Clever design!

Pensador

I don't understand the need for bathroom reading material in the first place. How long do you people spend on the toilet? Perhaps fiber, not reading material, is the solution.

Pender

FInally, a way to make my bathroom magazines even filthier! My magazines currently only host invisible fecal coliforms and the occasional pube. Now they will finally get to ferment over a bin of snot rags, used dental floss, waxy q-tips, and tampon applicators!

aquaosx

If they make one that will hold a laptop, I'm there!

digitaldavey

@faust1200: It's a toilet, not a land mine. It isn't going to hurt, or even scare, anyone sane to read in the bathroom.

StarChaser Tyger

@complexthings: Mid-wipe? If you're that into the book/magazine, perhaps you should consider continuing your reading, oh, I don't know...outside the bathroom?

Yossarian

As if magazines in bathrooms weren't gross enough now you can let your mag simmer over the trash can for a tangy bacterial zip.

faust1200

Great idea, I always due this anyway, now I don't have to worry about catching the book when it falls while in mid-wipe. Also I have to agree with the Uncle John's comment as well, but usually you don't have to go as far as cracking the spine, it's tiny just grasp it between your index and middle fingers.

complexthings

@tedbare & @anfauglir: Or to just read a magazine while in "the library". Not everyone masturbates when the bathroom. My girlfriend does a fine job of keeping my pipes clean (and I return the favor in kind).

On a more practical note, for copies of US weakly, EWW, and Timely, just use a regular garbage can. It's going to wind up in there anyway.

omg-ponies

Too funny... hands free? Oh, I'm sure the hands (at least one of 'em) aren't free!

tedbare

@Xenobiologista: Just finished the one on New Jersey.

A very good (and disposable) read!

THIS is an excellent idea.

strider_mt2k

Do you keep the magazine when you are finished with your business? Where would you put it?

capitalass

Just get one of the volumes in the Uncle John's Bathroom Reader series. Once you crack the spine (hey, if you're reading it on the toilet you're not gonna care about the condition of th ebook, right?) they usually can stay open.

Xenobiologista

this is like the wheel... one of hte best inventions yet!

WHERE DO I GET ONE!!!

alin0steglinski

Great for masturbatory services.

anfauglir

This is the simplest, most-useful object of the last 20 years... Not including anything that uses electricity.

jawzxy

They need to add an extension arm to accommodate the occasional centerfold...

sfokevin

This is great! Do they have one that will hold a comic book open???

pupaboy2

FAUSAT1200: That's excactly what I was thinking...but I was going to add details of exactly what might be festering in the bathroom trashcan, too.

by STARCHASER TYGER:
@faust1200: It's a toilet, not a land mine. It isn't going to hurt, or even scare, anyone sane to read in the bathroom.

Ummm...sure. Apparently you're missing the point. AQUAOSX made the piont fairly well: It's about germs.

People wash their hands before exiting the bathroom. At least they're supposed to. There's good reason for that. We teach this to children. If you're sitting on the toilet reading, and you carry the magazine with you when you walk to the sink, it's contaminated with whatever it is you're supposed to be washing off your hands. Sure, you might *think* that you're "clean" about it, and hand-washing is only a formality...but you might be wrong. You probably are wrong. Somebody else might also be wrong.

Now you're going to carry the magazine out of the bathroom and put it on the coffee table for your guests? On the kitchen table? You're going to watch your kids thumb through it then put their fingers in their mouths? Maybe you'll thumb through the magazine again while hand-tossing a fresh salad?

The chances are slim that anybody will die...but people get sick all the time, and most intelligent people would like to avoid that. Fecal bacteria transported via magazine does, indeed, pose a threat.

How about we put it this way:

Imagine you go to a restaurant. Before you're served your meal, you're told that the Chef has an odd practice -- he carries his spatula everywhere. Including the bathroom. He always holds it in one hand or the other, to be sure it never touches the toilet. While on the toilet, he fumbles around with the spatula, touching all it's surfaces (handle, flat end, etc.). After he finishes wiping himself, he carries the spatula to the sink and sets it on the counter so he can wash his hands (but not the spatula).

Are you going to order the pancakes?

If you're going to argue that heat kills bacteria...then we can trade the spatula for some salad tongs. Are you going to order the chef's special salad?

EQC

I see... shit stained porn magazine covers. OMG

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

If you run out of toilet paper then this is going to be even more useful.

gundamsdontkillpeople

Well it's true there are fecal bacteria in the washroom, however worrying about germs to the point that they all must die is a little much. A natural resistance is the best defence against germs, I'm not saying that we shouldn't clean ourselves, but worrying about it so much doesn't help either. I'm a firm believer of the 5 second rule for kids. If you keep them clean all the time, and never get sick they also don't build up a natural defence against the germs. Also keep in mind fecal bacteria is also found in the air and every surface in the bathroom, and what do you keep in the bathroom other than a garbage, and toilet paper, almost everyone I know keeps a facecloth, and a toothbrush.

heavymellow

This is going to go great with my Potty Putter Bathroom Golf Game.

heavymellow

Unfortunately, due to the positioning of the sink console in our bathroom the wastebasket has to go on the side near the door. But it doesn't matter, because the corner of the tub is practically in front of anyone on the toilet, and is therefore strategically positioned for reading/crosswords/doodling on the porcelain with dry erase markers/etc.

deusdiabolus

now for a comfortable toilet seat.

Pinkmeister

@EQC: methinks thou doth worry a bit too much...

TexasScout