Medium
Who Needs Bread?
Salem Witch Trials: The Fungus Theory
How to Make Prison Wine
Eat the World, Part I
Eat the World, Part II
Long
The Physics of Breakfast Cereal
THE PRINTED WORD
Short
Give Me a Sign!
Flubbed Headlines
KISS and Make-Up
Superhero Flops
Bumper Stickers
Medium
Once Upon a Time…
Long
*Defunct Magazines
ORIGINS
Short
You’re My Inspiration
Founding Fathers
Medium
The Name’s Familiar
Inventors, U.K.
LAW & ORDER
Short
Dumb Crooks
Medium
Strange Lawsuits
Weird Crime
Hip-Hop Lawsuits
Dumb Crooks
Long
The Missing-Children Milk Carton Program
*Falsely Accused
INVENTING LANGUAGE
Medium
Let’s Speak Esperanto
Long
La Historio da Esperanto, Part I
Esperanto, Parto Du
Esperanto, Parto Tri
Do You Speak
Láadan?
MUSEUM OF BATHROOMOLOGY
Medium
Art That Poops
Poop That’s Art
Long
The Lloyds Bank Turd
WORD & PHRASE ORIGINS
Short
Neologisms
Modern Words…
Not!
Medium
Lock and Load
Word Origins
It’s Greek to Us
Word Origins
VANISHED!
Medium
The Lost Explorers: Mungo Park
The Lost Explorers: Percy Fawcett
The Lost Explorers: Ludwig Leichhardt
The Lost Explorers: Salomon Andrée
IT’S A CONSIPRACY!
Medium
The Anthrax Attacks, Part I
The Anthrax Attacks, Part II
Joe Stalin vs. John Wayne, Part I
It’s a Conspiracy!
Long
The Anthrax Attacks, Part III
The Anthrax Attacks, Part IV
*Numbers on the Radio
Joe Stalin vs. John Wayne, Part II
MUSIC
Medium
Lost (and Found) Albums
Keith Moon, Bathroom Bomber
Song-Wrongers
Last Concerts
Behind the Riff
Odd Musicals
Last Concerts, Part II
Behind the Love Songs
Show Stoppers
THAT’S DEATH
Short
Cause of Death
Medium
When You Gotta Go…
Last Words
Died in the Can
Postmortems
POP-POURRI
Short
The Last…
Happy Waffle Iron Day!
Uncle John’s Page of Lists
The Only Time…
13 Facts About the Witch Hazel Tree
The Monty Hall Paradox
Medium
Q&A: Ask the Experts
Egg Addlers and Pajama Police
Dustbin of (Cartoon) History
11 Fictional Doctors
Q&A: Ask the Experts
REEL LIFE
Medium
Fight Club,
Starring Russell Crowe
Godfather, Meet the Godfather
Act Your Age
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
The Portmanteau Movie Quiz
The Worst Movie of All Time?
Basic Instinct,
Starring Jodie Foster
TOYS & GAMES
Short
Fact-opoly
A Toy Is Born
Medium
Arcade Ire
Long
*Behind the Magic 8-Ball
FRIEND OR FOWL?
Medium
Bird Brains, Part I
How to Hypnotize a Chicken
Bird Brains, Part III
Long
Bird Brains, Part II
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Short
Welcome to Druk Yul
Medium
Why They Don’t Speak Spanish in Rio
Other Leaning Towers
Weird Canada
The Nanny State Quiz
MYTHS & LEGENDS
Short
Do Do That Voodoo!
Myth-Conceptions
Omens
Medium
Myth-Conceptions
The Master Hoaxer
Hoop Snakes and Splinter Cats
Whopperknockers and Sand Squinks
MONEY, MONEY, MONEY
Medium
How Not to Rob a Bank
Bank Error in Your Favor, Part I
Bank Error in Your Favor, Part II
MOUTHING OFF
Short
Suffering Fools
To Tell the Truth
A Virus With Shoes
Don’t Be Afraid…
Stand-Up Folks
Kurt’s Cuts
“Mind Over Mattress”
Pun-liners
Complaints Dept.
PUBLIC LIVES
Short
Phobias of the Famous
Sheetheads
Medium
Celebs’ Good Deeds
Missed It by
That
Much
Unlikely Inventors
People You Thought Were Americans
Family Business
Flakes on a Plane
Smart
and
Talented
LIFE IS STRANGE
Short
Tatt-oops!
Crossed Paths
Medium
Bad News/Good News
Lucky Finds
Eat My…
It’s a Weird, Weird World
Ironic, Isn’t It?
Huh?
Ready…Set…Hurl!
Bad News/Good News
It’s a Weird, Weird World
PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES
Short
Fatal Flight Firsts
Medium
The Pee-Mobile
Just Plane Weird
Flying Blind
Pilot (T)error
Long
Short Story: The Mini
*From Audi 5000 to Zunndapp Janus
WORDPLAY
Short
When Words Collide
Retronyms
Guilt by Association
Amazing Anagrams
Missing Links Word Game
Knock-Knock Jokes
Guilt by Association
They Might Be Fed Up
Know Your Butts
Violet Precipitation
Medium
Ol’ Jaybeard and Brian
Long
*Pop-Culture Alphabet
Answer Pages
INTRODUCTION
G
REETINGS, FELLOW TRIVIA HOUNDS!
As we scramble to finish our latest (and our favorite-ever)
Bathroom Reader,
I’m reminded of a question that I hear a lot: “Aren’t you guys afraid you’ll run out of stuff to write about?”