W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

Here you sit, brokenhearted ...with nothing to read but the writing on the wallpaper?

Don't get flushed with despair! W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion is a book that's good for your heart – the more you read, the better you'll feel. Designed to make a porcelain throne into a seat of higher learning, it's guaranteed to make a big splash with you, your friends, and your family.

You want trivia, brain-teasers, facts, stories, or instructions on how to build an igloo? Then don't just stand there looking distressed – sit down and go with the guy whose name has become synonymous with the best in restroom reading: W. C. Privy!

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W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

Here you sit, brokenhearted ...with nothing to read but the writing on the wallpaper?

Don't get flushed with despair! W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion is a book that's good for your heart – the more you read, the better you'll feel. Designed to make a porcelain throne into a seat of higher learning, it's guaranteed to make a big splash with you, your friends, and your family.

You want trivia, brain-teasers, facts, stories, or instructions on how to build an igloo? Then don't just stand there looking distressed – sit down and go with the guy whose name has become synonymous with the best in restroom reading: W. C. Privy!

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W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion

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Overview

Here you sit, brokenhearted ...with nothing to read but the writing on the wallpaper?

Don't get flushed with despair! W. C. Privy's Original Bathroom Companion is a book that's good for your heart – the more you read, the better you'll feel. Designed to make a porcelain throne into a seat of higher learning, it's guaranteed to make a big splash with you, your friends, and your family.

You want trivia, brain-teasers, facts, stories, or instructions on how to build an igloo? Then don't just stand there looking distressed – sit down and go with the guy whose name has become synonymous with the best in restroom reading: W. C. Privy!


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250109453
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group
Publication date: 12/29/2015
Sold by: Macmillan
Format: eBook
Pages: 480
File size: 18 MB
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About the Author

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are syndicated columnists who have written more than twenty amusing books. They have been chosen by W. C. Privy's heirs to carry on his proud tradition of providing superlative bathroom reading at a reasonable price.

Erin Barrett and Jack Mingo are syndicated columnists who have written more than twenty amusing books. They have been chosen by W. C. Privy's heirs to carry on his proud tradition of providing superlative bathroom reading at a reasonable price.

Particularly well-suited for this task, Barrett and Mingo have written over dozen entertaining books including Doctors Killed George Washington, Dracula Was a Lawyer, Al Capone Was a Golfer, The Whole Pop Catalogue, and How the Cadillac Got Its Fins. Barrett and Mingo's column of fun facts can be read daily in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Table of Contents

