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re: What did y’all do without phones when you were on the toilet back in the day?

Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:46 am to
Posted by Harahan Boy
Harahan LA
Member since Feb 2022
241 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:46 am to
I keep a writing tablet and pen and pencil within reach of the toilet. I think about things and write notes (in between farts) on what I want to accomplish in the near future.
Posted by BobABooey
Parts Unknown
Member since Oct 2004
15462 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:56 am to
quote:

Would have a magazine rack next to the john

Older homes sometimes had a magazine cubby built into the wall next to the toilet.

Some nicer hotels used to have a phone installed on the wall next to the toilet. At work, it’s common for people to be on conference calls while sitting in a stall. Culture.
Posted by Horsemeat
Truckin' somewhere in the US
Member since Dec 2014
14491 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 9:59 am to
Ever since I was a teenager I always kept a copy of Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy and the latest issue of SI on the back of the toilet. No magazines now, but the book remains.
Posted by BeachDude022
Premium Elite Platinum TD Member
Member since Dec 2006
36369 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:04 am to
Read the air freshener bottle
Posted by Tigeralum2008
Yankees Fan
Member since Apr 2012
17435 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:05 am to
Popular Mechanics
Tom Clancy books
Popular science
Posted by biglego
San Francisco
Member since Nov 2007
80279 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:07 am to
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
6709 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:09 am to
TV Guide

Sports Illustrared, Sporting News, News Paper, Progressive Farmer, Southern Living
Posted by oldtrucker
Marianna, Fl
Member since Apr 2013
2502 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:13 am to
My trips to the throne are usually pretty quick, no time for entertainment. Get you some AG1
This post was edited on 5/11/25 at 10:15 am
Posted by thegambler
Louisiana
Member since Oct 2012
1806 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:15 am to
Sports page.

MLB boxscores were awesome in the paper small print
Posted by SpotCheckBilly
Member since May 2020
7580 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:16 am to
magazines, maps

not really a problem
Posted by BabyTac
Austin, TX
Member since Jun 2008
14410 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:20 am to
shite then got up and be a contributing member of society. The younger phone generation is worthless.
Posted by Cheese Grits
Wherever I lay my hat is my home
Member since Apr 2012
58831 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:21 am to
quote:

What did y’all do without phones when you were on the toilet back in the day?



Read the Sears catalog before crumpling it up as bum wipe.
Posted by fallguy_1978
Best States #50
Member since Feb 2018
51657 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:23 am to
Reader's Digest or Sports Illustrated
Posted by Old Sarge
Dean of Admissions, LSU
Member since Jan 2012
58115 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:23 am to
Usually a basket on the tank lid
Posted by mattz1122
Member since Oct 2007
54522 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:24 am to
The Bible
Posted by 3deadtrolls
lafayette
Member since Jan 2014
6373 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:25 am to
Uncle John's Bathroom Reader
Posted by MD333
Coastal Gulf of America
Member since Feb 2025
89 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:30 am to
Readers Digest, Mags, newpapers. Whatever I had in the magazine rack. Still have a rack next to the toilet. It is also the access to my shower piping.
Posted by Donkus
Shreveport
Member since Feb 2013
1196 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:31 am to
It's weird knowing that my shitter material is now being installed in a museum.

Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
41612 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:34 am to
I bought my Dad a magazine rack/toilet paper holder
Two rolls, half a dozen magazines, and you're there for the duration.
Posted by Cleathecat
Houston
Member since Feb 2021
1043 posts
Posted on 5/11/25 at 10:35 am to
Magazine rack full of Sports Illustrated and Golf Digest
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