Bathroom Readers

Bathroom Readers' Institute

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We're back again, overflowing with great new material for a third volume of Uncle John's Bathroom Reader. No more frantic searches at the last minute for that perfect magazine article. No agonizing choices between light reading and the serious stuff. Volume three has it all-Entertainment, humor, politics, pop culture, science, history, gossip...And more! Of course, it's still divided by length-you can spend a minute with the Quickies, relax with Regular-Length articles, or get really comfortable with Long Items.

With Uncle John's Third Bathroom Reader strategically placed in your home, you'll settle in happily and read about:

-The origin of Rocky and Bullwinkle
-The Rolling Stones' Big Ripoff
-The Real Story of Cinderella
-Dick Nixon, Football Coach
-Censorship in America
-What's in a Twinkie
-Elvis Sightings
-And a Host of Great Bathroom Topics!
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Here's a pot-pourri of stimulating reading...for moments when nothing but the most absorbing material will do! No more frantic searches at the last minute for that perfect magazine article. No agonizing choices between light reading and the serious stuff. This little volume has it all: Entertainment, humor, education, trivia, science, history, pop culture...and more! And it's even divided by length-you can spend a minute with the Quickies, relax with Normal-Length articles, or really get comfortable with Long Items.

With Uncle John's Bathroom Reader strategically placed in your home, you'll settle in happily and read about:

-The origin of common words and phrases
-The 7 wonders of the ancient world
-The origin of Ronald
-Elvis's letter to Richard Nixon
-The curse of King Tut
-World-class winners & losers
-Famous pirates
-And a host of great bathroom topics
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From the cowboy companions of the Old West to elegant Kentucky Derby winners, Uncle John has collected enough facts and trivia to please the most demanding equine enthusiast. It's all here: the secrets of Secretariat, Affirmed, and other Triple Crown winners; horse records (the biggest, smallest, oldest, and fastest); what it takes to be a jockey; Austria's dancing Lipizzans; fictional and mythological horses from Black Beauty to Pegasus; the first American horse race; those high-stepping Budweiser Clydesdales; and much more.
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The dedicated researchers at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute return with some fast-acting, long-lasting relief for fans who have been suffering without a new infusion of trademark trivia and obscure facts. Flush with all the usual useless (and occasionally useful) information readers have come to expect, the book eliminates boredom from the daily routine. Ever wonder what to do with Preparation H besides the obvious? Want to learn more about celebrity jailbirds or the history of the RV? Then it’s time to take the plunge! Other topics include the worst general of World War II, the origin of the shopping mall, space food, project invisibility, and famous Super Bowl ads....

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This fascinating collection is sure to bowl over fans of the king of pets, the humble and charming dog. Uncle John helps readers decode their dog’s behavior; reveals backstage secrets from the famed Westminster Dog Show; profiles famous folk and their canine companions, as well as daring dog heroes and cartoon-pooch favorites; lists record-breaking mutts from largest and fastest to smartest and oldest; explains how to train a puppy for a career in TV; and even gives the scoop on poop!
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Flush those boring old gifts and give your friends and family something they can really sit down and digest! The Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series is one of the longest-running, most popular humor collections in the publishing industry. It taps into a vast resource of forgotten readers -- the 66 percent of North Americans who admit to reading in the bathroom. It's our 15th year and we're still going strong!...

