For anyone here who's into both tech (and maybe the film 'Amelie' too), I had a Christmas idea I can't use myself this year

[mikeymikec]

I only thought of this part-way through present-wrapping for my wife , hence I can't really use this movie reference without re-wrapping everything. We both like the movie.

I am becoming increasingly terrible at present-wrapping (she enjoys it and so does most of it, what remains are my presents for her) and a few presents I got her are irregularly-shaped, so they're both a pain to wrap and easy to guess from their shape, so I set about disguising them.

There's a scene (which I can't find on YouTube) out of the film 'Amelie' where the groceries delivery man is delivering shall we say contraband to the old disabled guy. He's disguised each of the items as something mundane, for example a bottle of champagne has been disguised with the cut-off top off a plastic milk bottle, and he reveals each one in turn, turning the old man's initial disappointment of the healthy foods into joy.

So I was trying to come up with ways to disguise some of these items, and one that's about the size of a house key so I ended up taking the miniature manual from a Samsung SSD and put the item into it. As I already have a rep amongst the in-laws for being overwhelmingly interested in tech stuff (for example, I get amicably mocked for asking for magnetic dust filters once). Afterwards I thought it would have been pretty cool if I was able to have disguised all of her presents in tech packaging, to give my wife the initial disappointment of "oh crap, he got me tech presents when I barely switch my computer on any more", followed by the reveal

 

[herm0016]

we have a tradition of putting odd thigs on the labels, ex. a famous chef for cooking related gift, Charlton Hesston for a toy weapon, etc. Have done similar to you as well on occasion.

 

[nakedfrog]

I've done all manner of things like this when the kids were growing up.
I still catch flak from my partner for a few years back when I suggested I might gift her my old waffle iron when I got a new one, and then she unwrapped a gift to find a box that said "this is definitely not a waffle iron, yep, for sure, totally not a waffle iron". I think I'd put an old shoe in it, she was initially very happy after removing the wrapping, and then quickly moved to very disappointed to find out that it really was not a waffle iron inside the box. Then I fetched the waffle iron from the other room.

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Thread makes me think of this scene from Family Guy

 

[SteveGrabowski]

Also makes me think of the first viral video I can ever remember from youtube

 

[lxskllr]

I think I'd put an old shoe in it,

What would be amusing is a new shoe, with note stating they have to wait for the store to put the other on display before getting the rest of the gift.

 

[nakedfrog]

What would be amusing is a new shoe, with note stating they have to wait for the store to put the other on display before getting the rest of the gift.

Where were you when I gave her a pair of new shoes a couple years ago?!?