Chamber Plots?

[fuzzis]

A friend sent me the following article (http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/23/books/review/23alford.html?pagewanted=1&ei=5070&en=171e0ffa69134e54&ex=1154404800&emc=eta1) from the NYT, and it's all about the kinds of books you read while in the bathroom.

I don't actually read while...you know; in my experience that's been a guy-thing. I do, though, have a bunch of books and magazines in the bathroom, which I read when I'm soaking in the bathtub. Sometimes it's the only time I have for pleasure reading (although I have been known to use my makeshift desk...tabletop ironing board...to read, highlight, and comment on articles for my classes).

Currently in my book basket, next to the bathtub, I have:


Southern Traveler magazine
America's Women: 400 Years of Dolls, Drudges, Helpmates, and Heroines (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060185104/103-5434394-0510223?v=glance&n=283155)
Bait and Switch: The Futile Pursuit of the American Dream (http://www.villagevoice.com/books/0536,press1,67533,10.html)
The Technique of the Love Affair (by a Gentlewoman) (http://www.nytimes.com/books/99/02/14/bookend/bookend.html?_r=1&oref=slogin)
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0060090251/ref=pd_sim_b_2/103-5434394-0510223?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=283155)
Writing and Being: Embracing Your Life Through Creative Journaling (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1880913615/103-5434394-0510223?v=glance&n=283155)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nightime (http://mostlyfiction.com/contemp/haddon.htm)
A Maxim Magazine or two


What books do you keep in the bathroom?

fuzzis

[Conveyor Belt]

Depends on what I'm reading at the time...

In the bathroom of one bathroom there's a book about gardens and garden layouts and a book on fences. In the other bathroom, there's a study of the Art of War, a book about Julius Ceasar(historical fiction), the Biography and other writings of Benjamin Franklin (current read), and Capital by Karl Marx.

[fuzzis]

I have my own private John, a 1/2 bath, no spit tails allowed.

Old Codgerhawk

Boys should have their own private baths. That way girls can keep all of their frou-frou stuff out without having to listen to boys whinge about how much frou-frou stuff they have. IMO.

:-D

fuzzis

[fuzzis]

100% agree - some of the perfumy stuff in my women's louve locks up my sinuses. I swear, my 85 yr mom has some stuff she uses that i'm going to have to find and throw out. I can smell it a mile away and it really makes be sick. I like women who smell like soap and you have to be really close to smell it.

Same for men - many bath in some sh*t these days that makes them smell like cheap french whores. I think its made from pig piss or something and they use it 'cause the commercials tell them it attracks women like flies on a turd.

Scent is a tricky thing. Too much? Not enough? I prefer citrusy scents (on me...unless it's winter time and then vanilla-y scents) and on boys...a sprinkling of Aramis or Hugo Boss. Having spent time in a middle school where boys AND girls bathe in cheap, alcohol-based "cologne", I don't have a lot of patience for that stuff.

fuzzis

[Conveyor Belt]

I almost fired a kid a few months back because he used that Axe body stuff in the bathroom at the store. It was about 4 hours before I could breathe, then I had a headache for the rest of the night.

[fuzzis]

I almost fired a kid a few months back because he used that Axe body stuff in the bathroom at the store. It was about 4 hours before I could breathe, then I had a headache for the rest of the night.

It's a total threadjack, but when I taught, several times a year, we had the "hygiene talk", which covered the need to bathe on a regular basis (with soap, making sure to get the bits and piece, cracks and crevices), use deodorant, brush your teeth, floss your teeth, learn how to use the washing machine, and how to properly apply cologne. There were times (usually after PE or lunch) that the boys needed to make use of the can of spray deodorant that was on top of the filing cabinet just inside the door.

35-40 adolescent bodies in a classroom could get to be a bit much without it.

fuzzis

[sackett22]

I totally agree with you all. Using to much cologne, perfume, or spray on deodorant can become quite smelly.

One thing though about bathroom styles that confuses me though is why do most women have to have at least 3 different types of shampoo, conditioner, mousse, and what not. Sorry to say this but if you look at the cheapo shampoo, and the expenisive shampoo, they essentially have the same ingredients in them save for fruits, and weird extracts. Buy Suave it cleans your hair, end of story. LOL

[Southern_Belle]

I usually have about three different kinds of shampoo and one kind of conditioner. This is because every time I buy new shampoo and conditioner, I switch to something new. And because I run out of conditioner before shampoo EVERY time! I use suave mousse and hairspray though. I love it!

As far as perfumes... I have an entire basket of victoria's secret lotions, and bath & body works sprays and lotions that I seem to accumulate. I can never use it fast enough.

And I have no magazines or books in the bathrrom. I don't read while there. :-)

[ACEsmom]

I have lots of foo foo stuff from Bath and Body Works in my bathroom. I have Country Sampler and Country Marketplace magazines. Sometimes Southern Living. I'm a displaced crafter - can't find a market here in the south like in the Midwest. The boys room is bare. They usually make it stink so bad they can't stay there long enough to read. I do keep to one bottle of shampoo and conditioner. I hate having a cluttered bathtub. Thats where the candles should be - not that I ever get to enjoy them. The boys do have the Axe body spray - but the rule is if I can smell it you have too much on and you need to get some off. We do have baby girl stuff scattered around since she likes to take baths in all the tubs. Did I remember everything??? Hmmmm -- toilet talk. Interesting.

[58ford]

I used to have my own Bathroom.
I had toothpaste, & toothbrush on the sink.
Soap, shampoo & razor on the tub.
& one small chair.
My girlfriend (Seems strange to be over forty & say "Girlfriend" I feel like I'm in frickin' high school) moved in.
Now I have dozens of bottles of gooey stuff, a small chest of drawers, a wicker cabinet, a table, an extra shower curtain on the "outside" of the shower (what the hell is that for?), a set of plastic drawers & a medicine cabinet that I have been told needs to be bolted to the wall somewhere, & a couple of baskets filled with towels I'm not supposed to dry off on.
Yes, I read in the bathroom.
In the Jacuzzi not on the toilet.
I love my jacuzzi.
Everyone should have a jacuzzi.
Two positive things about the current bathroom invasion:
No. 1 - I never run out of toilet paper any more.
No. 2 - I have discovered bubblebath.