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Aaaaaand Reddit loses it's infatuation with Emma Watson...
Aug 18, 2013 4:46 PM
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chairmanmow
Idiot's Guide to Raftbuilding
EverythingYouKnowIsALie
uh oh, Imgur, Emma Watson is a Jesus freak....
TheElderBowls
Cryptonomicon - neal stephenson.... basically all of the worlds knowledge put into one story.
inpulse
obvious choice is obvious
FannyFondler
Nobody said Bob Saget's biography?
iJustWantToBeCoolLikeEveryoneElseOKAY
rofLMAO genious
onetwothreefourfive6
The Count of Monte Cristo, unabridged. Because the plot in that book is so complex, I'd never get tired of reading it.
ChameleonFacedGoon
The comments show how many atheists there are on Imgur (just an observation)
JasonDeruloo
Stranded on a Desert Island For Dummies.
BenMayhem
I can never decide whether to read Jilly Cooper or The Bible either...
ArthurBooRadley
What good is a raft on a desert island? If you're in the desert it would be more advisable to try to find water, not build a raft.
Simrik
That is the point, captain.
DaJoW
The Necronomicon, obviously.
TheOriginalSiri
Classic Emma. Chooses a super long book so she has more reading material
Screenname
Escaping Desert Islands For Dummies
baronridiculous
How to build a raft: build it in the water. It will weigh about 5 times what it will carry. If it will carry you, you can't move it.
ChefHannibal
Question: is there fire wood on the island?
FlamingCabbage
I love that Emma's choice alternative to the BIBLE was Jilly Cooper; the daftest set of bonkbusters ever to grace the shelves of Britain.
MagnusDeacon
A porno magazine.
treekiddo
glad to know im not the only one that thought that
TherearesomewhocallmeTim
A giant, inflatable book
sarahkat
Oh, you.
littlesthobowithashotgun
with a chapter on how to make oars out of sand
jackbos
I didn't even know Emma Watson was a Christian.
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balkingtowinnie
but if you are on a deserted Island and you choose the bible... there is a big change you are probably a Christian
Awhaleandabowlofpetunias
If she's willing to read nothing but the Bible, I'm willing to bet she takes it kind of seriously.
jdswimster
Classic Fred, I mean George, I mean aww screw it
seeamon
Invasion of the Pointlessly Short Gifs
skittledick
Because this is The Daily Prophet!
NOTAnAdminOfThisWebsite
Welcome to tum-- I MEAN IMGUR
adrockmk2
Really starting to hate these posts (and these gif stacks)...why even bother animating them?
jerseytom
I haaaaaaaaaaate gif stacks. Even still photo stacks.
TheNorthernSkeptic
I would bring a big inflatable book titled "How to make oars out of sand"... Points to those who knows who said that first.
TheHappyCanadian
Nick Kroll?
andybrice
Ardal O'Hanlon, right? He also said he didn't like the implied threat in the question.
TheNorthernSkeptic
Ardal is correct, my friend.
PetrificusTotalus
Game of Thrones. All of them. Fuck building a raft, I'd die a happy man.
psychotherapist
I'm pretty certain I could row dance with dragons to safety.
zmk2b
More like extremely entertained and sad.
binkybow
What if there isn't a happy ending? Just one where everyone dies and nameless-nobody takes the throne? Would you be happy? HMMM?!
ThisGuyHere
I'd be happy if Podrick found his way to the Iron Throne...
thjoth
I'm voting for Arya to become Queen of Westeros. Valar morghulis, bitches.
PetrificusTotalus
Realistically, I've come to terms with the probability of this happening.
penthief
It's all about the journeyyyy
FoxBroadcasting
That's just cheating. The rules clearly state one book.
SenorSeniorSr
My god he's right. IMGUR!! QUICK!! We must find the lad who played Seamus and make him apologize for naming a series as well!!
FoxBroadcasting
It's okay. I already took care of him.
