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What are the most unusual positions (or places) you find yourself in while reading a book?
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Reading while sitting on the toilet
Reading in bed with a spelunking head lamp/book light/flashlight etc.
Reading while eating
Reading while walking
Reading in the bath
Reading while wedged in between other subway/train/metro riders
Reading over someone's shoulder
Reading while sitting back to back with a friend
reading upside down on the couch (reverse seating position)
Reading while exercising (on treadmill, static bike, etc)
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Reading in bed
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I'm reading everywhere!!!
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all of the above
Reading while sitting on the floor next to a plug because you need to charge your kindle
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Reading upside down in the chair with your legs over the backrest because you can't seem to get comfortable
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All of the Above
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Reading while brushing my teeth
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Most of these
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reading in the shower
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Reading while waiting in line at a drive-thru
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Reading while waiting for a traffic light to change
reading while cooking
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Reading while laying on a high tree branch
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reading in bed squeezed between dogs with the cat crawling onto my book for attention with love interest asleep next to me completely oblivious to my torment
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Most of the above
reading while lying on your bed feet proped up on the wall
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Reading on a roof
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Reading on an airplane and crying during that really intense scene
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Anywhere that I have access to a book eg. In class in tests and exams when I am done training in bed under my covers when I am meant to be sleeping under my bed hiding from my mum because I am in trouble or want to get out of some thing.
Reading in Yoga Positions (child's pose, downward dog)
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Reading (attempting to) in a very bumpy bus/car while feeling carsick.
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reading while cooking dinner (and burning the food)
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Reading while knitting
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Reading while doing dishes
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Reading while breastfeeding my baby :)
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Reading by the moonlight crouched on the balcony
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Reading while petting the dogs
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Reading while walking my dog.
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Reading during bad metal bands, power outages, tornados, under cats, etc etc.
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Reading while waiting in line at a theme park
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Reading while walking to/from the bus stop
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Reading while changing trains and trying to dodge other commuters
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Reading on the floor, reading while eating
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Reading on the floor
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Reading up in a tree
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Reading while using a hairdryer to dry the book after I dropped it in the bathtub or sink
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Reading on the stairs (favorite place to read)
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Reading in a kayak
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Reading while the annoying hairdresser keeps talking even though I'm obviously not interested in her opinions
Reading while in the pool! No lie, I did this and I kept dry from the elbows to my wrists.Seriously no splashing order was in effect.
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Reading while standing still doing nothing in the middle of the corridor
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Just about all of these (ALOT).
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Reading in jacuzzi
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Reading while stopped at a traffic light when I am the driver
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I read pretty much anywhere. I'm the person with at least five books in the trunk of my car.
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Reading while listening to music and eating in bed (as well as a few others on the list lol)
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About 95% of these
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Reading while walking to work
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Reading in between customers at work, on lunch breaks and anywhere that gives me an opportunity to finish ONE MORE PAGE!
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Reading while riding a bike
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Reading while having sex
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In the car wash
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Reading while out at a fancy restaurant.
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Reading very tight on the subway
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Reading in bed with your love interest huging you in the night, with a bed lamp on head.
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Reading in a pillow fort I spent an hour making. Those were the best winter breaks...
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Reading while talking on the phone
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In the splits, frog, or some other stretch
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Reading while taking a shower (had an awkward position that included a courtain umbrella not to damage the book)
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Reading in hospital being ill/taking care of an ill person
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Reading while standing in a queue at the supermarket
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Reading, aloud, to another person (not a child and not a children's book) in a restaurant while waiting for a table, with voices and sound effects because showmanship counts, people.
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reading on work while my boss aint watching
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Reading in a crawl space underneath the house
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Reading on top on shed
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Reading in the cemetery (sitting next to a gravestone)
Reading while hanging upside down from a tree limb. (when I was a kid!)
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Reading Upsidedown, Hanging from a Tree Branch While Petting my Dog and Whistling :D
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Reading while floating in a row boat on the river.
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Reading in the waiting room prior to a job interview
reading while my husband is driving
Reading on a swing
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Sitting backwards on my horse while going down a trail
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Reading while travelling on a ship
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Reading in middle of the Sout Pacific -ocean while sailing my boat, which is surrounded by dolphins and playing the Moody Blues.
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reading while standing up in a moving bus/ train packed full of passengers
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Reading while making tea or coffee
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Reading sitting on the kitchen counter, leaning against the fridge with my feet almost on the stove...not cooking at the time.
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Reading while attending a wedding reception of someone I didn't know at all.
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In a darkened bar because don't like crowds and people I don't know.
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Reading while waiting on a train to pass by.
