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77. Uncle John's Bathroom Reader - What better when your pinching loaves.

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If you were sworn into Congress, what book would you like to place your hand on? [View all] Quixote1818 Jan 2019 OP

The Constitution... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #1

I thought that too. It would have to be a copy, but I am sure that would be fine. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2019 #4

When I took the oath as an Air Force officer, I didn't put my hand on anything. LastLiberal in PalmSprings Jan 2019 #44

Neither did I... Wounded Bear Jan 2019 #54

This message was self-deleted by its author elocs Jan 2019 #73

Agreed Gothmog Jan 2019 #90

A Confederacy of Dunces klook Jan 2019 #2

Ha ha you beat me to it emulatorloo Jan 2019 #30

The Constitution of the United States of America. n/t TygrBright Jan 2019 #3

My 8th grade civics textbook 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #5

As long as it wasn't printed in the Bible belt. :) nt Quixote1818 Jan 2019 #7

Maybe worse... It's a Catholic school book, lol. The Christian Citizen, and 50 Shades Of Blue Jan 2019 #22

I don't recall placing my hand on any book marybourg Jan 2019 #6

And that's the truth! k8conant Jan 2019 #8

A copy of the oath being taken. David__77 Jan 2019 #9

The latest report from the Intergovermental Panel on Climate Change krispos42 Jan 2019 #10

My mother's Bible RandySF Jan 2019 #11

I agree that this shouldn't even be an issue FakeNoose Jan 2019 #59

The press always want to know RandySF Jan 2019 #68

Either The Selfish Gene or the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. NT Grown2Hate Jan 2019 #12

42 JonAndKatePlusABird Jan 2019 #36

This one True Dough Jan 2019 #13

I'm kinda traditional and old fashioned. Stinky The Clown Jan 2019 #14

No book. Rather a replicant android head of Philip K. Dick. hunter Jan 2019 #15

Newton's Principia, The Epic of Gilgamesh, Hesiod's Theogony, Aesop's Fables, the Code of Hammurabi RockRaven Jan 2019 #16

Two books bottomofthehill Jan 2019 #17

I like your books violetpastille Jan 2019 #18

The Poisonwood Bible Sucha NastyWoman Jan 2019 #19

A cook book. Iggo Jan 2019 #20

"To Serve Man" emulatorloo Jan 2019 #31

LOL, exactly. Iggo Jan 2019 #58

On the Origin of Species hardluck Jan 2019 #21

I would ask why is a book or anything needed? LiberalFighter Jan 2019 #23

Dante's "Inferno" moondust Jan 2019 #24

Try these dalton99a Jan 2019 #25

I like option number two 47of74 Jan 2019 #29

It seems like everyone should swear on the Constitution bobbieinok Jan 2019 #26

A checkbook.... Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #27

Walden Basic LA Jan 2019 #28

Amazing Fantasy #15, last panel. Anon-C Jan 2019 #32

You win the thread! First Speaker Jan 2019 #67

None. Jake Stern Jan 2019 #33

This! smirkymonkey Jan 2019 #45

My wife's first novel. Takket Jan 2019 #34

For me it would be a Bible. musicblind Jan 2019 #35

Dune by Frank Herbert. j/k, n/t area51 Jan 2019 #37

Bloom County: Penguin Dreams and Stranger Things TlalocW Jan 2019 #38

My parent's wedding album Maru Kitteh Jan 2019 #39

I love that idea. lilactime Jan 2019 #83

Howard Zinn's 'A People's History of the United States' pecosbob Jan 2019 #40

Ditto RockCreek Jan 2019 #61

Spider Robinson's "Callahans Cross-Time Saloon"...... nt akraven Jan 2019 #41

To Mike and Sally JackInGreen Jan 2019 #85

None canetoad Jan 2019 #42

Oh, the Places You'll Go - Dr. Seuss Solly Mack Jan 2019 #43

Farenheit 451 or The Handmaid's Tale Moostache Jan 2019 #46

George Carlin's "Brain Droppings." Vinca Jan 2019 #47

Userfriendly The Truth Is Here Jan 2019 #48

The Jefferson Bible GusBob Jan 2019 #49

Pride & Prejudice obamanut2012 Jan 2019 #50

Bartholomew and the Oobleck DFW Jan 2019 #51

No book... HopeAgain Jan 2019 #52

Yes, no book. TrishaJ Jan 2019 #57

Harry Potter Butterflylady Jan 2019 #53

I was thinking 'The Fellowship of the Ring' might be fun because it was about Quixote1818 Jan 2019 #66

My Webster's Dictionary from 1971. Sugar Smack Jan 2019 #55

No book at all is required, so no book at all. MineralMan Jan 2019 #56

Darwin's Origin of the Species /nt romana Jan 2019 #60

Catch 22 maveric Jan 2019 #62

No question at all- sarisataka Jan 2019 #63

I kind of think 'Oh the places you go' is a stronger work Quixote1818 Jan 2019 #69

The Constitution. Blue_true Jan 2019 #64

Trump's choice of book proves there's no god jmowreader Jan 2019 #65

Transmetropolitan The Truth Is Here Jan 2019 #70

Trump is the mutant offspring of the Beast and the Smiler (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jan 2019 #80

And needs something worse than JackInGreen Jan 2019 #86

"A People's History of the United States," by Howard Zinn. Efilroft Sul Jan 2019 #71

"Jaws" by Peter Benchley NurseJackie Jan 2019 #72

As a Christain, it would be the Bible... SKKY Jan 2019 #74

In actuality Jesus specifically states not to make an oath in the name of God. KentuckyWoman Jan 2019 #91

Congresspeople are sworn in on the Constitution. But afterward for the photo op violetpastille Jan 2019 #92

The Hero With a Thousand Faces Ghost of Tom Joad Jan 2019 #75

Nothing! Buckeyeblue Jan 2019 #76

Uncle John's Bathroom Reader - What better when your pinching loaves. TheBlackAdder Jan 2019 #77

Profiles in Courage or Audacity of Hope Jarqui Jan 2019 #78

Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" (n/t) Spider Jerusalem Jan 2019 #79

Das Kapital. obnoxiousdrunk Jan 2019 #81

a book by the Dalai Lama vlyons Jan 2019 #82

Constitution of course AlexSFCA Jan 2019 #84

Rod & Custom. gibraltar72 Jan 2019 #87

The Principia Discordia. PoliticAverse Jan 2019 #88

Silas Marner jpak Jan 2019 #89

If Pence was swearing me in it would be... lame54 Jan 2019 #93

A bible Raine Jan 2019 #94

The Voynich Manuscript Recursion Jan 2019 #95

Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2019 #96