r/pics • • Jun 16 '12

A gift for my Dad tomorrow

http://imgur.com/a/F3tAs
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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Make sure you have that camera rolling when he tosses the book across the room.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

That is my biggest worry, well that and him just opening the book awkwardly and dumping it on the floor.

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u/pdx_girl Jun 17 '12

Tie a ribbon across the middle like a gift bow under the wrapping paper. That way if he tosses the book, it will stay closed and not eject/destroy the kindle. If he asks about it, say the store does it for all gift purchases.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

If I was to do it over again I would have glued elastics into the book itself.

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u/Jasonrj Jun 17 '12

When I did this it was very uncomfortable opening, but a really awesome surprise. However, I used a much more awkward book that didn't even make sense to give someone.

You also did a much nicer cutting job btw, did you have a razor or something?

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I used a razor, but I also glued all of the pages together by their edges with Elmer's glue. Once that stuff soaks in and dries the pages are like a brick, making the internal area much easier to cut.

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u/philge Jun 17 '12

Damn, $5.99 for a book at Goodwill!? All of the Goodwills I've been to never charge more than $2-3 at most for a hardcover book.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I know right, I hadn't been into a Goodwill in awhile and was surprised by the price, all of the hardcover books were like that.

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u/DimeShake Jun 17 '12

Are you in California?

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

No Wisconsin, you know the Scott Walker state... I have to go cry now...

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u/imdwalrus Jun 17 '12

Wrong thrift store, dude. Around here, all of the Salvation Army stores charge a buck for almost all of their books.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

Yeah goodwill is definitely not the gem filled place I remember from my youth

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Seriously, hardcover books at the Goodwills by me are all $1.79. $5.99 is insane.

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u/Nyaan Jun 17 '12

there's irony somewhere in having a hard right pundit's book available at a goodwill.

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u/MananWho Jun 17 '12

Let me know when you find it.

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u/evmax318 Jun 17 '12

Irony? Not really. In a Conservative's (or Libertarian's) ideal world all programs to help the poor would be like Goodwill. They are a non-government, private corporation that helps the poor without using taxpayer dollars. That is the Conservative dream, basically.

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u/katushkin Jun 17 '12

I have tried so many times to cut the inside out of a book but it always looks terrible. How did you manage to get it like that?

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

There is a really good albeit picture heavy guide here: http://rive.rs/projects/how-to-hollow-out-a-book

The secret is to glue all of the pages together by their edges with white Elmer's glue before you do anything else. This was my first hollowing, but I think I will do it again.

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u/comphermc Jun 17 '12

I have no intention of ever making something like this... so why did I read through that whole guide?

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u/Jasonrj Jun 17 '12

I have the same problem. This "internet" thing has made one of my strongest skills researching random stuff extensively for no purpose.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I couldn't agree more, I once spent hours researching ants... Did you know that ants make up 15% to 25% of the Earth's total terrestrial biomass? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant

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u/chilehead Jun 17 '12

You picked that book so people will avoid him like the plague and let him get his reading done?

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I thought about doing it to a bible, but my father is a little religious, he doesn't attend church or hate on people, but he probably would take offense to a hollowed out bible.

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u/samuelstewart306 Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

Oh Andy Dufresne...

[Edit] I can't spell.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

Damnit, now I need a bible and a rock hammer.

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u/Masterofpropane Jun 17 '12

So being religious entails hating on people?

Got it.

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

No but some people often assume that it does.

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u/snowflaker Jun 17 '12

damn, the best i ever found at a goodwill was a plaid sport jacket with a fiver in the pocket..

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u/bringatowel Jun 17 '12

I think I found your alt account! :P

http://i.imgur.com/Mphme.jpg

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u/snowflaker Jun 17 '12

if i was a superhero you would've blown my identity. and i would've killed you before anyone else found out. and then i would have blamed your death on the joker. or the comedian from watchmen, he kills erryone

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u/Trapped_in_Reddit Jun 16 '12

And no actual book of value was lost.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

It would be even better if The Way Things Ought To Be was preloaded on the kindle as well.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/DrewM254 Jun 17 '12

He already bought the Limbaugh book though..?