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every where
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Reading while laying splayed out on the couch at 3am
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Reading wherever I have access to a book
I find myself reading while stopped at a traffic light, even just to get a few words or sentences in.
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Lying between piles of dirty laundry on the floor..it was great
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Reading will doing bat surveys (slow bat night!)
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Reading while being tattooed
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Reading on my hard wood floor while trying to keep my Bearded dragon from going under my bed! (Back Pain)
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Reading at he park/pool/play area/ball park/ soccer field while my kids play or receive instrution from a coach
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Reading on the trampoline in my backyard.. seated
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reading at my grandpa's funeral. It helped me get over the grief.
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reading while going up the stairs in the underground
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Reading while working (dog walker)
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on a scaffolding outside my bedroom window at 4 in the morning in freezing winter temperatures (trying to stay awake and finish the damn book already :P)
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Reading an entire book at work on a very quiet Saturday (hospital work)
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Most of the above and while walking (beware of lamposts and dog poo!)
Reading while swimming laps
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Reading while lying on a blanket on the grass in the park and snarfing green grapes
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Standing on my shoulders. Literally.
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reading while driving a golf cart
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The conservatory
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Reading at a stoplight while I am the driver OR reading while trying to do the dishes/cook
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Reading on the outer portion of a windowsill and inadvertently surprising those who pass and take notice.
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Reading in a tent.
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Reading when soaking my feet in hot water
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Reading while walking and eating bread
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Reading in the ocean
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Reading while my husband fishes.
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While waiting in line for Xfactor audition.
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While driving the interstate between Indianapolis and Mississippi
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Reading in Pidgeon Pose
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Reading laying upside down on the hammock with a flashlight :)
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Reading upside down (no matter where)
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almost half of this choices i have done already hihi.. but most during idle time at work and while at home doing nothing and while watching tv.. haha
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Reading while sitting on a banana box full of books when I should pack the rest of my books very quickly
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Reading while eating dates under a crisp winter sun.
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Reading while standing in the swimming pool
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Reading at a softball tournament between games and innings.
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Reading while waiting in the Walmart checkout line.
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Reading while others are waiting for me to get ready to go somewhere
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While knee is hooked up to a physiotherapy machine
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reading while half on half off of the bed while listening to music, petting a dog and texting someone.
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Reading while at horse races
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Reading on the bullet train in Japan
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MY
Reading in a diner while smoking and eating
Reading while working the night shift at the morgue.
Laying on my bed with my book below me on the floor.
reading while exercising on a gym machine
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No place is to unusual for reading.
at my brother's graduation ceremony.
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Aug 01, 2013 12:51AM
None of these are actually my weirdest. I've done all of these, and a few more. My most unusual places are actually reading for hours at a time on the steps to my basement(while munching on carrots and while people are trying to walk around me), and reading while perched on top of exercise equipment (while also eating snacks) where the manufacturers certainly didn't intend people to sit.
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I do pretty much all of them... except for the bath one ahahaha. I've done a couple more. My weirdest would be reading in the middle of a national examination. A couple of them.
While brushing my teeth and/or doing the dishes, I guess. Thank you, e-reader :D
I don't think most of these are all that unusual. My weirdest reading habit is laying in the grass to read, because I'm allergic. But I just can't help it. There's just something about reading outside that relaxes me like nothing else.
Why is it if you walk along texting on your cell phone, no one thinks it's weird, but if you read a book while walking, people look at you like you're crazy? I read while walking to pick my son up from school, and people always give me funny looks, but never give funny looks to people fiddling with their smartphones.
What about "at your desk at work, hiding your phone under a pile of printouts"? Not that I'm speaking from personal experience, mind you.
Rebecca wrote: "I have done all of these, well except the bath. On second thought, if listening to an audio book counts, then I have read in the bath. ;)My most common reading position would be with a book ligh..."
Me too!! Except the bath either! lol
Once I was chopping some food while reading! How dangerous is that???!!! Thanks God, nothing happened.. hahaha.
This is an example for the most unusual reading positions:
"Reading the Quran, front line, Iran-Iraq war, Ahvaz, Iran, September 1982"
Everything except while bathing.(One of the downsides of having an e-reader) Oh and while walking down the road. A friend of mine used to say, "When this girl dies, I bet she'd be having a book in her hand."
I read just about anywhere so none of these seem so unusual, and it would be nice to check off all that apply instead only one choice.
Anya wrote: "Everything except while bathing.(One of the downsides of having an e-reader)..."On more than one occasion I have put my kindle in a ziplock freezer bag and read in the tub.
KatieMc wrote: "Anya wrote: "Everything except while bathing.(One of the downsides of having an e-reader)..."On more than one occasion I have put my kindle in a ziplock freezer bag and read in the tub."
lol
Not for any book I hope so... only the really good ones worth that risky!