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Uncle John's Unsinkable Bathroom Reader is jam-packed with over 500 pages of humor, history, science, pop culture, and more. This all-new 21st edition in this popular series is divided into short, medium, and long sections that explore topics including: Breaking the Mayan Code, Cycads: The Most Ancient Plants on Earth, The History of the Library of Congress, Return to Chernobyl, An Untold Story of WWII: The Fighting 442, The Origin of Lasers, Japanese Scholar Rocks, The Heart of the Andes, The Luniverse, and The Truth About Jumping Beans. With Uncle John’s trademark trivia, obscure facts and figures, forgotten histories, and unknown origins, this book provides readers with hours of fun.
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Aficionados of the Bathroom Reader have long remarked on Uncle John's ability to select quintessential quotations. The ever-accommodating Uncle John has responded to this shameless praise by flushing out the all-time best and most hilarious quotes to form this cunning compilation. Highlights include Five Things You Should Never Do ("Never test the depth of a river with both feet"), Seven Classic Shakespearean Insults ("Thy food is such as hath been belch'd on by infected lungs"), and pithy rock talk from the likes of Ozzy Osbourne, Neil Young, and Frank Zappa ("Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read.")....

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Designed for the younger fans, this is a light-hearted, easy-to-read collection of facts, fad, quotes, history, science, word-origins, pop culture, mythology, humor... and more! Organized by topics as well as by length (Short, Medium or Long). Uncle John's Bathroom Reader for Kids Only is a never-ending supply of factoids and statistics....

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To keep readers’ brains bubbling and their synapses snapping, the Bathroom Readers' Hysterical Society offers this formidable collection of creative and shaped word searches that cover a vast variety of subjects, including science, geography, music, television, movies, comic books, and more. Both the wildly wordy and the less-seasoned scribe are advised to grab their pencils — erasers are encouraged — and test their abilities against the skills of the BRI’s most renowned wordsmiths.
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Children love animal stories, and this book is full of them, as well as fascinating factoids, quizzes, brainteasers, and photos of the strangest animals imaginable (ever seen a surfing hippo?). Here are pets that saved their owners' lives, animals that performed amazing feats of bravery, and critters that behave like people. Readers learn about working animals - "nosy" dogs whose keen sniffers help find lost children, rescue people trapped in buildings, and bust drug smugglers. Uncle John goes behind the scenes to hunt down Hollywood hounds - what are their home lives like? Who are their personal trainers? Can they really understand English? Going back in time, the book takes a look at animal mummies, marvels at a perfectly preserved wooly mammoth, and explains why scientists believe dolphins and humans are descended from the same distant relative. Also included in the fun are animal myths, legends, constellations, forensics, names, weird pets, an animal sideshow, and much more. Irresistible and educational, the book helps young readers settle down to some serious business....

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People are strange and they sometimes do very silly things. Filled with fantastic facts about peculiar people, here are the best stories about the weirdest folks in the world, culled from Uncle John's amazing archives. What about the girl whose family "raised" a Cabbage Patch doll as her brother? What's it really like to be a child star? Why did the Lost Colony disappear, leaving behind nothing but three letters carved in a tree? Readers learn about some odd places to live, like cave houses carved into the sides of cliffs, complete with kitchen, fireplace, and cable TV; underground homes in Australia; and for vacation, the Out'n'About treehouse resort. All things weird and wonderful are covered, including ghostly visitors, UFO abductions, strange collectors of barf bags and glass eyes, odd jobs like pet psychic, funny fads in history, nutty inventors, weird underwear, people who have done the impossible and people who have changed the world. Full of the wacky humor children love, this book is guaranteed to turn groans into laughter....

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Even kids who don't like to read will love Uncle John's Electrifying Bathroom Reader for Kids Only. It contains over 300 pages of lighthearted, easy-to-read, user-friendly material that's designed just for kids. Young readers will be on the edge of their seats (no pun intended!) as they learn little-known facts about dozens of topics. Chapters are organized according to subject -- superstitions, traditions, sports, food, mythology, entertainment, the body, and more -- and length -- "short" (one page), "medium" (two pages), and "long" (three to five pages). Culled from actual suggestions from hundreds of kids, topics include Even More Gross Stuff (earwax demystified); Oops! (monumental blunders); The Case of the Missing Body Parts (Where's Einstein's brain?); Toys That Flopped (Thuggies, Flubber, and Angel Babies); Odd World Records (world's longest hoop roller); and Reel Wisdom (wise words from Yoda, Z, and Ferris Bueller). One-line factoids at the bottom of every page create a book within a book. This is a wonderfully wacky compendium of fun facts for kids who are dedicated to the art of throne sitting....