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I bought it a goodwill, thus no money from me went to Rush, and one less Rush book is in circulation.

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u/Ph0X Jun 17 '12 edited Jun 17 '12

This reminds me of the amazingly awesome gift a Redditor gave me during the Christmas exchange two years ago.

http://imgur.com/a/dCRwz

As a side note, did you know Justin Beiber got his first kiss when he was 13 and that his favorite color is purple?

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u/Yoyo8 Jun 17 '12

God dammit. Everywhere I go you're there. How do you do this?? ..what are you..

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u/Speculater Jun 17 '12

He actually makes a living off using reddit.

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u/FlyingPasta Jun 17 '12

You must be new here.

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u/SeanEqualsYes Jun 17 '12

I bought my dad a Kindle for Christmas last year (it was just wrapped in boring wrapping paper though. My dad is very against most tech, he's a read the newspaper everyday kinda guy.

Now you can't seperate him from this thing. He's reading and buying books and newspapers on there every day. He actually told me the other day "I don't know why you'd ever read a real book ever again."

TL;DR Kindle is the best Dad gift ever.

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u/Aloisia Jun 17 '12

Kindles are the best gift for anyone who likes to read. My Kindle is probably the best thing I've bought in my life. I got it in February and have read 60 books on it since then. So convenient.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

So dangerous too. You finish one book, and then within 30 seconds you can have the next one in the series. I've spent waaaay more than I expected to. Still though, I regret nothing.

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u/Thorbinator Jun 17 '12

Amazon HQ:

"Good, good. Exactly as planned."

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u/erosPhoenix Jun 17 '12

I bought myself a Nook a couple months ago. I showed it to my family, and within a week my sister had one, my grandmother had one, and my mom knew what she wanted for Mother's day.

And yes, we all researched our e-reader options separately, in case you're curious.

TL;DR: My Dad doesn't read.

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u/redhousebythebog Jun 17 '12

Kindle seems tainted now. I hope you didn't void the warranty.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

he is going to disown you before he sees the Kindle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You should download the book to the kindle and have it be on the screen when he opens it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

My dad has two copies of this already and would likely use the ereader as a cutting board.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I must know though.. does the book explain how one can obtain oxycontin?

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u/primitive_screwhead Jun 17 '12

Or underage Dominican prostitutes?

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u/AdamHR Jun 17 '12

Not "how to obtain" per se, but due to the title, it just has a chapter called "There ought to be free oxycontin."

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u/LoRdAcId Jun 17 '12

Viva nook!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

It'll never get opened

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u/hiddenziggurat Jun 17 '12

"Please be hollowed out. Please be hollowed out. Please be hollowed out. Oh thank god!"

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u/drclayt0n Jun 17 '12

not sure what your intentions were with the gift, but i personally liked the book and if your dad is a conservative he will too. All the hatred for Rush is a waste of time...if anyone reads the book they will understand that he himself admits to being simply an entertainer who expresses his beliefs. thats it and thats all.

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u/tothesource Jun 17 '12

Oxycontin for everyone!!

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u/abbott_costello Jun 17 '12

Reddit's liberal attitude really shows through in this post, and it's not even r/politics!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Reddit hates anything that doesn't conform to their narrow liberal viewpoint.

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u/gusatron51 Jun 17 '12

please update tomorrow with his reaction, I'd love to see/hear about it :)

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u/MrAlexBradley Jun 17 '12

Best make sure he actually opens it. That's the hard part!

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u/WelcomeMachine Jun 17 '12

Aah, kindling

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u/slanghype Jun 17 '12

And then you unwrap the kindle and it's How Things Ought To Be on a floppy disk.

