Uncle John's Supremely Satisfying Bathroom Reader

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Summary: Typos Abound
Review: I have always enjoyed sitting down to read the BRI's tomes (pity they're not located in Flushing, N.Y.), but I am becoming more and more distracted by and annoyed at the multitude of typographical errors that appear in these books. I have now added to my bathroom magazine rack a highlighter on a string so that I, as a compulsive proofreader, can record for posteriority (oops, a typo) these indicators of the compilers' carelessness. Unfortunately, poor proofreading can undermine the authority of the information presented. The BRI staff should take note of this.

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Summary: Another Winner from the Bathroom Reader's Institute
Review: I own several Uncle John's books. I was very pleased to get the latest (14th) book in this fantastic series. Like all the previous editions, I loved this book for the amazing amount of information from every possible sphere of knowledge: from the thoughts of Socrates to the the history of the bra, from the origins of the familiar phrases and words to the secret Hitler's files, etc. The weakest point in all these books is a lack of an index. It is quite difficult to find a specific piece of information since the articles are not arranged in any particular order and the table of contents is done by topic and not in alphabetical order. The task of looking up information is getting even harder if one is not sure what book to look in. Recently, it took me quite a long time to find the article on the philosophy of the food display in the supermakets. I believe that a good index would be appreciated by all faithful Uncle John's readers, including me.

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Summary: Tradtion of great trivia is beginning to fade
Review: I'm a great fan of the Bathroom Institute books, but with this volume, they are beginning to get a little thin. (It seemed there was a lot of Canadian trivia--interesting for a Canadian but not so much for an American). Hopefully they are taking their time with the next issue to give us material that is more in line with their tradition of great trivia.

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Summary: Tradtion of great trivia is beginning to fade
Review: I'm a great fan of the Bathroom Institute books, but with this volume, they are beginning to get a little thin. (It seemed there was a lot of Canadian trivia--interesting for a Canadian but not so much for an American). Hopefully they are taking their time with the next issue to give us material that is more in line with their tradition of great trivia.

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Summary: For those that never read
Review: If you have even spent a little time in your life reading newspapers, magazines, the net, etc you will have seen 99% of these trivia lists and items. Save your money so you can buy a better quality toilet paper.

Rating:
Summary: For those that never read
Review: If you have even spent a little time in your life reading newspapers, magazines, the net, etc you will have seen 99% of these trivia lists and items. Save your money so you can buy a better quality toilet paper.

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Summary: Good, but a lot of typos
Review: The only reason this book gets four stars instead of the full five is because it is kind of heavy on the typographical errors. They seem noticeable and frequent. Otherwise, this latest installment is awesome!

Rating:
Summary: Good, but a lot of typos
Review: The only reason this book gets four stars instead of the full five is because it is kind of heavy on the typographical errors. They seem noticeable and frequent. Otherwise, this latest installment is awesome!