Uncle John's Weird, Wonderful World Bathroom Reader

Scanning the Globe for Strange Stories and Fantastic Facts

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• Publisher: Portable Press
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9781667205670
• Edition: 0

Uncle John is back with the 36th annual Bathroom Reader, an all-new collection of entertaining articles that explore the weird and wonderful world we live in.

In this 36th edition of Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader, longtime fans and new readers alike will be astounded by a treasure trove of wonderfully weird (and true!) stories that explore the realms of pop culture, history, sports, science, and everyday folks, including the always popular misadventures of dumb crooks. Uncle John and his team at the Bathroom Readers’ Institute have reached into all corners of the world to bring you this all-new collection of entertaining and informative articles that include short reads for a quick trip to the throne room as well as longer page-turners for when you take an extended visit. You’ll also find a plethora of amusing lists, odd factoids, quotes, and quizzes that will tickle every trivia enthusiast’s fancy.  

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Our “Regular” Readers Rave
• Contents
• Introduction
• You’re My Inspiration
• 36 Bits of 36 Trivia
• Fast-Food Follies
• Oops!
• Word Origins
• Weird Animal News
• Actors on Acting
• The Betty White Timeline, Part I
• Show off Those Pearly Grays.
• Life in 1962
• What Was Marijuana?
• Accidental Archaeologists
• More “Florida Man” Stories
• Uncle John’s Stall of Shame
• Flubbed Headlines
• Myth-Conceptions
• Bobbing for Laughs
• History’s Most Pilfered Painting, Part I
• When Worlds Collide
• Right Place, Wrong Name
• According to the Latest Research
• Beastly Bathroom Habits
• Not Coming to a Theater Near You
• How to Speak Polari
• A Mystery of History: The Venus de Milo, Part I
• Lucky Finds
• Unheard Albums
• Uncle John’s Page of Lists
• Let’s Time Travel!
• The Natural Gas Report
• Celebrity Utterances
• These Are Spinal Tap
• Robots in the News
• Help Wanted: Wombat Cuddler
• Audio Treasures
• It’s Kind of Our Trademark
• Bun Intended
• To the Royal Academy of Farting
• How Sweet It Isn’t
• Such Sweet Words
• Coined by the Bard
• Unseen TV
• There’s Something in There!
• The Matilda Effect
• Bathroom News
• Strange Lawsuits
• The Betty White Timeline, Part II
• Bass on Bass!
• Founding Fathers
• Chick It Out!
• Local Heroes
• Court Trans-Quips
• Game Over!
• He Who Smelt It…
• Ward Tour
• Almost Cast: Supervillains
• Killer or Broadway Star?
• Strange Medical News
• There, Their, They’re
• Musical Chops
• Bob’s Burgers, Part I
• May the Horse Be with You
• Weird Old Radio
• Are Crayons Fattening?
• Cunning Crows, Part I
• All about Antarctica
• Toilet Tech
• Odd Finds
• Famous Ghosts
• Anti-Jokes
• Failed Calendars
• The Worst Teams of All Time
• Forgotten Fad Restaurants
• Commencement Naysayers
• Nature Notes
• Game Show Goofs
• Random Origins
• Make Your Own Toilet Paper
• Life Imitates Art
• Looney Laws
• A Mystery of History: The Venus de Milo, Part II
• Uncle John’s Household Hacks
• Weird Canada
• Amazing Coincidences
• The Title Needs Work
• Badwill
• A Barbecue Tour of America
• The Article of the Century
• Dumb Crooks
• Class Acts
• Higher Learning?
• You’re My “Man”spiration
• Ride On!
• The Alien Files
• You Worked There How Long?
• Bob’s Burgers, Part II: Meet the Belchers
• The Truth about Licorice
• Welcome to the Big Windy Emerald
• Time to Clean the Eaves Troughs, Eh?
• Fighting Like Animals
• Music Lessons
• Behind the Hits
• Strange Lawsuits: The Moon Dust Bag
• Wag Bags and Crotch Rot
• How Too Write Good
• Ask Uncle John
• Alternate TV Guide
• Bathroom News: Politics Edition
• Weird Festivals
• The Betty White Timeline, Part III.
• Format Flops
• Let’s Talk about Uranus
• Modern Mythology
• The Prehistoric Sistine Chapel
• Pirate Myths
• Final Acts
• Another Province, Eh?
• Blocked and Mangled
• If the Quote Fits…
• More Word Origins
• Bee Plus
• Failed Sports Leagues
• Pointless Parts
• The Matilda Effect: Rosalind Franklin and DNA
• Weird World Records
• Nudes and Prudes
• Freak Accidents: Celebrity Edition
• Los Hechos de México
• Nice Stories
• 1920s Slang
• Hairstyle Origins
• Hair It Is
• Sweet Fanny Adams!
• Legally Blonde, Starring Christina Applegate
• Uncle John’s Page of Lists
• There’s a Museum for That!
• Synonymous Band Name Quiz
• Life after the Bomb
• Apocalypse Jokes
• Amazing Luck
• Dubious Sports Achievements
• Ironic, Isn’t It?
• History’s Most Pilfered Painting, Part II
• First Book / Worst Book
• What Is Gluten?
• Behind the Scenes
• Clean It Right
• Uber Crimes (and Misdemeanors)
• Cunning Crows, Part II
• What’s the Difference between…
• Audio Treasures: Lockdown
• The Supremely Cheesy History of Macaroni and Cheese
• Say Something Boring
• What Happens in Cahokia
• Oops! Again
• Big Words
• Calling Walter Shaw
• Kill a King, Be a King
• Car Parts
• What Can Brown Do for You?
• Unamused
• Turtle Tales
• Almost Cast: Splash
• Taco Trek
• High-Tech Underwear
• Fakers!
• What the Frak?
• Baseball Bizarre
• It’s a Weird, Weird World
• Answers
• The Last Page