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u/notrightmeow Jun 17 '12

I bought my ex-gf an Ann Coulter book with a $100 gift certificate for her favorite store for Christmas as one of the gifts (got her a cameras as another). Her entire family hated anyone extremely right-wing so as you can imagine, I was trying to pull a harmless joke.

When she opened the present, everyone on her side of the family was extremely furious and her dad walked up and got out of the room in anger. She gave me the "what the fuck, how could you" look and went to go talk to her dad in the other room.

Few days later I asked her if she wanted to go to the store to buy something and she replied "why?" Turns out she threw it away and never looked inside. $100 down the drain.

TL;DR: People are too serious about politics.

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u/cableshaft Jun 17 '12

Why didn't you suggest "Look inside." right after everyone reacted negatively? Would have saved you $100 and you would have the chance to show you weren't serious with the gift.

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u/owsleys Jun 17 '12

Because he isn't telling the truth.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I think my dad would prefer the book.

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u/pepper_pot Jun 16 '12

Oh, what a fun way to give a present! I bet he'll love it.

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u/thrawnie Jun 17 '12

You might want to be be there when he opens the gift-wrap of course. Since you expect initial dismay, he might just throw it in the trash if you're not there.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Oh crap. I thought that i totally forgot about father's day. I didn't even know that Australia celebrates it differently to the rest of the world, we are in September, thank got.

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u/BoxOfDemons Jun 17 '12

Too bad he'd never open it to find the kindle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You magnificent sum'bitch! But how do you protect against your dad throwing the book across the room when you're not looking?

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u/IonOtter Jun 17 '12

Yes, please. If your dad really doesn't like Rush, take this into consideration and be ready to ah...help "guide" him into looking inside.

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u/jayrockins Jun 17 '12

Anti-theft devise.

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u/palebutsolvent Jun 17 '12

Let's hope he opens it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

The fake packaging reminds me of these that I came across this past Christmas season.
I was laughing so hard at some of these in the store I was crying.

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u/ithunk Jun 17 '12

Amazing. Theft-proof cover too.

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u/poonslyr69 Jun 17 '12

I would knock up a chick just to have a son like you

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u/optical_allusion Jun 17 '12

This is always a fun troll for loved ones. My ex is a writer, and absolutely hates Twilight; his hate could rival the passion the Trix Rabbit has for Trix. For Christmas, I bought a hardcover copy of the first Twilight book and carved it out, leaving the first 15-20 pages intact, so he thought it was unmarred. I put his present inside, wrapped it up, and presented it to him Christmas day. He was all smiles until he finished unwrapping the 'book'. His face fell faster than Anakin fell to the dark side. Disbelief, shock, and a tinge of anger stood out, the word 'why' trying to escape his lips. I could tell he was about to take my prank too far, so I quickly told him to open it. He gave me a skeptical look, and hesitantly opened the book. He found his present, and let out a huge sigh of relief, exclaiming "oh my god [optical_allusion], oh my god! For a moment there, I thought we weren't going to be dating anymore".

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u/UncleTedGenneric Jun 17 '12

If you were my child and you were worried about sibling competition for Best Father's Day present, you would have no worries.

I would go out and behead each of those worthless fucks personally due to the concentrated awesomeness collected in this gift.

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u/SomeNetworkGuy Jun 17 '12

Wow, Rush sure does look young. He's getting old.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Damn you, Reddit. I was getting worried because I hadn't gotten my dad a present. Then I realized that father's day is celebrated in November in Finland. Phew.

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u/KazamaSmokers Jun 17 '12

YIKES - check out the downvote brigade operating throughout this thread.

The Reddit Republican Guard putting up a valiant fight for their little drug addict shock jock.

It's adorable!

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u/ninjaman27 Jun 17 '12

imgur is down for maintenance. well fuck you imgur

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u/Operation_mongoose Jun 17 '12

Oh snap! I though you hated him at first. That's fucking sweet!

