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Why is our lucky 13th edition All-Purpose ? Uncle John himself explains: "You can read this Bathroom Reader anywhere--in the obvious spot, in bed or, heck, by the pool or at work." Why Extra-Strength ? "Because of the mountains of research gathered, you can guess where, by our crackpot...I mean hotshot...staff." Yes, APES (as we affectionately call it at the BRI) is filled to the rim with more than 500 pages of amazing facts, quotes, history, myths, brain teasers, origins, celebrity gossip, and our powerful brand of "uncanny" humor. Here are 13 reasons to read this book:
Triskaidekaphobia, the fear of ten plus three
Military surplus: The story of carrot cake
The real-life inspiration behind Dracula
Going Ape: The history of Tarzan
People who married themselves
Politically incorrect toothpaste
Legendary business blunders
Hollywood's biggest bombs
Wide world of weird sports
Dog food for thought
The birth of the CD
Dumb criminals
Zappa's Law
And much, much more!
目录
Amusements and Sports | |
Short | |
Dumb Jocks | p. 97 |
Not-So-Dumb Jocks | p. 293 |
The Game of Uno | p. 298 |
Wide World of Weird Sports | p. 407 |
Medium | |
The Miniature Golf Craze | p. 51 |
A Toy Is Born | p. 87 |
Wide World of Weird Sports | p. 354 |
Toy Stories | p. 391 |
Long | |
The Story of Little League | p. 466 |
Bathroom News | |
Short | |
Uncle John's Flatulence Hall of Fame | p. 148 |
Medium | |
Uncle John's Stall of Fame | p. 68 |
Toilet Tech | p. 249 |
Uncle John's Stall of Fame | p. 352 |
Uncle John's Stall of Fame | p. 399 |
Long | |
Bowl, Bath and Beyond | p. 369 |
Politics | |
Short | |
Presidential Quiz | p. 39 |
Presidential Trivia | p. 108 |
Poli-talks | p. 299 |
Poli-talks | p. 383 |
Customs and Rumors | |
Short | |
Zappa's Law and Other Facts of Life | p. 49 |
Animal Superstitions | p. 126 |
Triskaidekaphobia | p. 213 |
Medium | |
Were You Raised in a Barn? | p. 42 |
The Origin of the Fork | p. 217 |
Ladies, Behave Yourselves | p. 397 |
Long | |
The Real Story of Murphy's Law | p. 46 |
The Barbados Tombs | p. 118 |
How to Read Tea Leaves | p. 131 |
Yes, Virginia... There Is a Santa | p. 320 |
The Reel Stuff | |
Short | |
Video Treasures | p. 141 |
Video Treasures | p. 280 |
Medium | |
Reel Life | p. 37 |
Rambo, Starring Al Pacino | p. 129 |
Movie Bomb: The Last Action Hero | p. 197 |
Movie Bomb: Cutthroat Island | p. 245 |
Movie Bomb: Waterworld | p. 365 |
Wordplay | |
Short | |
The Classifields | p. 23 |
Flubbed Headlines | p. 36 |
"Trust in God But Tie Your Camel" | p. 117 |
BRI Brainteasers | p. 163 |
Bad Jokes | p. 169 |
Why Ask Why? | p. 183 |
Honk If You Love Peace and Quiet | p. 184 |
The Golden Rule | p. 192 |
Amazing Anagrams | p. 214 |
Do Geese See God? | p. 262 |
A Proverb by Any Other Name | p. 308 |
Signs o' the Times | p. 311 |
Limericks | p. 356 |
Groaners | p. 373 |
Techno-Slang | p. 388 |
Long | |
English as She Is spoke | p. 294 |
Myths and Legends | |
Medium | |
Was It Murder... or Suicide? | p. 21 |
A Toon Is Born | p. 44 |
Modern Mythology | p. 181 |
Myth-Conceptions | p. 190 |
Myth-Understandings | p. 278 |