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The third in a series of oversized collections of Uncle John's most sucessful titles, Uncle John’s Monumental Bathroom Reader features Uncle John’s Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader and Uncle John’s All-purpose Extra-strength Bathroom Reader bound together in one massive hardcover volume. Read about the origin of the fork, strange pet lawsuits, first-lady firsts, astounding Earth science, and the chimp that saved TV! Uncle John's fans will find hours of entertainment in over 700 pages of forgotten history, pop culture, humor, quotes, science, and unusual people, and much more.
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What do Franz Liszt, Louis Armstrong, Woody Guthrie, and Elvis Presley have in common? What’s the story on the birth of the banjo, the electric guitar, and the Stradivarius violin? Why did disco happen? Who are the punk princesses? These are just a few of the questions answered in this lively book. Filled with facts, trivia, and stories about the world’s musicians, instruments, songs, and more, this endlessly diverting "plunge" dips into the history of Motown, muzak, and marching bands; tells the secret stories behind the hits; explores legendary venues like the Grand Ole Opry, the Apollo, and the Fillmore; spots the rarely sighted “two-hit wonders”; describes the origins of karaoke, rap music, and the cha cha cha. In short, it includes all the music news that’s fit to print is here in a variety of formats — longer entries for extended sojourns and brief tidbits for shorter stays.
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Compiled by Uncle John’s crack team of investigators, this witty and informative romp serves up a bounty of fascinating facts and tantalizing tidbits about the great game of golf. While it may not settle the question as to whether or not golf is a sport, the book does answer burning questions such as "Where is the largest sand trap?" (Clementon, NJ — a mere half acre); "How much do Americans spend on golf balls?" ($600 million per year); and "Is there a course that offers the chance to play with a live Bengal tiger?" (Yes! The Monu Valley Golf Club in Northern Bangladesh). Golf movies and presidential duffers — the good and the not-quite-so-good — are discussed, and captive audiences can learn the game’s history: its players, equipment, courses, famous flubs, and ever-changing fashions and philosophies. For serious pros, weekend duffers, or just plain fans of the game, this collection is as satisfying as a hole-in-one....

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How do Uncle John and his crack team of researchers keep track of all the information they collect? The trick, says Uncle John, is to write down thoughts and ideas as soon as they come to mind. This fun gift book allows fans to emulate the practice. The pages offer plenty of room for scribbling down intriguing topics, weird words, jokes and puns, funny signs, and random bits of wisdom. Unlike the average blank book, however, these pages are peppered with facts, factoids, proverbs, and more — a little something from Uncle John to get the creative process moving.
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Featuring hundreds of amusing illustrations, fun fonts, and easy-to-read content, this book is filled with bite-sized tidbits divided into fun categories covering a wide range of subjects. For example, there’s Green Stuff (“Grasshoppers hear with the fronts of their knees”) and Microscopic Miracles (“There are more creatures in your mouth than there are humans on Earth”), and such comical categories as Facts About Feet and Eww, Gross! Like all the books in this series, this one is loaded with surprising factual information, presented in a format irresistible to young readers.
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What do kids love? Dumb jokes. So does Uncle John. This entertaining collection contains such groaners as: What do you get if you cross a yeti with a kangaroo? A fur coat with big pockets. Knock-Knock. Who's there? Ida. Ida who? Ida called first but the phone's not working. What happened when the ghost disappeared in the fog? He was mist.

Included to keep young readers amused (and diverted) at home, at play, or on a dicey long-distance drive are gross jokes, monster jokes, knock-knock jokes, plus tricky riddles, classic games (crosswords, word scrambles, anagrams, sideways math, brainteasers), and much more....