Not for nothing, but there's been a few occassions when a book was so good and my family kept interrupting me, that I decided to go shopping, just to get some peace and quiet to read. Well, a few hours later I'd return home, and my family would ask, "Where's your bags? You said you were going shopping." And, then I'd laugh, and say, "I only made it to the parking lot because I was so hooked on this book, and nobody here would leave me alone to read it." They all just laughed, probably thinking I'm so weird. But, now they know to leave me alone when they haven't seen me come out of my bedroom in a few hours...I'm reading, damn it!!!! Lol!!!! So, I guess I've done quite a bit of reading in the unusual spot of the grocery store or mall parking lot....
KatieMc wrote: "Anya wrote: "Everything except while bathing.(One of the downsides of having an e-reader)..."On more than one occasion I have put my kindle in a ziplock freezer bag and read in the tub."
That is a GENIUS idea!
Well, I've done nearly all of the above. And then some. As for the toilet one...once it was dinner time, but I was at the climax of a book, so I hid in the bathroom. And, er, forgot how long I'd been in there. My mom came and knocked on the door and said "Are you okay? You've been in there a long time." I replied something like "Uh...yeah, sorry...I'm just suffering from climax-itis." She kinda gave me a strange look when I came out...:)
Um. I wish we could vote for more of these. I've done ALL of them
None of these are too odd, and I've done them all. But there's a big one they missed-reading outside! I read in a comfy patio chair with my legs up on the table to prop my book on. It's comfier than it seems.
I've done all of these. Washing the dishes and reading was the most difficult (and only possible at all thanks to the 'read to me' feature on my kindle because it automatically turns the pages for me. What? I don't want to get my kindle all wet and soapy. :)
I have tried all those. My weirdest reading position was a few nights back. I was perched up on a wall on my rooftop and was trying to read in pitch dark at midnight with a pen torch around my ear while holding a fat hardback in my hands. It was a torture to read in that dim light but I managed a few chapters until my neck ached by standing still and careful breathing. But I loved it!
reading by that last bit of moonlight, while sitting in the passenger seat/backseat/back section of the car.
Not that I think it's weird, but I've read while taking my 3 ferrets for a walk and my neighbours laugh at me. LOLMy dog has a big, comfy dog bed from Costco, and sometimes I like curling up on it to read.
Leslie wrote: "I've done all of these. Washing the dishes and reading was the most difficult (and only possible at all thanks to the 'read to me' feature on my kindle because it automatically turns the pages f..."
I usually check out audiobooks from my library to combat that problem. :) If I have to read in motion, I just put the earbuds on and listen while I'm sweeping, mopping, or washing dishes.
I've done all of these and a few more, but I'll say reading in the bath, because it's extremely rare for me to do it. I'm always paranoid I might drop it. I also read while I exercise. Good way to pass the time of a workout session, especially on the elliptical.
Honestly, who spends enough time on the toilet to read a book? Unless you have constipation issues. It's unhygienic and disgusting anyway!
These are not the weird ones at all! I've done most of them. Except of the few write-ins.
I've read so while walking that I've missed noticing a lamppost andwalked right into it.
Reading in the movie theater while waiting for it to start.
Fiona wrote: "Kalilah wrote: "Honestly, who spends enough time on the toilet to read a book? Unless you have constipation issues. It's unhygienic and disgusting anyway!"Actually, it isn't.
http://www.theguard..."
Yeah, I keep my toilet clean. It's probably more hygienic than reading on the city bus. Still. I stick mainly to gaming magazines.
I read in several of these positions or places, but while walking seems to be regarded as the weirdest by those around me. (Followed by the toilet. Not sure why, its a seat.)
I've pretty much done all of the above, plus reading while laying on horseback, reading while sitting in a haystack, reading while waiting for a movie to start, reading while standing in line (anywhere), reading while on the bus, reading while in a car, reading while shopping. Yes, I've read while brushing my teeth, I've read while walking up to the mailbox, read while riding an exercise bike or walking on a treadmill... any given time or place or thing, I've probably read while doing it (except while physically driving a car, although I've read while stopped at a light or in a traffic jam).
These aren't weird! Many of them happen every day. I didn't realise I was choosing one - I assumed I was clicking all those I did - so the result of the poll is skewed because it took the first one I clicked on as "the" answer.