The Stories Behind the Stories | p. 313 |
Myth-Spoken | p. 363 |
Everything Men Know About Women | p. 474 |
Long | |
Boop-Oop-a-Doop! | p. 275 |
A 'Toon Is Born | p. 337 |
The 13th Guest | p. 441 |
"I Yam What I Yam" | p. 451 |
Mouthing Off | |
Short | |
D'OH! | p. 28 |
Wise Women | p. 35 |
Turner's Broadcasts | p. 78 |
I, Madonna | p. 180 |
Here's Dave! | p. 208 |
Nietzsche Knows | p. 267 |
From the Hunny Jar | p. 300 |
Older and Wiser | p. 312 |
The Name Game | |
Medium | |
Where'd They Get That Name? | p. 109 |
Founding Fathers | p. 124 |
Family Feuds | |
Short | |
Hatfields vs. the McCoys | p. 107 |
Medium | |
Family Feuds | p. 144 |
Family Feuds | p. 209 |
Family Feuds | p. 333 |
Word Origins | |
Short | |
Word Origins | p. 24 |
Word Origins | p. 179 |
Word Geography | p. 265 |
Word Geography | p. 283 |
Medium | |
Word Origins | p. 89 |
Food for Thought | |
Short | |
Military Surplus: The Story of Carrot Cake | p. 189 |
Food Superstitions | p. 307 |
Medium | |
A Food Is Born | p. 57 |
The Wizards of Fizz | p. 92 |
Salt of the Earth | p. 335 |
Fruit and Veggie Quiz | p. 375 |
Long | |
Why We Eat Oatmeal | p. 154 |
Business | |
Short | |
How to Avoid Getting Hired | p. 60 |
Medium | |
Classic (B)ad Campaigns | p. 29 |
Why Didn't We Think of That? | p. 175 |
Truth in Advertising | p. 331 |
Why Didn't We Think of That? | p. 395 |
Long | |
Executive Decisions | p. 70 |
More Executive Decisions | p. 215 |
More Executive Decisions | p. 381 |
Executive Decisions: The Model T | p. 403 |
Tricks of the Trade: Selling to Children | p. 462 |
Law and Order | |
Short | |
Court Transquips | p. 16 |
Court Transquips | p. 91 |
Medium | |
Strange Lawsuits | p. 61 |
Dumb Crooks | p. 136 |
More Strange Lawsuits | p. 255 |
Dumb Crooks | p. 291 |
Pop-Pourri | |
Short | |
You're My Inspiration | p. 15 |
Random Origins | p. 56 |
Made in Switzerland | p. 59 |
Uncle John's List of Sevens | p. 77 |
Dog Food for Thought | p. 150 |
Wine by the Foot | p. 173 |
You're My Inspiration | p. 237 |
Who Smelt the Iron? | p. 240 |
Little Things Mean a Lot | p. 247 |
Never Say Never | p. 326 |
Medium | |
Origins | p. 17 |
It's Serendipity | p. 33 |
Politically Incorrect Toothpaste | p. 281 |
Another Look at Mother Goose | p. 329 |
Put a Cork In It! | p. 377 |
You Call This Art? | p. 393 |
Long | |
The Mystery of the Beale Cipher | p. 224 |
Pop Science | |
Short | |
QandA: Ask the Experts | p. 142 |
QandA: Ask the Experts | p. 203 |
Uncle John's Caffeine Quiz | p. 248 |
QandA: Ask the Experts | p. 303 |
Medium | |
QandA: Ask the Experts | p. 53 |
According to the Latest Research | p. 113 |
A Viewer's Guide to Rainbows | p. 115 |
Tooth...or Consequences | p. 139 |
According to the Latest Research | p. 193 |
Kitchen Science | p. 389 |
Long | |
The Birth of the Compact Disc | p. 100 |
Can Cats Really See in the Dark? | p. 234 |
Public Lives | |
Medium | |
Don't Leave Home Without It | p. 146 |
Classic Hoaxes | p. 157 |
Friends in High Places | p. 170 |
Would You Believe? | p. 211 |
Nudes and Prudes | p. 263 |
Too Close for Comfort | p. 301 |
Animals Famous for 15 Minutes | p. 347 |
Long | |
Famous for 15 Minutes | p. 25 |