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Readers who want to extend the Uncle John experience from bathroom to car, airplane, workplace, or just another room in the house now have that option. Listen to Uncle John's Bathroom Reader has flushed out some of the most entertaining entries in the book series for this audio version. Here listeners can learn the mysteries of ash, maple, and aluminum bats; hear about Dr. Ruth's shock at frank sexual discussions as a Planned Parenthood employee in the 1960s and how she later made it OK to say the word "orgasm;" get close to the crazy Collyer brothers of Harlem, who ate 100 oranges a week and amassed every single edition of every New York City newspaper from 1918 to 1948; and much more. Readers can relax, sit back, and enjoy these short, medium, and long selections no matter where they are....

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This endlessly readable book covers every inch—geographically, culturally, and historically—of the Keystone State. Uncle John profiles a wealth of Pennsylvania firsts—it is home to the first U.S. zoo, first in the nation in mushroom production, and the leading producer of potato chips and pretzels. How common is a state dog, drink, or soil? Pennsylvania has all three—Great Dane, milk and Hazleton, respectively! Quizzes, puzzles, games, mini-bios, whodunits—all can be found in this fun book that’s perfect for a solo or group read.
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Now in its 16th year, The Bathroom Reader — which seems to have replaced the tie as the most popular Father's Day gift idea — has become a movement, with satisfying, easily digested new selections sure to wipe away bathroom boredom. Handily arranged by length — "short" (a quick read), "medium" (1 to 3 pages), and "long" (for those extended visits) — the book covers everything from Americana to The Name Game to Pop Science and Wordplay. Readers can learn the origins of superglue, sample news stories about underwear, read about animals famous for 15 minutes, and learn of unknown heroes of the Wild West. This broad assortment eliminates ennui while wittily educating readers trapped in airports, cars, buses, or lavatories....

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Uncle John takes aim at providing the heroic, historic, and entertaining stories of America’s five armed forces: Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard. Read about:

* A history of the draft
* Dog tags then and now
* Medal of Honor winners
* MASH: the true story
* Doolittle's Raid
* What it takes to pass the tests to be in the Special Forces
* Cartoon soldiers—Sad Sack, Sergeant Rock, and Beetle Bailey
* Start of Semper Fi
* The original Flying Tiger
* War (TV) is hell
* The birth of camoflauge and khaki
* And much more!
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What are pato, shinty, and hapkido? Where would you find a fetlock? In what country would you find the world's smallest mammal? If you're a Median, where do you live? These are a few of the hundreds of questions in this entertaining book arranged in a fun quiz format. Weighing in at a hefty 300 pages, Uncle John's Presents The Ultimate Challenge Trivia Quiz is designed to entertain both seasoned triviologists and more modest fact-hounds who enjoy learning while they strain their brains.
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The two mottos of the Bathroom Readers' Institute are evident in the pages of Instant Genius: "Get smart," and "Have fun." As the creators of the wildly popular Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader series, the BRI has 20 years of experience translating those mottoes into fun and informative books. But, aware that not every reader is a bathroom reader, they've created this definitive collection of bite-sized bits of knowledge that cover a wide variety of topics from the seemingly ordinary to the obscure and mind-bending. Instant Genius will take the reader on a fun and fascinating trip through the essentials (and non-essentials) of history, science, geography, the arts, pop culture, mathematics, and more.
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The first full baseball game took place in 1838 — so it's no surprise that in the last 170 years the sport has produced staggering volumes of statistics, raised an impressive array of players, and, perhaps most significantly, won the love of an entire nation. Baseball is America's most treasured and nostalgic sport, and this massive volume collects nearly everything any fan would ever want or need to know. It's all here: from the sport's history to its philosophy, its equipment to the evolution of the uniforms — this is the place to find any relevant factoid. And that's not including the slightly askew tidbits — this hefty reader brings readers fascinating pieces of lesser-known trivia, history, and obscure facts, as well as enjoyable anecdotes related to the game of diamonds.
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Hey, kids! Here at the Bathroom Readers' Institute knows there are lots of books in the world that are really boring: text books, history books, math books…yuck. But this book is different. It's so much fun you won't even notice it's informative because it's packed with all sorts of weird, wacky, and wild facts your teachers don't want you to know. Read about…

