Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader Wonderful World of Odd

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Uncle John's

BATHROOM
READER
®

By the
Bathroom Readers’
Institute

Bathroom Readers’ Press

Ashland, Oregon

UNCLE JOHN’S
BATHROOM READER
WONDERFUL WORLD OF ODD
®

Copyright © 2006 by the Bathroom Readers’ Press
(a division of Portable Press). All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be used or reproduced
in any manner whatsoever without written permission,
except in the case of brief quotations embodied
in critical articles or reviews.

“Bathroom Reader” and “Bathroom Readers’
Institute” are registered trademarks of Baker & Taylor.
All rights reserved.

For information, write:

The Bathroom Readers’ Institute

P.O. Box 1117

Ashland, OR 97520

www.bathroomreader.com

888-488-4642

Cover design by Michael Brunsfeld,

San Rafael, CA (
[email protected]
)

Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader

Wonderful World of Odd
®

by the Bathroom Readers’ Institute

ISBN-13: 978-1-60710-464-3

E-book edition: November 2011

THANK YOU!

The Bathroom Readers’ Institute sincerely thanks the people whose advice and assistance made this book possible.

Gordon Javna

John Dollison

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*       *       *

CELEBRITY TRIVIA

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A:
They all appeared on the game show
The Dating Game
.

CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

BATHROOM NEWS

Animal Bathroom News

Odd Bathroom News

Uncle John’s Stall of Fame

RICH, FAMOUS & ODD

Being Elvis Presley

Kooky Stars

I Was Marilyn Monroe

Celebrity Death Conspiracies

Love Me Tender

ODD OF THE PAST

The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century, Part I

The Great London Smog of 1952

Welcome to College! (Now Get Undressed), Part I

Historically Strange

Looney Lords

Project Acoustic Kitty

The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century, Part II

Shanghaied!

Apocalypse? Nah

Welcome to College! (Now Get Undressed), Part II

The Prince of Whales

The Strangest Disaster of the 20th Century, Part III

SCIENCE, SORT OF…

Strange Statistics

According to the Latest Research

Smithsonian Fun

Wrinkles in Time

Welcome to the Mütter Museum

LIFE IS STRANGE

Didn’t See That Coming

Amazing Coincidences

Just Plane Weird

Weird Finds

Just Plane Weird

Amazing Luck

Here’s a Really Strange Idea

Ironic, Isn’t It?

Amazing Tales of Survival

Random Acts of Oddness

ODD ON FILM

Lost TV Pilots

Join the Bad Film Society

Cinema Odd

The Beast From the Bad Film Society

CREATURE FEATURES

Weird Canine Stomach News

Allicracker

When Pigs…

Like the Animals Do

Animal Oddities

In Search of New Species

The Cow Whisperer

THAT’S DEATH

The Weirdest Grave in the West

Now That You’re Dead

Odd to the Last Drop

What a Way to Go!

I’m Not Dead Yet!

IT’S A WEIRD, WEIRD WORLD

Let There Be Light

Weird Hotels

Politics: It’s No Laughing Matter

It’s an Odd World After All

Beheading the Goose

The Saga of Sealand

Jesus in Shingo

ODD OFF THE PRESSES

Bin Laden Is a Woman!

Leading Ledes

Classifieds

Flubbed Headlines

Odd Off the Presses

PEOPLE ARE STRANGE

Super Powers

The Dog Girl

Strange Obsessions

Signs of Genius?

Doctor Strange, Love

World Nudes Tonight

Know Your Phobias

He Voodooed the Prez

Incident at Havering

YOU GONNA EAT THAT?

Let’s Talk Turkey

Oh No! It’s Jell-O!

Uh-oh, What’s That in the Freezer?

Thumb Salad

Mmm…Chicken Heads

Freaky Foods From Around the World

Theme Restaurants

What’s for Thorrablot?

REALLY
OUT THERE

The Ufologists

David Icke and the Lizard People

Close Encounters of the Credible Kind

Aliens: What Will They Look Like?

Mythical Creatures

The Curse of Macbeth

ODD BODIES

Medieval Medicine

Odd Disorders

You Want a Piece of Me?

CRAZY LOVE

Marry Me!

Love, Marriage, and Other Strange Things

Love Is Strange

ODD ART, ODD MUSIC

Strange Bands

In the Name of Art

Eccentric Artists

Red Rocker

In the Name of Art

PR-ODD-UCTS

Chindogu

40 Odd Uses for WD-40

My Pet Fat

Weight Loss Quackery

Weirdmart

New Products

Made in Japan

WEIRD SPORTS & GAMES

Odd, Odd World of Baseball Injuries

The Weird World of Sports

Games People Play

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