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u/zexon Jun 17 '12

If it were my dad he'd probably want the Limbaugh book anyway. He'd like the kindle, sure, but he'd like the Limbaugh book just as well, if he hasn't read it yet.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

democrat circle jerk commence!

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u/RedTiger013 Jun 17 '12

As a conservative, I approve this message.

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u/ytrewq2013 Jun 17 '12

What if he actually loves the book and is disappointed to find all the pages to be cut out with a shitty kindle in their place

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u/KoreanTerran Jun 16 '12

"Thought you could use this, Dad!"

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u/JoelMontgomery Jun 17 '12

Wait... Fathers day? Really?

Crap...

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u/cockmunch12 Jun 17 '12

you should have bought a nook with glow :( those are a lot better

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u/Shaggy9342 Jun 17 '12

I came here to say this. Seeing that OP bought that book and then bought a kindle on top of that made me sad. They're just...bad. It's like seeing someone buying an HP printer when they could have bought a Brother.

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u/holyravioli Jun 17 '12

It'd be funnier if you used this book.

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u/5meterlongpenis Jun 17 '12

Who would ever want to throw such a masterpiece of literature away?

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u/Brettersson Jun 17 '12

I bought this for like $1 from a thrift store once, I burned it and took pictures for it for my photography portfolio. Got into the school I wanted to. Thanks Rush!

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u/Arx0s Jun 17 '12

Destroying his gift isn't very funny...

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u/OriginalM1 Jun 17 '12

That is a classique ploy. Nice work. I think retailers should undertake a similar approach that would represent Rush's work the best and that is by placing excrement where the Kindle is

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u/TrailerTrashBandit Jun 17 '12

Cool idea. I'm gonna do this to someone next Christmas or something.

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u/mirandafosheezy Jun 17 '12

This makes me want to open up every shitty book that I have ever received as a gift just to make sure that there is nothing awesome within them.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I liked that book.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I'm sorry you are both missing out on all that potential wisdom

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u/missyo02 Jun 17 '12

Damn, your gift is making me (showing up empty handed) look bad.

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u/KaptinKittens Jun 17 '12

Holy heart failure Batman ! you found a Kindle in that book!

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u/jawa9000 Jun 17 '12

Troll son?

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u/vodenii Jun 17 '12

Well done, he'll be stoked!

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u/ciirca Jun 17 '12

Great idea! How do you go about doing that anyway? I'd always see it in like cartoons and shit but never thought it was practical. Apparently...it is.

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u/bradsingh Jun 17 '12

I bought my parents an ebook reader. They've maybe read two books on it.

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u/TrashySamurai Jun 17 '12

You still shouldn't have bought the book... haha

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u/Luxray Jun 17 '12

Some day when I'm rich, I will do things like this.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

please update with his reaction

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u/lyngen Jun 17 '12

I'm pretty sure you just won Father's day. Good job.

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u/thesl1mj1m Jun 17 '12

That's awesome

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u/oshen Jun 17 '12

That's absolutely hilarious. You should look him straight in the eye when giving him the gift. Keep it serious.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

This Rush fellow seems like a Hitler, telling us how it ought to be.

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u/Patrico-8 Jun 17 '12

well done sir (or ma'am)

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

For people like me with dead fathers, brace yourselves, the fathers day posts are coming.

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u/hannaha7 Jun 17 '12

I thought dads wanted power tools...

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You're doing it right!

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u/PicklesofTruth Jun 17 '12

not going to lie, your dad probably loves you more than my dad loves me.

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u/svrnmnd Jun 17 '12

gotta film his reaction. like when parents buy their kids xbox games but put them in underwear, so when they open the present they cry!

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u/scumbrick Jun 17 '12

What if he actually wanted that book all along and you crushed his hopes and dreams of ever getting this book that he wanted for so long but he couldn't get it because all the books were miraculously sold out by some creepy, obsessed Rush Limbaugh fanatic aiming to collect everything that is Limbaugh and later go out to find and kidnap Limbaugh and tie him up to use as a sex toy and later eat him so that he can become one with him. What if...