* The history of money: it does grow on trees!
* Icky eats: fried spiders and candy-coated larvae.
* Treasure hunting in Africa and the Caribbean.
* How to make chocolate candy bugs and bloody eyeball ice cubes
* The presidents' goofs and elementary school grades
* Dumb crooks, amazing kids, animal oddities, and a whole lot more!
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Uncle John’s team of all-star writers tackled the storied archives for their funniest, weirdest, and most entertaining sports articles ever. And then, to top it off, they added a spectacular bunch of new stories. You don't have to be a sports fan to enjoy these stories of hard-won victory, agonizing defeat, locker room low-jinx, or little-known sports lore. So settle in and read about the origins of football, baseball, basketball, golf, hockey, ping pong, and more; histories of classic games, from poker and pinball to Donkey Kong and Dungeons and Dragons; the science of golf balls, hockey pucks, and Olympic swimmers; sports firsts, lasts, oldests, newests, and weirdests; plus odd bar sports, flagpole-sitting, dumb jocks, mascots gone wild, and much, much more. Divided into short, medium, and long sections, the book is perfect for both quick trips to the bullpen and day-night double-headers.
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It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, and Uncle John is back with a new compilation of Christmas past and present. Packed with as much fun stuff as an elf’s Christmas stocking, this anthology includes all the legends, lore, trivia, and history Uncle John didn’t have room for in the first Christmas collection. Highlights include why Figgy pudding was banned in Boston, the story of snow globes, the Christmas pickle, Bad Santas, and more!
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The Bathroom Readers’ Institute shows its softer side with hundreds of pages of feel-good stories, told with Uncle John’s inimitable good humor. Uncle John and his friends at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have been hard at work — eating lots of chicken soup and sharing hugs aplenty — as they put together our most uplifting collection to date. This hefty collection offers inspirational quotes and uplifting true tales, like the Marathon of Hope run by Canada’s Terry Fox, who ran for 143 days straight (more than 3,300 miles)with an artificial leg. Uncle John’s Tales to Inspire is a truly unique celebration of the human spirit and guaranteed to lift one's mood....

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When Uncle John emerged from his composting solar outhouse, he wondered aloud, “Who were the first environmentalists? How are plastic shopping bags turned into park benches? What's my carbon footprint?” Next thing we knew, the diligent staff the Bathroom Readers' Institute was working on a brand new Bathroom Reader to answer all of Uncle John's questions. Find the stories behind...

