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I was just having a bath - with a book - and fell asleep.

I'm so sorry.

>> No.488640
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488640

You make Rousseau cry.

>> No.488639

Oh honey.

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>> No.488648

was it twilight

>> No.488649

Pity you didn't drown, you fucking waste of space.

>> No.488654
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488654

OP needs one of these

>> No.488655

Place book in a loosely shut bag and put the book in the freezer.

>> No.488660

>>488655
...
Genius.

>> No.488662

>>488649
BAHAHAHA!

>> No.488670

I never understood how people could get so comfortable in a tub that they would sit there and read. I guess it's because I'm a pretty bony guy.

>> No.488673

>>488648
I was just about to ask that! Tell us OP, was it?

>> No.488675

>>488655
...But then it'll freeze!

>> No.488674

>>488660

I got this tip from lifehacker.

http://lifehacker.com/5488295/save-water+damaged-books-docs-and-photos-by-putting-them-in-the-freeze
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>> No.488672

What book was it?

>> No.488684

>>488675

The water will slowly sublimate. After a few weeks the book should be water free.

>> No.488685

>>488672
>>488673

Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea

>> No.488687

>>488685
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOeh its not too bad.

>> No.488690

>>488685
Well, at least there's some slight irony in the situation.

>> No.488693

>>488684
remind me, if a frozen object is subjected to heat, what happens to the ice?

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488696

>>488685

>> No.488700

>>488693
Sublimate: Conversion of Solid directly into a Gas, bypassing liquidation. It's how dry ice works.

>> No.488702

>>488693
Evaporates into the air and perpetuates the continual cycle of life.

>> No.488701

>>488693

Do you know what sublimation is? Your science illiteracy is making me rage.

You better be a fucking troll.

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>>488702
Beautiful.

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>>488710

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>>488714

>> No.488721

>>488693
melts. H20 doesn't sublimate you fags >:|

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488722

You should be glad it was not-
<this type of book.

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>>488717

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>>488714

>> No.488733

I'll give this magic ice trick a try.

I've got nothing to lose right?

>> No.488756

>>488721
>>488693

FFFFUUUUUUUU

>> No.488760

>>488685
well, at least it was a poetic ending.

>> No.488763

>>488721

Do you know what freeze drying is?

>> No.488769

>>488674
You know, if anyone actually read this, it does make some sense.

>> No.488785

>>488769

It's already used by some Universities to help save important texts that have been water damaged.

>> No.488881

>>488722
What are the odds /lit/, that a e-reader could electrocute me by dropping it into the bath?

>> No.488885

>>488881

I read with my Palm Pilot in the bath. Ziploc baggie that shit.

>> No.488897

>>488881

Only one way to find out.

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>>488897
OK! Should I use this?

>> No.488934

>>488636
HOW COULD YOU