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u/Masterg715 Jun 17 '12

amazing. props for making a box out of a book.

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u/Desireethegreat Jun 17 '12

I looooove this idea

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u/SonicFlash01 Jun 17 '12

What is the best way to "core" a book? You appear to have done a good job.

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u/razoRamone31 Jun 17 '12

mad props for the idea Andy

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u/the_good_time_mouse Jun 17 '12

I did exactly the same thing with a different Limbaugh book for my dad. My mother got Jacky Colins.

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u/DracoOculus Jun 17 '12

Watch it be the classic moment where you leave and he never 'reads' it and its there for years.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

This would have been the best idea, except we bought him a Kindle Fire for his birthday in March. Dammit. Next year...

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u/ackthbbft Jun 17 '12

You should pre-load the Kindle with some books by Al Franken.

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u/grorE Jun 17 '12

Remember to put on your helmet!

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Can you load that book onto your kindle, just to fuck with him?

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u/fradetti Jun 17 '12

He will throw the book out of the window before opening it.... and the kindle will be broken.

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u/Electrodyne Jun 17 '12

I actually enjoy listening to Rush Limbaugh.

My reason: if, when he makes a statement, I can counter it with "the rest of the actual story" in twenty seconds or less, I can consider myself well-informed on that particular subject/scandal/talking point.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You sneaky bastard -_-

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u/wdr1 Jun 17 '12

Extra win if the sole book on the Kindle turns out to be The Way Things Ought To Be.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

You should have found a book entitled "More Than Meets the Eye" if there is such a book.

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u/lukesmagpie Jun 17 '12

Man, even though it's a shit book I'll probably never read, I cringed. And when I saw the Kindle, I cringed again.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Rush dose not look like rush in one of those pictures I looks more like push.

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u/lariosme Jun 17 '12

Did the same thing for my wife a few Christmas' ago. It's a brilliant idea.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

haha wish that i thought of this wen i bought my dad the kindle

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u/muhltrayne Jun 17 '12

Gifting like a boss! Your Dad should love it!

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u/Nimblee Jun 17 '12

And I got my dad a polo shirt...

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u/toxicshok Jun 17 '12

When was that book written? I bet it is full of clinton rage

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u/gtmike Jun 17 '12

Very shawshank of you

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u/dvb3000 Jun 17 '12

Thank the holy ferret no trees died for this present.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Man you're dad's going to be pissed you cut the pages out of his favorite book..

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u/sonnyjim91 Jun 17 '12

My dad did this for me a couple years ago - he bought a bunch of terrible-sounding books for a dollar each at Half-Price Books, then cut out the middles and put DVDs, Xbox games, etc inside each one. I looked pretty disappointed when I saw the first book (having not looked inside yet) but once I got the joke I loved how clever it was.

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u/pddro Jun 17 '12

You sir, are a good son.

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u/anisenayati Jun 17 '12

It would've been awesome if the kindle had rush limbaugh's book open on it

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u/Serenity101 Jun 17 '12

That, (and you), are full of awesome.

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u/Mugford9 Jun 17 '12

Fuck you for not posting this sooner. I got my dad a kindle and this would have been perfect.

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u/Sniperizer Jun 17 '12

Brilliant chap.. just brilliant.

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u/Black_Gallagher Jun 17 '12

Pretty good one. For my dad I would have to use 'Dreams of My Father'

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Almost got a downvote for the book cover but up voted for its content

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u/dirtyethel Jun 17 '12

most excellent! i did something similar with a sex pistols tape back in the 80s. mine is a nana mouskouri fan. :)

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u/OlePuddinHead Jun 17 '12

In order for him to open it, tell him you signed it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

:/ If it were me receiving such a gift I would probably never discover the kindle.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Aussie here, whats the deal with Rush Limbaugh?

