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"Every book, every volume you see here, has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down its pages, its spirit grows and strengthens ..."

Carlos Ruiz Zafon (The Shadow of the Wind)

Synopsis

Fact: Chocolate contains the alkaloid theobromine, which in high doses can be toxic to humans, and in even small amounts can kill dogs, parrots, horses, and cats.
This means that despite its name, the Kit-Kat candy bar is not a recommended snack for your kitty-cat. I wonder how many cats have died because of this confusion.

Fact: The most germ-laden place on your toilet isn't the seat or even the bowl:
It's the handle.
The solution: Don't flush. Let the next guy worry about it.

There are "just the facts"--and then there are just the facts that will frighten the bejeezus out of you. And thanks to this little gem of a bathroom book, you'll never look at the world the same way again, without, er, dry heaving a little bit.

From the sneaky fish that can swim up our genitals to the e coli bacteria lurking in the very water we drink, disturbing phenomena are everywhere we turn. Educational, entertaining, and undeniably horrifying, this book isn't guaranteed to help you, um, go to the bathroom, but it's certain to make your time there more . . . informed.

This book is being offered as a bookray! General courtesy guidelines apply. Please journal the book as soon as you receive it and PM the next reader for their address so that we can keep it moving quickly. Then, journal again when you have finished reading it. If you are backlogged or need to be moved further down on the list, please let me know. Please take your time and enjoy the book but please also let us know how things are going if it will take more than a month. Thanks and enjoy!!

Here is the bookray routing list and order:
1. Moody-Blue (KY, Anywhere)
2. Libera13 (Portugal, Europe)
3. kizmiaz (Portugal, Europe)
4. silvia-pico (Portugal, Europe)
5. salvami (Ireland, Europe)
6. ArabellaFigg (UK, Europe)
7. bellivas (Greece, Europe)
8. MyssCyn (TX, US)
9. sarkiegirl (CA, US-anywhere)
10. allthesepieces ( ,US preferred)

I'll update this JE with new bookray members as I get them.

Mailed on Sat with Delivery Confirmation#: 03102010000169961742

Arrived and snagged by my husband. We're both reading it during political ads on TV!

Impossible to read straight through, but hard to put down! I kept it in the living room for easy grabbing during some of hubby's shows and/or commercials. I ended up reading a good number of the entries aloud to him -- always ending in a belly laugh. The author's snarky remarks are just the thing for lightening-up all of those stats. All told, my favorite fact was #755 -- Fascinating!

On the way to Portugal and Liberia13 tomorrow...

Arrived safe and sound today! I'm very very curious about this book. I couldn't resist and started reading the introduction (which is hilarious!) and so on. I've read at least a dozen facts and actually laughed for quite a while because of the author's snarky comments. Thanks for sharing, NMReader! This one is quite promising.

Finished! This book is just hillarious. I don't remember the last time I laughed so hard with something this month! The facts are very interesting - and some of them, of course, quite scary - but it's the author's snarky remaks that make it so worth reading. I tried to pick favourites... but then again, half of the book would be there. Although most of the are quite depressing. And by the way, I do hope this book hasn't been actually read in the bathroom... Even if the most germ-laden place on our toilet is the handle, I suspect it could also be this book :P

Thanks for the ring! PMing the next BCer for the address.

Sent off to kizmiaz this morning :)

Just got it.
I'll get to it soon.

Ok, this was mildly amusing.
Some of the facts are indeed scary but most are just curious facts. Most of the one line jokes after the fact itself are plain dumb jokes and some of them aren't even funny.
It was an interesting read anyway. And next time you're feeling like your life sucks just remember that the longest hiccup attack a person suffered lasted for 69 years!
I'll be passing it along when I get an address.

It's here! Being the kind of book it is, I won't even put in in my TBR pile; I'll just start to read it during the breaks from other books :)

Wow, 69 years of hiccups. And I thought 5 minutes was annoying.

The book is quite interesting, with some funny facts and other that are indeed scary. The one about Jeffrey Dahmer (which obviously falls into the "scary" category" was the one that stuck to my mind the most, it's one of those things that make you wonder).

It was a good way to pass the time and relax in between other books, and I ended up reading it over the weekend. Some of the jokes were funny, others fell a bit flat, as kizmiaz pointed out. But, well, I wouldn't be able to write 10 really funny jokes, let alone 1001, so kudos to the author for trying and (sometimes) succeeding.

The book's already on its way to salvami. Thanks for sharing!

I am sorry, I received the book few days ago..
I will try to read and pass it on to the next reader.
Thank you for sharing & sending this to me.

for personal and financial matters, I am going to need more than a month to read & pass on this book. Sorry and thank you all for understanding.

trying to contact ArabellaFigg asked to be skipped, I've been trying to contact bellivas.

I am very sorry for the delay ;(