Treebearded
"The Great Gatsby?" For the rest of your life? Do you even read?
mortalkomic
Once the book says a dozen men have to explain to a drunk man that the wheel had no physical bond to the car, my heart was won.
mayiread
The Great Gatsby is a fantastic book.
oksoyep
It's a great book but it'd get a little depressing.
goroshek
one of the few books that could never hold my attention. i saw the movie and found out what it was about
TBBs
its a great book. It really is.
goroshek
one of the few books that could never hold my attention. i saw the movie and found out what it was about\
DeathDoctorTrafalgarLaw
I love that book
cureblossom
They're British, of course they'd enjoy reading the death of the American dream.
bdants
I really tried, but I can't stand that book.
nycnewyork
Fuck you.
bdants
Was F. Scott Fitzgerald your great great uncle or something?
chairmanmow
Yeah sure it's deep and whatever but so so so so boring
TheRarispy
The Great Gatsby, as fantastic as it is, is one of those books you're not going to read again for a long while after finishing it, if ever.
tallforahobbit
It's one of my favorite books, but it takes like an hour to read. I have a Gatsby tattoo and I wouldn't even pick that book.
baskaaaa
You should post a photo of your tattoo, I'd like to see it!
iwanttobeapenguin
I second this motion
Gaiix
Thirded.
Oprinist
Fourthed.
frescadeee
Jilly Cooper and The Bible seem to be total opposite genres..
frescadeee
wait, shit, no, I didn't mean to mention the B word, I've just opened myself up to discussion, I DON'T LIKE DISCUSSIOOOONNNNN
JonathanSharman
At risk of sounding pedantic, the books of the Bible span many literary genres: myth, history, poetry, letter, et al.
frescadeee
yeah as soon as i wrote it I was like 'oh shit there is actually a lot of trashy sex in the Bible' or so the internet would have me believe
JonathanSharman
Song of Songs is pretty steamy. :P
OneDayiWillDateAlisonBrie
Dan Simmons's Hyperion
GodIsDeadLongLiveDog
I already read it... not unbelievably good.
BurningChicken
Yeah I enjoyed it, but I was expecting more for all the hype. No that wasn't a pun... damn
Oprinist
Goddamn gymnosperms.
seetheforrest
Yes yes yes yes
diev
Oh god you could dissect that for years: by the same token Finnegan's Wake
MarvelousWolverine
I just started reading it !! I just finished Carrion Comfort and I loved it !
OneDayiWillDateAlisonBrie
enjoy it my friend! i kind of envy you to discover it for the first time
thewickerchair
I love you.
OneDayiWillDateAlisonBrie
i love you too :) greetings from France.
thewickerchair
Greetings from SoCal :)
vordrax
The whole Hyperion Cantos or just the first novel?
OneDayiWillDateAlisonBrie
the whole cantos including Endymion too! ;)
vordrax
+1 for class, sir.
baldandbearded
I'd take Silmarillion and memorize it. Then shout out at Colbert that I was a bigger Tolkien nerd than him. He'd find me, and I'd lose, >>
SurelyNotAWalrus
Brilliant
baldandbearded
but I'd be saved. Hopefully.
MaelstromUmbrae
I've got 13 of the History of Middle Earth books I can lend you to prepare to troll him.
CanadaIsMyHat
HA! Oh man, that book. I tried to read it when I was really young. I was stubborn and stuck with it but my god, I just couldn't take it.
PazuzuFromThatFuturama
I did the same about 3 months ago. It was just too much.
thil13
tried it in 8th grade, couldn't do it. Came back to it in 11th, no problem. It is such a hard read, but not because of difficult words...
jakaii
It's just a matter of keeping track of the geography, events, and people. It's written as history, and takes practice to learn it all.
BeardKhan
You know the Silmarillion isn't the only source of Tolkien-istic lore out there right? It doesn't have all the info either.
baldandbearded
Yeah, I know. But I couldn't beat Colbert anyway, and I didn't intend to.
LearningOnImgur
Didn't he actually write an entire encyclopedia to middle earth that's like 3 volumes thick?
Orome
He wrote The History of Middle Earth that is twelve volumes thick!
huanthewolfhound
Ha! Clever.
baldandbearded
I know, but I only got to take one book, and I'm sure that fact would entice Colbert even further!
BeardKhan
But you'd get owned on everything that's not in the silmarillion
baldandbearded
Well as I said, the point wasn't winning. The point was Colbert finding and owning me. And then being rescued by him!
