, I will always see reading materials inside our bathroom. It’s either stacked on the flush or hanged on the towel hangers or rolled up and stuck on that teeny tiny window. Anywhere that will keep it dry and easily reached. These reads range from small tabloids up to encyclopedias, although they change from time to time, depending on how fast they are finished by the readers.
And because of that, I learned to start reading inside the bathroom from the very first time that I was able to reach a book with my tiny, short arms.
Ever since then, I have enjoyed reading in the bathroom while doing number 2. And amazingly, I am able to retain information better than sitting in front of a desk reading. I am able to get into thorough details on novels and short stories. I am able to study better. Although there is a downside.
I got hooked up into it that my reads will get interrupted by loud knocks from my complaining mom since I’ve been staying in the bathroom for a long time. I got into a habit of staying on the toilet for 40 minutes and will just take a bath for 10 minutes or less.
But that was me when I was still a teenager. Now that I have a family of my own, I am still able to do it, but on a lesser time- 20 minutes for the read,10 minutes still for the shower.
I know a lot of you folks prefer bringing your phones or tablets inside just to work off the time waiting. But I’m an old-school dude. I rather have a hanging bookshelf than spend this intimate time with nature with a gadget. It’s good to be offline, at least for an hour.
— oh, and it’s my wife now that does the banging on the door.
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