when a person is on the very brink of soiling him/herself while at a bookstore or library (see: turtlehead) but nonetheless takes the
time to peruse various magazines and books in an effort to find the
best available reading material for the
time he/she intends on spending in the public toilet.
Let's
see, New Republic,
the Onion, Rolling
Stone, errrrrg!!!, tempting fate, tempting fate, Time Magazine, ....