Pop Culture History
Monopoly15
A Hallmark Moment39
How Bic Got Its Ball Rolling65
Muzak Elevates Music103
Gillette's Razor139
Corporate Logos183
Vroom!: Harleys187
Hawaiian Shirts264
Gatorade: No Sweat297
Blue Jeans: Miner Fashion325
Marlboro Man's Sex Change407
Mystical Origin of Gumby429
Silly Putty Bounces Back437
Cool Lunchboxes439
Ant Farms463
Odd Lots of Trivia
Potty Pourri18
Potty Pourri 254
Potty Pourri 394
Potty Pourri 4106
Potty Pourri 5128
Potty Pourri 6210
Potty Pourri 7232
Potty Pourri 8320
Potty Pourri 9329
Potty Pourri 10400
Potty Pourri 11436
All You Ever Wanted to Know
Juicy Tales About Fruit19
There Goes the Neighborhood!35
Deskware68
The Five Senses217
How Lloyd's of London Got Out of Coffee & into Hot Water239
Corporate America Speaks283
Famous Awards and Prizes285
Obscure Careers290
Time Capsules385
Month To Month387
Drive a Tour Guide Crazy401
Obscure Careers 2432
Obscure Careers 3458
Tales about Automobiles469
Emergency TP Stash479
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Odds & Ends23
Aesop's Creepy Tales99
Aesop's Fabled Humans199
Aesop's Tales of Gods207
Aesop's Shell Games223
Aesop's Fox Tales321
Aesop's Frog Tales397
Who Was Aesop?399
Short Fiction
Characters Between Chapters31
"The Last Leaf"121
Tom Sawyer's Whitewash175
"The Stalled Ox"233
"The Open Window"261
Mad Tea Party: An Alice Tale299
Fables by R.L. Stevenson337
Fables by R.L. Stevenson 2413
"The War Prayer"423
"Wicked Jim"449
Stately Knowledge
Why We Love Alabama25
Why We Love Colorado107
Why We Love Rhode Island203
"Don't Miss" Tourist Sites205
Why We Love Maryland215
Why We Love Texas225
Why We Love Wisconsin317
Pop Quizzes
Slogo Quiz--Easy27
Little Latin Quiz 142
Nom De Plumes47
Home Sweet Home53
We've Got Your Number88
Slogo Quiz--Medium181
Names In Common284
Slogo Quiz--Hard307
We've Got Your Number 2382
Little Latin Quiz 2391
A Little Yiddish Quiz411
A Little Yiddish Quiz 2412
We've Got Your Number 3448
A Little Yiddish Quiz 3466
Rural Humor
Uncle Josh at the Opera29
Uncle Josh & the Liar's Club113
Uncle Josh Plays Golf309
Uncle Josh at Coney Island369
Uncle Josh in Wall Street395
Uncle Josh Rides a Bicycle467
Life Lessons
How To Milk a Cow170
How To Build an Igloo171
How To Change Your Looks191
Cricket Thermometer259
How To Charm a Snake351
How To Whittle a Chain383
Dental Telepathy Magic Trick433
Food
"Fish Eyes!"--Diner Lingo61
Foodonyms102
Margarine151
A Toast to Toasters167
Hot & Culinary185
Foodonyms 2231
"Little Worms" & Pasta237
How Popsicle Got on the Stick277
Tricks for the Dinner Table279
How Lifesaver Got Its Hole331
Toaster Foods357
More Beer!390
Foodonyms 3428
How To Do a Wine Tasting442
Sweet Tales of Candy Hearts455
Words
Borrowed from the French34
Borrowed from the Dutch126
Things Sound Smart in Latin179
I Curse Thee!198
Borrowed from the Africans238
I Curse Thee, Too!295
Borrowed from the Spanish319
Cowboy Words341
Most Popular Names371
To the Wayback Machine!
Faces of History43
Presidential Trivia85
1776 Terrorism158
Cruel & Usual Punishment163
Secrets of 1776273
Presidential Trivia II313
I Was at the Boston Tea Party365
I Saw Lincoln Assassinated377
Art Depreciation
Mona Lisa48
Van Gogh's Self Portrait101
Back to Greenwich Village125
Washington Crosses Delaware222
Tosca: A Cursed Opera?265
Whistler's Mother342
American Gothic422
People
"Mr. Dullard": Albert Einstein49
Your Child, a Musical Genius?79
Her Life: Calamity Jane89
Marilyn Monroe373
How Short Was Napoleon?446
Family Feuds
Franklin's Son: States' Enemy55
Gallo's Wrathful Grapes245
Kellogg's Cereal Wars417
Escape Artist
Getting Out from Quicksand64
Escape an Alligator Attack76
Avoid a Tiger Attack144
How to Escape a Bear457
Religion & Occult
Ouija Boards115
Strange Bible Tales133
Cosmic Pekoe: Tea Reading227
More Strange Bible Tales249
Winging In Ange Rankings272
Forbidden Bible Tales353
Nonsense
Edward Lear Limericks147
Quotes from Tobacco Industry159
Elephant Jokes!197
The Eyes Have It221
Edward Lear Limericks 2255
Knock-Knock Jokes!312
The Eyes Have It 2330
Edward Lear Limericks 3343
The Devil's Dictionary
A111
E154
K-L276
P372
T-Z454
Potty Talk
Read the Writing on the Stall69
Pot Shots!186
After You Flush267
Pot Shots! 2294
Pot Shots! 3384
Bathrooms Through History427
The Best Medicine
Confusion About Transfusion73
Folk Remedies for Warts129
Folk Remedies for Baldness137
Folk Remedies for Insanity243
Doctors Killed Washington291
Doctor Riots393
Nothing but the Tooth435
The Incubator Babies443
Advice
Ben Franklin's Advice on Taking an Older Mistress77
Advice from the Famous80
Education: A Word to the Wise84
Things to Never, Ever Do180
Advice from the Famous 2196
Business Advice392
Ben Franklin: Flatulence459
Sports
Inventing Favorite Sports81
Nike's Empty Soles211
Inventing Favorite Sports 2303
Animals & Nature
Man's Best Friend95
Cat-Hating Ailurophobes109
Flornithology 1: How to Tell The Birds from the Flowers127
Myth of Lemming Suicide145
One Hump or 2?: Camels155
Penguin Love161
Flornithology 2248
Pocketful of Kangaroo Facts253
Bugs!347
Flornithology 3352
Ducks in the News363
Cat-Loving Ailurophiles405
Flornithology 4416
History of the Cat453
Hog Wild473
Quote/Unquote
Barrymorisms: John112
He Said/She Said131
H. L. Menken vs. the World260
Barrymorisms: Ethel296
He Said/She Said 2335
H. L. Menken 2362
H. L. Menken 3447
Barrymorisms: Drew462
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