About a year ago I was in a store and saw this faux book and thought "Oh. I should buy that, I always have books laying around. No, if I do that everyone will know it's a fake book. Plus, it doesn't even have Trainspotting written on it. Wait, people will know it's a faux book so they will know not to look in it". So I bought it.
The last part of that statement has never happened. Everytime someone walks into my apartment that's the first thing they spot, and then they walk right over and open it up. The thought of privacy doesn't enter anyone's mind. More people have seen the spare cell phone cords than when they were on the end table. I feel somewhat bad about it, people are always so excited and feel so smart and full of childlike illusions. I need to figure out something more awesome to put in there so that feeling of discovery doesn't die; maybe I'll write some fake love letters from a ninja....or maybe a treasure map also from a ninja. Ninjas are awesome.
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You should totally put a treasure map in there. THAT is a cocktail party conversation starter! (Although the cell phone cord is kind of hilarious in it's simplicity...)
Definitely put something exciting in there! Like those trick rattlesnack eegs they sell where you wind a rubber band around a washer and then leave them prepped in an envelope. When someone peeks in the envelope, the rubberband unwinds and rattles the envelope, scaring the bejeebers out of them! Good times. :)
Definitely put something exciting in there! Like those trick rattlesnack eegs they sell where you wind a rubber band around a washer and then leave them prepped in an envelope. When someone peeks in the envelope, the rubberband unwinds and rattles the envelope, scaring the bejeebers out of them! Good times. :)
...or a little piece of paper at the bottom that says, "This fake book intentionally left empty." Nah. I like the map or trick rattlesnake egg idea better.
Or what about throwing stars? You know, in case you want to impress a ninja?
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