* Whatever happened to the electric car?
* The meaning of "organic"
* Not-so-green Hollywood movies
* Ancient environmentalists
* Living on an Amish farm
* Animals that recycle
* The power of poo
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In 2004, Uncle John released a unique collection of quotations that are equal parts witty, wise, sublime, stupid, and mind-boggling. ("I considered myself and still consider myself the hippest man on the planet." — Barry Manilow.) For this special edition, the Outhouse Staff scoured books, magazines, and the airwaves to include 90 all-new pages of insights and observations that have never appeared in a quotation book before. And not just quotations – there are also features like "Quotes and Their Consequences," new quizzes, and eye-opening new entries for Uncle John’s Quotationary (Love: "Being stupid together." — Paul Valery). And finally, to make it easier than ever to find that nagging, half-remembered quote, the book includes a by-subject index to go along with the existing by-name index. "This is a quotation book like no other, and you can quote me on that!" says Uncle John.
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If there’s one thing the Bathroom Readers' Institute loves, it’s pop culture trivia — and puzzles. This handy book combines them in more than 200 pages of trivia, crosswords, and word searches. Topics include: Which Ewing brother spun off into his own television series? What do Pat Sajak, Big Bird, and Elvis Presley have in common? What movie’s tagline was “It crawls . . . It creeps . . . It eats you alive!” Including TV, movies, books, and music, this Puzzle-pedia will quiz readers as they’ve never been quizzed before!
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Ohio is about much more than corrupt politicians and voter fraud. The BRI’s crack team of investigators have combed the countryside and scoured the cities to uncover the things that make Ohio such a special place. In addition to Buckeye-based puzzles, quizzes, and trivia, this guide includes hometown profiles, Ohio firsts, state facts and symbols, and noted Ohioans from the infamous (Civil War nurse and spy Mary Edward Walker) to the heroic (astronaut John Glenn and America’s first federal judge, Florence Ellinwood Allen) to the legendary (Johnny Appleseed).
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If the world’s longest ear hair, a woman whose legs were broken by a flying pig, a college student who got credit for dressing like a lobster and living in a box for three months, and a man who patented a method for determining the sex of spinach plants all ended up in the same place, what would the result be? Why, another edition of the Bathroom Reader, of course! The series’ latest entry is another riotous collection of bizarre news, facts, and fun from all over the world.
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Only one book will do when St. Nick’s on the go: the new Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Christmas Collection. Stuffed like a Christmas goose, this book is packed with fun facts and merry myths about Santa himself, the tradition of Christmas stockings, the Red Nosed Reindeer’s original name (Rollo!), and where St. Nicholas’s fingers are on display (Antalya, Turkey). Those seeking relief from endless holiday festivities can revel in tales of rampaging Santas, the myth of "No assembly required," Christmas disasters, and lutefisk. Articles include Why Do They Spell It X-mas?, Christmas World Records, Best Ways to Keep Your Christmas Politically Correct, Celebrity Christmas Present Wish List, and more....

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This collection of slap shots, high sticks, and toothless grins offers fans everything they love about hockey: its colorful history, legendary players, and enough hard-hitting trivia to occupy even the most avid stat head. The latest title in the new Uncle John’s series dedicated to the wide (and weird!) world of sports, Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores shares the origins of the "Coolest Game on Earth," the greatest teams in hockey history, the best (and worst) hockey movies of all time, the Incredible Exploding Zamboni (and those who lived to tell the tale), a rap sheet of hockey arrests, goalies' superstitions (Patrick Roy's conversations with goal posts; Glenn Hall's pre-game gastric cleansing), and much, much more....

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With Uncle John's Curiously Compelling Bathroom Reader, the dedicated folks at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute offer fast-acting, long-lasting relief for their legions of fans who have been suffering without a new infusion of the series’ trademark trivia and obscure and fascinating facts. Number 18 in the series, this book is divided into short, medium, and long sections for any duration of stay. Readers can plunge into such pressing topics as the origin of Punk Rock, the true story behind all those celebrity jailbirds, whether dragons actually exist, strange diets of the rich and famous, great moments in bad TV, and more. This irresistible read, perfect for any mood, also contains a variety of puzzles and brainteasers for readers to ponder.
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Proving that some things do get better with age, Uncle John's Triumphant 20th Anniversary Bathroom Reader is packed with 600-plus pages of all-new material. Here, fans of “the John” can find all of their favorites: obscure trivia, strange lawsuits, dumb crooks, origins of everyday things, forgotten history, quotable quotes, dazzling wordplay, and much more. Celebrating two decades of royal reading on the throne, this edition plunges deep into history to reveal the origin of the Golden Rule and the history of boxing; flushes away all the fictions surroundings real-life sea monsters, and cowboys and Indians; and wipes out preconceived notions about how tastebuds work. Other sections dip into such topics as Viewmaster and the 3-D revolution; books by crooks; and the real-life Zorro. Equally suited for quick stopovers or lingering stays, this absorbing anniversary book is sure to entertain and educate readers while eliminating any traces of boredom.
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For the latest entry in this popular puzzle book series, Uncle John recruited some of the country’s top puzzle creators and asked them to put together a year's worth of games to get the brain bubbling and the synapses popping. There are no tricks here, just plenty of creatively diverting games aimed at both the wildly wordy and the less seasoned scribe. BRI's crew of wordsmiths have whipped up a challenging set of crosswords, anagrams, sudoku, trivia quizzes, and much more for this pencil-chewing collection (erasers encouraged). Some of the brain-teasers are short, some are long — but all will test the reader's puzzle-solving stamina. There's no obligation to follow the one-a-day rule, advises Uncle John; readers are encouraged to work on all 365 at once if they prefer!
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Where else can people find out about celebrity museums, where Hitler's nephew lived in New York, or how to do an authentic rain dance? In Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader, of course! Aimed at the legions of literate bathroom lingerers, this toilet tome is filled with pop culture, forgotten history, strange lawsuits, weird news, and unknown origins of all sorts of things from voodoo to anime. Savvy, edifying, intriguing, and irregular trivia — bathroom brains are now occupied. From reality TV shows that almost were (contestants run a cross-country relay race, only they don't hand off a baton — they hand off a monkey!) to kung fu stories (European explorer Ferdinand Magellan died from a head wound after arrogantly drawing his sword on a Filipino man carrying a stick — who happened to be a Kung Fu master!), Uncle John's corners the market on entertainment that's fun and educational for that downtime that would otherwise be wasted....

