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Greta Garbage's Outrageous Bathroom Book by Greta Garbage Ten Speed Press, 2001. 272pp. "Move over, Uncle John. Here comes a hipper book with engrossing—and just plain gross—articles on subjects other bathroom books barely touch: celebrities, sex, drugs, computers, and crime, along with plenty of traditional toilet-tank fare. This bathroom book with attitude contains over 1,000 shocking stories, fascinating factoids, unforgettable quotes, hilarious humor, and startling trivia to keep you entertained while you heed Nature’s call. Pull up some porcelain and let Garbage entertain you with essential sports trivia, disgusting presidents, and kinky sex; or take a load off and learn how to avoid jury duty, clone your dog or cat, be a movie extra, get a raise, or work your way out of traffic tickets. Keep this treasure trove at the ready and make those visits to the lu even more satisfying." --book description That's Disgusting : An Adult Guide to What's Gross, Tasteless, Rude, Crude, and Lewd by Greta Garbage Ten Speed Press, 1999. 179pp.

Uncle John's Presents: Book of the Dumb
by John Scalzi
Portable Press, 2003. 320pp.

"If there’s one thing history teaches, again and again, it’s this: Never underestimate the power of human stupidity. The Book of the Dumb chronicles some of the biggest and funniest moments of folly in every field of human endeavor. From idiotic utterances to dumb decisions like vegetable-flavored Jell-O or land wars during bitterly cold Russian winters, it’s all here in a format perfect for samplings or extended reads. Chapters include the Dumbest Fad of the 20th Century (pole-sitting), the Dumbest Dead-End Technology Ever (the much-maligned 8-track tape), and the Dumbest Baseball Trade (Red Sox trade Babe Ruth). This latest addition to the best-selling series also offers stupid quotes, crackpot theories, and more in a celebration of all things stupid." --book description

Uncle John's Slightly Irregular Bathroom Reader
by Bathroom Readers' Institute
Portable Press, 2004. 522pp.

"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....Uncle John's corners the market on entertainment that's fun and educational for that downtime that would otherwise be wasted." --book description

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Plunges into History Again

Portable Press, 2004. 522pp.

"Once again, Uncle John goes back in time to bring fans more compelling, confounding, and fascinating peeks into the world's past. As always, the slant is on revealing what isn't taught in history class. Here are scintillating sagas of rogues and rascals, diplomacy and disaster, popes and peasants, nices and vices, defeats and victories, royalty and rabble, feuds and famine, battles and breakthroughs, crime and punishment, secrets and scandals, cultural milestones and historical millstones. Sample topics include Dictators and Their Offspring; Lord Minimus (the world's smallest man and his big successes); Horses in History; How Salt Shaped the Fortunes of Nations; Shoes Through the Ages; Who Were the Knights Templar?; John Dee: Court Astrologer to Elizabeth I; Great Gigs Through History (town crier, food taster, minstrel); and much more..." --book description

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