Famous for 15 Minutes | p. 357 |
That's Death! | |
Short | |
Final Thoughts | p. 428 |
Medium | |
Life After Death | p. 159 |
Ironic Deaths | p. 367 |
They Went Thataway | p. 379 |
Long | |
They Went Thataway | p. 72 |
Life is Strange | |
Short | |
How to Drive People Nuts | p. 55 |
Lucky Finds | p. 105 |
"With This Ring, I Me Wed" | p. 138 |
Underwear in the News | p. 177 |
It's a Weird, Weird World | p. 231 |
The Politically Correct Quiz | p. 268 |
Medium | |
Oops! | p. 19 |
Not What They Seem to Be | p. 75 |
Oops! | p. 220 |
Creme de la Crud | p. 229 |
Ironic, Isn't It? | p. 232 |
Lucky Finds | p. 238 |
Just Plane Weird | p. 401 |
Long | |
Mistaken Identity | p. 94 |
It's a Dog's Life | p. 151 |
Forgotten History | |
Short | |
Emperor Norton | p. 340 |
Medium | |
"No Pants Allowed" | p. 111 |
Long | |
The Birth of the Submarine | p. 79 |
The Birth of the Submarine, Part II | p. 200 |
The Dustbin of History | p. 205 |
"We Don't Need No Devil Wagons" | p. 241 |
Wrong About Wright | p. 343 |
The Birth of the Submarine, Part III | p. 349 |
The 10 Most Admired Women in America | p. 384 |
The 10 Most Admired Men in America | p. 419 |
The Birth of the Submarine, Part IV | p. 424 |
TV or Not TV | |
Short | |
Weird Game Shows | p. 41 |
Weird Game Shows | p. 128 |
Medium | |
TV's Most Tasteless Sitcom? | p. 121 |
Soap Opera Bloopers | p. 260 |
Music | |
Short | |
Off Your Rocker | p. 135 |
Uncle John's Bottom 10 | p. 222 |
Medium | |
Behind the Hits | p. 98 |
"Last Kiss" | p. 305 |
Americana | |
Short | |
Happy Donut Day! | p. 85 |
"E Pluribus Unum" | p. 127 |
Join the Club: The Salvation Army | p. 199 |
"In God We Trust" | p. 284 |
Medium | |
"Special" Events for Tourists | p. 31 |
Join the Club | p. 309 |
Join the Club | p. 341 |
Long | |
"We Want More of Your Money" Day | p. 82 |
Putting Liberty on a Pedestal | p. 251 |
The Origin of the Supermarket | p. 323 |
The Million-Dollar Nickel | p. 446 |
Going Ape | |
Short | |
Koko the Talking Ape | p. 63 |
Smarter Than the Average Monkey | p. 161 |
Medium | |
Attack of the Monkey People! | p. 289 |
The Chimp That Saved TV | p. 405 |
The Tarzan Awards | p. 484 |
Long | |
The Birth of Tarzan | p. 185 |
The Birth of Tarzan, Part II | p. 285 |
Tarzan of the Movies | p. 431 |
Monkey See, Monkey Do? | p. 455 |
Tarzan of the Movies, Part II: Here's Johnny! | p. 475 |
IQ Testing | |
Medium | |
The History of the IQ Test | p. 65 |
The History of the IQ Test, Part II | p. 195 |
The History of the IQ Test, Part III | p. 270 |
The History of the IQ Test, Part IV | p. 413 |
Uncle John's IQ Test | p. 416 |
History of Dracula | |
Short | |
The Quotable Vampire | p. 327 |
Vampires on Bikini Beach | p. 411 |
Vlad the Impaler: The Real Dracula | p. 257 |
Long | |
Bram Stoker's Dracula | p. 164 |
"I Vant to be a Star" | p. 315 |
"I Vant to be in Pictures" | p. 360 |
The Curse of Dracula | p. 408 |
The Lost Masterpiece | p. 436 |
Quiz Answers | |
Presidential Quiz | p. 489 |
Where'd They Get That Name? | p. 491 |
BRI Brainteasers | p. 492 |
Caffeine Quiz | p. 493 |
Politically Correct Quiz | p. 494 |
A Proverb by Any Other Name Quiz | p. 495 |