dlish

I never thought i'd say this, but i find myself becoming busier and busier everyday to the point that i dont have much time for a lot of things these days. so i try and do things while doing things. one of those is surfing the net while sitting on the 'throne' as id call it. i know one prominant member here who is notorious for using the 'thunderbowl' while surfing TFP.

many good things come to people while they use the loo, so the question begs... do you surf the net and sit on the dunny at the same time?

what name do you have for it? why do you do it?

i do it because i use a laptop. with the advent of laptops, Palms and blackberries, using the toilet and the net at the same time has become 'almost' normal.

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Baraka_Guru

Oh, you're asking about click'n'shit?

I don't do it, but that's what I call it. I don't have time to do anything while on the "throne." My "reign" is much too shortlived.

Good question, though.

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snowy

I'm not on there long enough. Even if I take a magazine, I barely have time to get it open before I'm done.

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biznatch

I don't usually have time to do other things while on the throne, but it is a great moment where you have nothing else to do but think. And often, yes, great ideas do come. Maybe when we're looking for good ideas, for say, a business or something, we should take laxatives. Or, you know, just sit there without needing to.. But then that loses the whole authenticity of the moment.

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dlish

so this thing is not as widespread as i thought it was??

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snowy

I wouldn't say that; a good friend of mine does it on a regular basis.

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telekinetic

I thought about installing a shelf for my laptop...it's a desktop replacement, so pretty unwieldy (plus its overhot battery scorched my thighs the one time I tried it thusly).

Since I got the G1 though, I've been known to partake many times in the post-and-poo, the surf-and-shit, and the ever popular watch-youtube-videos-while-sitting-on-a-toilet-having-a-bowel-movement (hey, not everything can have a clever name).

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The_Jazz

I am not posting from a toilet.

But I did earlier today.

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BadNick

I do occasionally read while sitting on the toilet, but I used to read a lot more than I do lately. Last few months I've even cut back on my toilet reading since I find it a good time to just relax and let my brain wander. And I don't rush in and out, I'm probably in there a tad longer than average just basking in the privacy. So I have no interest at all in bringing my laptop into the toilet.

But I wouldn't doubt it if pretty soon we'll see miniature waterproof laptops you can hang on a cord around your neck so you can surf and shower...or built right into the wall of your shower.

Daniel_

Brings whole new meaning to "downloading" or "logging on".

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telekinetic

hehe, log.

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spindles

I've never really thought about taking the laptop there. (So put me down for a 'No'). I usually read, though it usually is not a huge amount of time.

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Psycho Dad

This is why I bought an iPhone.

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Fremen

I tried reading while on the terlet, but I found I was concentrating too much on the book and not enough on squeezing. No way I could post-n-poop.
Now, I just watch my bedroom tv at an angle from my mirror.

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telekinetic

Bombs away!

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ItWasMe

Nope. Too busy curling my hair.

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JStrider

lol If I had an iphone or similar I probably would.

but since I have a razr I play tetris...

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healer

I don't think I'm on the pot long enough to do it. That, and I don't think I'll be able to concentrate on putting together coherent sentences AND the peristaltic action in my lower intestine.

We currently have a puzzle book with crosswords, sudoku, word-search etc. in it that requires less thinking and can therefore be completed without pinching one off involuntarily.

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Lucifer

Actually, spending too much time on the throne is a bad idea. The posture of sitting while excreting or trying to excrete puts too much pressure on region and can lead to hemorrhoids and other complications. The eastern version of the toilet (aka, squat-and-dump) actually is much better for the body as it is a more "natural" posture.

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Destrox

The porcelain white surface is not a spot where I try to spend great deals of time.

If you have that much free time while on the john I'm gonna wager you may have a medical issue.

In and out , not a place of vacation.

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SabrinaFair

Yeah, my brief stints on the john are the few times a day I feel perfectly OK with the fact that I'm not multi-tasking.

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Harlot

Well i wouldnt been too sure using one of them on the porcelin throne! I once dropped my mobile down the toilet in my local bar, thankfully i hadnet yet "made my mark" as so to speak but i still wasnt putting my newly manicured paw down a u-bend, i wouldnt do it if someone paid me to.... which gave me the idea.

i opened the cubical and got some girl who lets just say was in a rather merry state clearly would have done anything for a free shot. I asked her nicely with the promise of a drink at the bar and whooosh she dove in there and for one moment i thought she was going to dunk for it in a halloween bobbing for apples sort of way! She grabbed my phone wrapped it in a paper towel and off we went to the bar for a shot each.

total cost to get my phone out of the shitter.......4 euros.

Vigilante

I don't. I guess part of it is because I hardly ever use my laptop, and the other part is I prefer to read some silly Cosmo magazine or something else my wife bought, if I'm there for the long haul.

Gotta love how normal terms take on distinct meanings when you're talking about taking a dump LOL

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Glory's Sun

wow.. I'm so glad I know all of your poop habits now..

dlish

glad we can share them with you gucci. i really do think you should at least share a teeny weeny bit about your dumping habits.

take a load off

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Glory's Sun

I poop in the dark

dlish

there you go...dont you feel much better now?

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skizziks

i dont have a laptop, but even if i did, i dont think i would surf the web while sitting on a toilet. i only recently came to grips with reading a book whilst pooping, and i still feel kinda stupid when/if i do it.

Psycho Dad

I'd wager you don't know the half of it.

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The_Jazz

I often think of you.

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lotsofmagnets

one place where flaming could actually be dangerous...

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Charlatan

I think we had a thread about this in nonsense... That said, I used to post while in progress. But no more, not since I moved (and no, that's not a euphemism).

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RetroGunslinger

This whole thread makes me want to take a shit.

Oh, wait.

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drag0nmanes

I've looked at my phone on the throne maybe rarely but usually I spend so little time firing one off that I would have to sit there way longer then needed to do anything but poo.

laudanum

I use my mobile phone on rare occasions... I fear that my expensive electronics stuff will suffer an accidental death by being so close to watery devices.

I'm surprised that the Type-A germ-phobics haven't piped up about the disgusting aspect of of this thread.

L.

lostgirl

"I'm sorry, we can't take this book. This book has been flagged, it's been in the bathroom."

Seriously no, I haven't every brought any entertainment into the bathroom with me.

genuinegirly

I don't surf the web while on the toilet.

I came to a certain conclusion long ago: anyone who takes that much time to poo must not have enough fiber in their diet.

A reminder from wikipedia

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hambone

I must admit to doing this a couple times. Though if I recall it was because I was in a close fantasy football game and didn't want to spare the few minutes without the stattracker up and running

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dlish

exactly..at least hambone has his priorities straight.

i must say that in the interest of hygeine, i dont 'touch and browse'. and i do clean and sanitise my keyboard every week or so. just for the record

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MSD

Not only has having a Blackberry for work enabled me to post from
anywhere, I now have an iPod touch and full wireless coverage at work and home.

I'm posting while on the toilet right now.

Edit: banned a spammer from the bathroom, I've acheived my goal

Next achievement goal: "flush" a spammer