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What's so great about great quotations? They're nuggets of gold, offering a glimpse into the human experience—and they do it with only a handful of words. With that in mind, the editors at Portable Press, publishers of the wildly popular Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series, did what they do best: They found the deepest, wisest, sharpest, funniest, and most furious thinkers and compiled their observations into tasty, digestible little bundles. Does every quote book have to be as weighty and ponderous as Bartlett's to be relevant? The answer is a resounding “no.” On subjects as varied as history, love, sex, boredom, sports, cheese, smoking, politics, juggling, school, and the true meaning of bellybutton lint, Instant Genius: Smart Mouths will make your brain happy to be alive (and thankful that you taught it to read).
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Uncle John holds his breath, dives in, and goes deep, deep under the sea to bring back tantalizing tales of the fantastic fish and crazy creatures who live beneath the ocean. Uncle John's Under the Slimy Sea Bathroom Reader for Kids Only has everything a little landlubber could want: jokes, puzzles, quizzes, and bizarre tales of the high seas, including shipwrecks and sunken treasure, mermaids, shark attacks, sea serpents, and thermal vents. With over 100 photos and illustrations, this irresistible book is perfect reading for youngsters at home, with friends, on the bus, or for those challenging long or short car trips.
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And the Golden Plunger goes to…

Forget about the Oscars, Grammys, and Golden Globes. After two decades of producing interesting, entertaining, and mind-boggling stories, Uncle John has come up with his own unique opinions about what deserves an award. So he recruited the dedicated staff at the BRI to compile this collection of 100 things he deems award-worthy.

Here are just a few of the Golden Plunger Awards Uncle John is giving out: Scrumptious Cookie, Baseball’s Unbelievable Blunder, Versatile Condiment, Enduring Sports Rivalry, Stinkiest Cheese, American Dream Hero, Memorable Commercial, Classic Cocktail, Essential Bathroom Accessory, Oldest Con, Supreme Sex Symbol, Breakthrough Graphic Novel, Inspirational Speech, Intriguing Unsolved Mystery, and Best Tattoo.
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Continuing its quest to reclaim otherwise wasted moments, the Bathroom Readers’ Institute has come up with another absorbing addition to its popular puzzle series. This collection includes both traditional and creatively shaped word searches that encompass a variety of subjects, including television, geography, toys, celebrities, music, food, monsters, and more. Whether you're in for a pit stop or a lengthier stay, the puzzles are designed to stimulate the brain and keep it moving.
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