I've read in most of these places, as I read most everywhere, but I suppose the most unusual are,a) On a large stone in the middle of a very wide, deep river with furious, cold waters. It can get slippery, but mostly it works just fine. I do this regularly when I visit the mountainous north. The noise from the river is soothing.
b) Sitting on the laundry basket in the bathroom, feet resting on the bath tub. It gets quite comfy and warm when the sun hits through the window.
c) Sitting on the kitchen workspace, beside the sink. Dangling your legs in the air, leaning against the cupboard, is sweet.
d) Um, and a bunch of other places. Everywhere.
Edit: Oh and I also read in the emergency ward when I was strapped down because I hit my back. Wasn't much of a success though, as I wasn't permitted to move my head at all.
I wish you could vote for more than one! I also read while waiting on the exam table for the doctor. I am not sure there is anywhere you can't really read.
I used to read on the Labor floor waiting for my patients to gear up to deliver. I got so good I could read and listen to the fetal monitors at the same time, and sometimes I even got to suggest names for the baby born from characters in the book I was reading (Rhodi was a favorite)
Jackie wrote: "reading by that last bit of moonlight, while sitting in the passenger seat/backseat/back section of the car."I think that's why my eyes are messed up. I did that so many times as a kid/teen, also with street lamps. There's light, it's gone, another light...etc. hahaha
I'm another person who wishes the poll would allow me to vote for more than one option, because I've done most of these. And I think my most unusual place to read was reading a book on my Kindle while waiting to go into the delivery room for a scheduled C-section. I'd actually bought a new ebook on the way to the hospital, one I'd been dying to read, because I was so scared and I needed something to keep my mind occupied!
I have always read when blow drying my hair! I sit cross legged and hold down the page with my foot.
Gemma wrote: "Why is it if you walk along texting on your cell phone, no one thinks it's weird, but if you read a book while walking, people look at you like you're crazy? I read while walking to pick my son up ..."You're so right!!
I've done a lot of these.....when I was a kid, the top of our favorite climbing tree in the field across the street was a favorite. Comics on beach towels in the grass, drying off from the lake and eating poposicles, was another. And everyone used to tease me because I would wrap a big, fat Dickens hardback in a towel and swim out to the raft with one arm in the air. I'd be out there for hours with David Copperfield, Pickwick Papers, etc.--Just me, the waves and the sun. And I never went anywhere without a book--in the days of full-service gas stations, they always came in handy. Still do, in waiting rooms, lines, sola dinners in restaurants, etc.This one isn't mine--I knew someone in grad school who, on his night to cook, would hold his book open with a shoe so that he could read while cooking dinner. And when his brother visited, would take a book on walks with his wife and his brother. That one always seemed a bit anti-social, to me.
Fiona wrote: "Kalilah wrote: "Honestly, who spends enough time on the toilet to read a book? Unless you have constipation issues. It's unhygienic and disgusting anyway!"Actually, it isn't.
http://www.theguard..."
Interesting article.
I suppose, if you kept the book under your armpit and didn't let it touch anything, or touch it with your own hands until you'd washed them, then it wouldn't get contaminated. But I still maintain it's an unbecoming habit. Also, the foul smells may be absorbed by the pages and I prefer my books to not stink of dung xD
These aren't my weirdest. I do a lot of these reading positions day-to-day. But i tried to vote as accurate as I could :P
On the roof! All the time. And, occasionally, under a desk in a classroom because we aren't supposed to bring pleasure reading to school.
Why do people think it's weird to read on the toilet? I do that ALL the time! My weirdest was probably laying on the adjusting table at the chiropractors while the machine was stretching my leg. LOL!
Tonina wrote: "I'm another person who wishes the poll would allow me to vote for more than one option, because I've done most of these. And I think my most unusual place to read was reading a book on my Kindle wh..."That's awesome! I would do that! LOL!
Kalilah wrote: "Honestly, who spends enough time on the toilet to read a book? Unless you have constipation issues. It's unhygienic and disgusting anyway!"If you're in the middle of a chapter and you have to go it doesn't matter how long it takes you don't want to stop reading! And how dirty is your bathroom? I put the book down when I'm doing anything that would be considered unhygienic and wash my hands before picking it up again. The subway is probably much dirtier than my bathroom & people read on there all the time!
We are talking about weird, well I tell you the weariest places I read a book: inside a wardrobe with a flashlight, reading a porn book when I was 16 years old.Or under the bed with a little tiny candle for the same reason ..another porn book ;)
Yeah, no. My weirdest would have to be laying upside-down in my papasan with a Snuggie over my face and a pillow under my neck and my arms over my head with the book on the floor. Oh and my feet are probably on the window or the wall.
Reading at work in the bathroom( just standing there) inbetween tables.... Lol.
Oh, yes, I always read while I'm being tattooed. I know people think that's pretty weird...
"Reading while laying on a high tree branch"While laying what on a high tree branch? Where are you, standing on a ladder?
