Reply To: Sitting on Toilet and Bed on Tisha B'Av

pet peeve of mine. those who bring all sorts of pillows, cushions and lower to the floor leather chairs to shul on tisha bav. they forget the minhag is to sit on the floor as a sign of aveilus, not that there is a din bidavka not to sit on a chair. the sitting on the toilet question blurs these lines as well. as was pointed out above, reading a magazine even while otherwise occupied in the bathroom removes ones mind from the state of the taanis and mood of aveilus. now for my psak. once already reading, sitting a little longer makes no difference since one is already not involved with the aveilus.