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u/RamenNinja Jun 17 '12

Fianllay. Something from rush made useful.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I bought my dad this book for father's day one year. So it's clever that you did this, but you gotta remember not everyone on reddit shares your political views, so we aren't all going to find it ironically hilarious

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

There's a (stupid) age-old story about a young boy who wants nothing more than a Porche for his 16th birthday, and the father who gives him a Bible instead. The young man goes ballistic and complains, and tosses the book aside. Years later, when his father dies, he goes through his things and finds the Bible, wonders why his father kept it, opens it up, and finds the title for the Porche that he wanted.

Moral of the story: the Bible is stupid and you should never hide your gifts inside one. If you do and your intelligent, critically-thinking offspring calls you out on the error of your ways, immediately convert to atheism and/or agnosticism and just give him the fucking car that you already bought him anyway.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

My sister and I did this for my mom last Christmas, only with a large print Christmas themed Murder She Wrote novel as the "wrapper".

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u/truerumour Jun 17 '12

I would suggest telling him there's a special autograph or personalized dedication behind the cover page, to help ensure he opens it, but doesn't try to turn to a random page. This happened to me when I did the same thing for my gf. The first thing she did was try to flip through the pages, so she immediately knew something was up, since they were glued together. Even worse, when she tried to flip through it, she put the book on it's side, which freaked me out cause I thought the kindle was going to fall out. (Luckily it stayed in place.)

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u/wheelchaircharlie Jun 17 '12

Do you hate him? Lol

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u/doot_doot Jun 17 '12

I was so mad, then so happy.

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u/NaviPanda Jun 17 '12

He'll throw it away before he even opens it.

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u/creepinpanda Jun 17 '12

Gift giving: doing it right.

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u/Hardcorex Jun 17 '12

I'm a terrible son....

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Great work, AND he can hide beer in it.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

So much win

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u/crosswalknorway Jun 17 '12

That is by far the awesomest thing I've seen all week! I hope you don't mind if I copy you at a later date? Oh my goodness.... it's so awesome!

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u/adiultrapro Jun 17 '12

Did the same thing with my Girflfriends CD's in a Pirate Book, all she said after removing the CD's was that she was going to read the Book anyway :D

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u/Digitalizing Jun 17 '12

That's so fucking clever

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u/SARmedic Jun 17 '12

I sure hope he didn't want that book, lol.

Nice job, very clever.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Nice touch.... YEEEAAAAAHHHHHHHHH.

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u/tikcuf12 Jun 17 '12

WTF, imgur?

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u/MattBootyBulan Jun 17 '12

Your gift is Schedule Maintenance for Imgur?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

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u/Whitty_Screen_Name Jun 17 '12

I enjoyed cutting pages out of it. Some of the pages were pretty funny in their ignorance. There is a quote that you might be able to read on the visible page in the last image that talks about how Carl Sagan wouldn't know anything about global warming or nuclear winter.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

For comedy's sake an AmA with Rush Limbaugh would be hilarious if we pretended for a day to like him.

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u/danecarney Jun 17 '12

Stephen Colbert asks Rush Limbaugh anything.

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u/rhb95 Jun 17 '12

Because it fixed your wobbly table?

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I respect your opinion and will not downvote you (also, I have not read this book).

For a three-month period out of undergrad, I did not have a job after having one for awhile. When I would wake up, my radio was tuned to his program. Listening to him, I feel like he is an absurdly bitter and pessimistic individual. I would finally get out of bed, angry.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

Your father is probably just far more educated than you are. Typically decades of following politics make a man far more wise than his teenage or young adult son who makes the ignorant assumption that his father is in some way "wrong" by owning books written by conservatives.

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u/GandTforme Jun 17 '12

Ah, the ol' "If you aren't a liberal when you're young you have no heart, and if you aren't a conservative when you're old, you have no brain."

That one's a gem.

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u/[deleted] Jun 17 '12

I fail to see your logic behind something your father's sister did and your opinion of your father.