The Gift For Him

It's 10:30 pm, and the wife went to bed an hour ago. You are a middle-aged man and you were finishing off some of the day's work in the library when suddenly you find that you're thirsty... but the wife frowns upon drinking alcohol. Your eyes scan the bookshelves loaded up with classic tomes and alight on one in particular. "Ah," you think and pull down the ceramic book flask off the shelf. With great difficulty you manage to get the stopper out (you wouldn't want any spirits in there to dry up, now would you?) You pour a glass, sit back and sip. The cares of the world melt away.... no one reads those old books anyway, so who is going to figure out you're hiding a flask amongst them?


This ceramic book flask tries to give off a sense of affluence but fails miserably, especially from the front. Please excuse the crappiness of this photo. My camera was designed for taking pictures of people and buildings, not small ceramic objects. With a little imagination, a whole picture can be created. The image features a hobo who is falling-down-drunk, clinging to a lamppost for dear life, with a bottle of spirits jutting out of his jacket pocket. Yes, a hobo. His hat is floppy and his jacket doesn't fit. Is the lamppost also drunk, or did the hobo crash into it and break it? The image below is a ribbon, which states in a fancy red cursive font: The gift for him". Is there an implication that all men are drunken hobos at heart?


This is the view from the spine. It appears to be a compilation of five different books, which are:
The Concise Dictionary
Bright Spirit
*** (It is literally just three stars)
RYE
Modern Book Depot

It seems that dictionary is indeed concise, and while the 'Bright Spirit' and 'RYE' and even the stars make sense, one can only guess what 'Modern Book Depot' is all about. Unless there is an implication that all modern books are 'depots' for the booze.

I found this ridiculous object at a local junior high four years ago which was holding a garage sale in its gym. Can you believe the seller only wanted 50 cents for this gem?

PS I promise to get better photos as soon as possible.