Despite my mom's best efforts I never caught the travel bug, I am a happy house hermit. I do enjoy hearing/reading of travels, though, and here's the book that caught my eye recently: There's No Toilet Paper ... on the Road Less Traveled: the Best of Travel Humor and Misadventure, collected and edited by Doug Lansky. There are some familiar names here, such as Dave Berry and Bill Bryson, and many I did not recognize, but all were good at humor! From a nudist beach, to eating strange things (think potato bugs), to goat races to much, much more it was a delightful read.

Given the previous title, it didn't take much for me to decide to then read How to Replace an Empty Roll of Toilet Paper: an Instruction Manual, by Nathaniel Erickson. What a hoot! Written in a 'serious' style it tells exactly how to replace this important item on several different types of holders. It also teaches how to put the fancy little triangle you might see on a roll of the stuff in a nice hotel. :-) Charming, silly, and fun.

And, this theme gave me the perfect place for this book! Why are My Nuts in the Toilet Water and Other Questions Older Men Need Answered by Allen F. Mahon. I've done a lot of reading an the aging process in women and decided I should see how 'the other half' does it! ;-) There are similar issues ... things that sag, drop, or fall. Hair in unexpected and unwanted places. Foods that cause, um, reactions they never did in the past. Sounds that emerge when sitting. Standing. Just moving ...! Memory issues and so on. All nicely printed in large type so it's easy for old eyes to read! Hysterical!

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