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How do you feel today?
I was having a look through some of my dad's old books and came across this one...
The title page
Inside was a treasure trove of funny pictures, jokes and signs.
Turns out, that during the 80s they had their own viral pictures...
they were just sent from office to office over the fax machine.
He says that when a new "meme" came out, it would clog the fax machine for a whole day.
Dad saved every one!!
And in the early 90s, decided to bind them in a leather cover. (There are 5 known copies).
Over 1000 pages of fun.
Plenty of NSFW... and when I say NSFW, I mean it!
I've only shown a small random sample.
Lots of classics (I remember handing this one around at school).
Some things (like real chain letters) that we don't see anymore.
I have a night of reading ahead of me!
If people like these, I am happy to post more.
I like to know that even before the internet, we were clogging faxes with funny and inappropriate images.
I feel like I'm handling an historical document...
it's kind of like dad was a very early version of imgur.
Had a banana for scale, but the "banana bread recipe" it was with was a little bit too much on review.
aranasaurus
re-publish the book and market it to urban oufitters
myfieldoffucksisbarren
This is absolutely glorious. I would buy the shit out of this. Post more!
aranasaurus
you should re-publish the book and sell it at urban outfitter
BruRadley
This is cool, man. The internet generation is not so cutting-edge after all...
DucGuySharkBitenomNomnom
Am I the only one that turned my head upside down?
ZippytheMuppetKiller
yes. i turned my head sideways and my monitor sideways...i felt pretty stupid when the boss walked in
iwantashortnameforonceohshit
TATTOO OF SAFE SEX! https://sphotos-b-dfw.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ash3/563685_630636190286086_1702915637_n.jpg done by Justin Britt at my shop!
iwantashortnameforonceohshit
always found it funny, now we know where the idea came from!
FlippyXIV
awesome!!! I'd love to see more of it!
tryalittleharder
I have no idea why, but I have a strong feeling this is British. Am I right? Love the book!
ImNotReallyHereAtAll
Many of these were passed to me via my grandmother from her office days... neat to see more and ALL together.
LillaJontis
On behalf of the whole Internet.. MOAR!!!1
LitchiesAndPlums
Imgur-archeology!
beermefive
Imgurcheology!
LitchiesAndPlums
that's the word i was looking for!
MisterWho
I wonder how you would upvote someone on bookgur?
DerpFaceTiff
Put a bookmark on the page?
experttextpert
What's in those safes?
velociraptorfarmer
It's like the imgur bible!
welcomestranger
imgur 1.0
cakeandjake
This is awesome OP!
whotricktthepony
if this do not go to the frontpage, i can no longer trust anything in this world!
Vicwood
VeryMagical
I am on skype and forgot that the other person could see me. I wish so much I'd seen this before turning myself all upsidedownish :l
IWantToPetYourCat
Thank you!
SometimesIChangeMyAccountNameJustBecauseICan
That's what I was looking for!
randomhate
So I'm doing this on a tablet and the woman refuses to let me see her before six beers
OpenMarshmellow
Ha! I've got a fancy 24" monitor and I flipped the damned thing upside and smashed it, but even I saw her.
mavrickgod
First world problems.
mathnerd314
1. Put it on a table. 2. Spin around, keeping level.
UseTheSource
OH!!! I often thought about how my grandma faxed and even snailmailed these and how crazy e-mail would be for her.
RadishIsAMeat
Fax... grandma? Stop making me feel old. My Gran has never been familiar with anything electrical since the TV.
UseTheSource
don't blame me! To be honest, she's relatively young and was an assistant. Though my 70 y/o grandma bought her first computer.
mop36
If ud left only the first image I thought u were going to reference "r u ok?" day
Fatima2013
Did anyone notice the "Turned On" face?!
enchantedpancakes
Yes! I feel it could also be called "Rapey" face.
corduroyninja
Reminds me of the Grinch
TGDk
This is just too funny and too good! :)
Warranty
Post the whole book in parts. Wadjet-style.
ThroughTheLookingGlass
More please! Did your dad bind all 6 books? This is really great! my dad has a bunch of these types of papers just in a box !
ImASexyUnicorn
All six books? Do you know what this is called? I'm looking all over the internet and can't find anything...
itsamazing
Post them! That is an order, private.
usernameschmoosernamelosername
Fax machine memes? Well I'll give you a reaction worthy of the times
prattleassassin
Rad gif, bro.
skipperwolf
I CAN'T SEE SHIT, CAPTAIN.
deekayy
not gunna lie, i turned my laptop upside down to see "before 6 beers" pic.
ManicIdleness
I just broke my neck. HALP!
MysteriousFawx
I'm on a PC, so I practically had to handstand....still wasn't that easy to see....
mathnerd314
CTRL + ALT + ↓
opheleon
As far as I'm informed, this only works with Intel drivers. Fortunately, many modern laptops have dual graphics.
lildeidei
You need more upvotes. This is good advice.
mathnerd314
Thanks. It also works for → and ← which I use on occasion to surf while lying down. But it's best use is for messing with people :)
Boswell
Before 6 beers, for those without laptops/tablets/giraffe necks: http://imgur.com/k2xXsVT
ian12
ty :)
Foxxphyre
As a historian... you are holding a historical document.
eggmuffin
I know this is probably just a joke, but there is truth to it. You consider it silly today, but in 250 years it's both silly and important.
chocolathunder
As a historical document... I agree .
wandergeist
Yeah, ephemera like this is often lost forever. Also, I love the word "ephemera."
elemjay19
I said the word "dulcet" the other day and my dad thanked me. :)
MarionTheLibrarian
I was just thinking that this should be donated to an archive :)
MarionTheLibrarian
When he is done with it of course :)
SirHakase
Username relevant. ;)
MarionTheLibrarian
:)
SirHakase
You should meet my friend Dave the Barbarian.