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On Giftmas eve, we stumbled upon a Little Free Library stuffed to the gills with Justin Bieber photo books. I suggested to ma soeur that it would be humorous to give one to the GC. She countered that it would be even more humorous to give all of them to the GC. I said I was willing to make this happen if I could a) have paper to wrap them with, and b) have her kinder give the first to the GC as though it were a present he'd picked out. Because while the GC would immediately identify a Justin Bieber photo book from me, no matter how carefully wrapped, as a gag, it would seem a completely plausible gift coming from a very young member of the family. And the GC is far too kind to not pretend to be thrilled by such a gift.
Which is exactly what happened when the first Justin Bieber book emerged from its gift wraping. With the second one some minutes later the GC was clearly thinking, This kid must really like Justin Bieber. By the third, which was presented about 40 minutes into gift-giving, the GC was bemused. And by the time the actual D&D campaign manual—of similar dimensions with the preceding six volumes of our Bieberganza and wrapped just as lovingly—was produced, you could tell the GC was trying very hard to maintain the appearance of enthusiasm. (The rest of us were trying, with various degrees of success, not to laugh and give the game away.)
Having served their purpose admirably, the books will be rehomed where we found them tomorrow. Let the naysayers say what they will, Little Free Libraries are good for all sorts of things.
これで以上です。
Which is exactly what happened when the first Justin Bieber book emerged from its gift wraping. With the second one some minutes later the GC was clearly thinking, This kid must really like Justin Bieber. By the third, which was presented about 40 minutes into gift-giving, the GC was bemused. And by the time the actual D&D campaign manual—of similar dimensions with the preceding six volumes of our Bieberganza and wrapped just as lovingly—was produced, you could tell the GC was trying very hard to maintain the appearance of enthusiasm. (The rest of us were trying, with various degrees of success, not to laugh and give the game away.)
Having served their purpose admirably, the books will be rehomed where we found them tomorrow. Let the naysayers say what they will, Little Free Libraries are good for all sorts of things.
これで以上です。
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