Read Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! Online
Authors: Bathroom Readers’ Institute
Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wise Up! (40 page)
Melcher, Terry,
22
Memorial Day,
325
memory,
217
Mercury (planet),
130
merry-go-round,
89
Mesopotamia,
109
Meucci, Antonio,
88
MGM,
121
mice,
141
Mickey Mouse,
102
millionaires,
326
Mississippi River,
284
Mitchum, Robert,
79
mnemonic devices,
217
mobile homes,
131
Moby Dick
(novel),
293
Monaco,
106
mondegreen,
361
Money, Eddie,
115
Mongolia,
106
Monitor, The
(naval ship),
334
Monopoly (game),
80
monorail,
16
Monroe, Marilyn,
121
More, Sir Thomas,
377
Morocco,
357
morphine,
127
Morrison, Van,
99
Morse, Samuel,
174
mosquitoes,
322
mosses,
94
mountains,
177
Mounties (Canadian),
3
Mousetrap, The
(play),
116
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus,
157
Mt. St. Helens,
100
mudskippers,
18
multiple personality disorder,
267
mummies,
146
Muppets,
299
Murder on the Orient Express
(Christie),
352
Murray, Anne,
347
Murray, Jim,
112
Muscle Factory (band),
7
music,
7
,
42
,
125–126
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328
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331
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342
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367
Mussolini, Benito,
90–1
,
102
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365
mustache,
129
mutton,
83
mythomaniac,
361
N
NAACP,
134
Nabisco,
126
nails (finger),
361
names (people),
22
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26
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49
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87
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250
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252
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376
names (place),
70
napping,
137
NASA,
93
NASDAQ,
183
Nashville, TN,
126
national anthem (Canadian),
360
National Geographic
(magazine),
31
National Rifle Association (NRA),
134
,
356
natural disasters,
309
Navajo,
118
NBA (National Basketball Association),
140
National Parks,
89
neanderthals,
146
Necco wafers,
147
negligee,
381
neuroblast,
361
Nevis (island),
114
New Jersey,
131
New Orleans Philharmonic,
136
New Year’s Eve,
85
New York City Police Dept.,
115
New York state,
100
New York Times
(newspaper),
54
,
62
,
260
New Yorker
(magazine),
366
Newfoundland,
106
Newhart, Bob,
347
Newton, Sir Isaac,
350
NFL (National Football League),
140
Nicaragua,
102
Nicholson, Jack,
5
,
21
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31
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45
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111
,
207
nicknames,
173
Nigeria,
106
Nike,
34
nikhedonia,
361
Nile River,
284
Nimoy, Leonard,
107
Ninety Six, SC,
130
nipples,
79
Nixon, Richard M.,
119
,
134
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165
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257
Nobel Prize,
72
Nobilo, Frank,
79
Noor, Queen,
104
North Dakota,
131
North Pole,
242
Norway,
102
noses,
146
nuclear bombs,
277
nudity,
132
nursery rhymes,
89
O
O. Henry (William Sydney Porter),
376
O’Connor, Sandra Day,
100
O’Hare International Airport,
126
O’Keefe, Georgia,
145
O’Neal, Shaquille,
90
obesity,
137
oboes,
125
occasions,
85
oceans,
148
odors,
303
Of Mice and Men
(Steinbeck),
103
Office and a Gentleman, An
(movie),
111
Oklahoma!
(movie),
358
Old Testament,
150
olf,
361
Oliphant, Pat,
90
Olympics,
2
,
14
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110
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114
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116
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145
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325
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334
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344
Onassis, Jackie Kennedy,
329
Onimusha (video game),
80
onions,
83
onychophagiac,
361
opera,
253
Oppenheimer, J. Robert,
364
oranges,
132
Orbison, Roy,
363
orchids,
33
Oregon Trail, The,
138
organ (pipe),
125
Orwell, George,
145
Oscar Mayer,
382
Osiris,
315
ostriches,
77
Ottawa, Canada,
189
otters, sea,
18
owls,
77
ozone,
86
P
Pacino, Al,
79
Pac-Man (video game),
80
Pacific Ocean,
82
paint,
124
pandas,
244
Parker, Dorothy,
99
Parkinson’s Disease,
133
parks (national),
336
Parliament (English),
102
Parnevik, Jesper,
91
parrots,
378
parsley,
24
Parthenon, The
153
Parton, Dolly,
366
Patton, George S.,
145
Pavone, Julian,
136
peaches,
135
Peanuts
(comic),
89
pears,
94
Pearson, Lester,
114
peas,
119
Pebble Beach (golf),
113
Pee Wee’s Playhouse
(TV show),
20
pelicans,
77
Pelletier, Nicolas,
133
Pemberton, John S.,
11
pencil,
11
pendulum,
149
penguins,
369
Pennsylvania,
131
pentathlon,
145
pepper,
9
pepperoni,
140
Pepsi (commercial),
111
percents,
140
Perceval, Spencer,
102
perukes,
129
Persephone,
15
Pesci, Joe,
79
Pet Shop Boys (band),
22
Peter, St.,
350
Peter the Great,
106
petroleum,
110
pets,
85
Pez,
147
Philadelphia,
104
phobias,
320
photography,
96
Picard, Jean-Luc,
107
Picasso, Pablo,
316
pickles,
382
pigeons,
77
pill (birth-control),
81
Pink Floyd (band),
2
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22
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26
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65
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329
piranhas,
82
Pizza Hut,
126
planets,
46
Planned Parenthood (group),
81
plantains,
94
plants,
368
plastics,
124
Playboy
(magazine),
121
Player, Gary,
119
Pledge of Allegiance (US),
102
plumbers,
137
Pluto,
1
PNC Park,
130
poker,
123
polka,
31
pollex,
361
Pollock, Oliver,
109
pollution,
57
polo (horse),
36
Polo, Marco,
105
poppies (red),
117
Pop-Tarts,
126
Porter, Rufus,
138
postage stamps,
207
pottery,
146
Pravda
(newspaper),
366
pregnancy,
81
Presley, Elvis,
8
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20
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111
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273
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281
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360
Pretty Woman
(movie),
253
Price, Vincent,
91
prices,
113
prime (number),
98
Prince (artist),
130
prison,
105
Procter & Gamble,
122
Pryor, Richard,
79
psychiatrists,
240
Pulitzer Prize,
365
Pulp Fiction
(movie),
248
pumice,
122
punctate pruritus,
361
punctuation,
123
Pusey, Joshua,
11
pyramids,
259
Python, Monty,
310
Q
Qntal (band),
8
Quaker Oats,
258
queens,
104
quidnunc,
361
Quisling, Vidkun,
22
R
rabbits,
287
radio,
122
Raging Bull
(movie),
79
railroads,
16
rain,
224
rain forests,
94
Rand, Ayn,
87
rattlesnakes,
25
Reader’s Digest
(magazine),
220
reading,
128
Reagan, Maureen,
111
Reagan, Nancy,
116
Reagan, Ronald
27
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119
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256–7
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321
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356
Redgrave (siblings),
30
recipes,
9
Red Baron, The,
360
red (color),
117
red cards (soccer),
117
red-light district,
117
Return of Dr. X, The
(movie),
79
Return of the Jedi
(movie),
107
Reuben (sandwich),
307