AtHomeWithTrolls
Take a compendium of all Tolkien facts
baldandbearded
Well, I want something that I can enjoy to some extent. And if I win, Colbert might not be inclined to rescue me!
nameisunavailable
these gifs seem very unnecessary
TBKU
As long as the subtitle isn't animated, it's fine with me.
imgusername
said no one ever
IsNeverRelevant
Does it matter?
GhostOfKarelia
Yes.
meshuggahpuffs
Because they are.
DBC249
da bible, da bible, da bible, da bible, da bible
BeaconOfSoap
Your FACE seems unnecessary.
NotACanadian
This color TV seems very unnecessary.
imshibagel
Just wait until we have 3D gifs.......then they do this
flamingflamingo
Motion pictures are the future!
tapeyhungry
*are
Rezol
That's tumblr for you.
RobertDanger
Tumblr seems very unnecessary.
ArcticMoose
Said the Imgurian
RaultxO
I don't know that book. Is it good?
Ghasto
yeah but the pictures keep moving
TheMonsterWithinYou
ah yisss motha fuckin pop up books. On a side note.. when I was in 1st grade we would always fight over who got the pop up books. lol
skipperwolf
YER A WIZARD, GHASTO
TBBs
The Old Man and the Sea? I see someone passed 10th grade English.
danzafan37
Of all of Hemmingway, REALLY? I mean it isn't bad but For Whom the Bell Tolls is way better
hudson90210
I fucking love that book.
Mickstack
Or he didn't pass it and he just wants to read a new book on the island.
CoyoteSabre
I's a good book, but it's like 12 pages long. Desert Island you need some real depth.
aurthurallan
One of the best short stories ever written.
enternius
TIL I didn't path 10th grade English.
TBBs
apparently not (!)
SigPistols
Now kith.
enternius
Oh my god I thought you guys were insulting me for no reason and now I'm just now seeing my GIANT spelling error.
inevergottomeetlilsebastianrip
More like 8th grade english
nerdextreme
Either your 8th grade was very serious about literature or you have no taste in literature because this was supposed to be an insult.
inevergottomeetlilsebastianrip
My 8th grade was very serious...honors English, man.
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inevergottomeetlilsebastianrip
We also read The Hobbit in 8th grade
scuba7jb
I hate that book with the white-hot-intensity of the sun: 78 pages just describing a guy holding a rope......
cowashee26
I hate it too - I fell asleep everytime I tried to read it.
shootxthexmessenger
I read. A lot. But I could never make it through Hemingway.
boxvader
The book actually contains a lot of symbolism. It is a lot more than 78 pages of a guy holding a rope.
meritage
we don't study that in England, unless some schools have an unusual curiculum I don't know about. How old is grade 10?
SirusKing
Its one above year 10.
nerdextreme
15-17
ilikebreakfast
Books are versatile. It's also read in upper division classes at the university level.
TBBs
15- and 16-year-olds usually. It's usually used in the "slower" English classes. Non-remedial.
somethinglessserious
"Slower"?. It was in my GT Honors English class in 10th grade (really advanced)... maybe my class was weird. We also did Life of Pi.
TBBs
On the flip side, 'Slower' classes use it as the focus of their curriculum.
vanishplusxzone
I was in advanced classes too, and we did it. The teacher thought Hemingway was the end all and be all of literature though.
somethinglessserious
Yeah, my teacher was like that about Hemingway and Thoreau and a couple others.
wastewanderer
Mine did too. In fact, the guy looked like he was Hemingway's twin. It was a little creepy.
flamingflamingo
My regular English class read the Odyssey! I wonder what the Honors class did at my school. The Bible?
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Why would you read the Odyssee for English? Isn't Homerus Greek?
somethinglessserious
Weird, we did the Odyssey in eight grade... sort of. We skimmed over a lot.
TBBs
It's kind of a long story, but it's a standard in American lit; it's usually used as a break between hard-to-interpret books.
vanishplusxzone
Was it long? I thought it was just boring as fuck.
somethinglessserious
I guess that makes sense. We were supposed to use it to break before Life of Pi and try to connect the two.