It is quite well known that I keep a vast selection of magazines around my house, in various cupboards and other storage vaults I have in the house. I can’t for the life of me throw them out because they always come in handy. I might only look at four magazines in the year for reference purposes, but there is nothing worse than remembering reading an article, and you don’t have the magazine anymore. This messes my head up and now I don’t throw them away anymore.
Taking a stroll around this morning, I saw a variety of different magazines. To name a few, or all of them: Men’s Health, Men’s Health Living, Men’s Health Best Life, Sports Illustrated(Including every South African Sports Illustrated Swimwear Issue…I know), Bicycling, Ride magazine, GQ, a copy of Heat (Don’t ask), Time magazine, Mountain Bike Action and others stored in various facilities.
So it was a treat when I opened up an old GQ this morning and read over their little piece on mantlepiecing.
Basically, what you do, is you mantlepiece peoples houses. Preferably people you don’t know. You take a recent photo of yourself, preferably pulling a bizarre face or sporting a moustache or something. You then quietly place this photo on the persons mantlepiece, alongside their photos of great grandparents and the like. You then just leave it at that.
Most people have mantlepieces with photos that have been on them forever. So they never really check the photos, and your mug might sit there for months before anyone notices. When they do find it…it will be hilarious as they scramble throught their minds to figure out who the idiot is on their mantlepiece! Obviously you will never see this happen, but it’s fun knowing that they will find your photo one day!
What I have done is a little bit of mantlepiecing for a photo here. Please enjoy the photo of myself, with the arrow, which was taken when I was 10 years old or something. I actually have no idea how old I was, I’m just making it up. That photo actually currently sits on the massive antique wooden desk that has just been delivered to my house. I must show you a photo of this desk, it’s disgustingly awesome! That photo is also the only photo on my desk. I’m so vain! So please look at the situation below. Young Sean, and then all the old school family photos. Classic!
Good times
It’s such a cool thing to do in summer when you are constantly invited to random house parties.
So come on people, this summer let’s have some fun. Let’s mantlepiece!
And next up we might even show you some “Antiquing”
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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