Yesterday a student borrowed a pencil from my “found items” cup on my desk. He went to sharpen it, and came back to me asking what was wrong with the pencil. When he handed it to me, I noticed it said “DO NOT SHARPEN” on it. Why?
It’s an erasable pen! It’s a clever idea, but who reads pencils before they sharpen them? I think this is a diabolical plan hatched by the pencil sharpener industry to ruin sharpeners so that people have to buy replacements.
My sharpener is still working, by the way. I jiggled a trigger inside the sharpening mechanism and things seem to be working okay now. Except that kid yesterday sharpened this pen it it.
That is a stupid pen. You should mail it back to the people at Foray. Or make a voodoo doll of the CEO of Foray and jab it with the pen!
Just this morning, Daniel & Susana came to me each with their PENcil. I thought it was kinda cool, but I don’t have to worry about some kid ruining my pencil sharpener. (I bet THATs not under warrenty!)
We actually don’t have that pencil we have a “Zebra” pencil it looks a lot like a normal pencil but it really is a lead pencil.
The pencil that is there is a pencil with liquid graphite not an erasable pen!!
That’s a ______ of a thing!!!
… if I may quote you …
as if middle school students were not confused enough!
I’ve had to jiggle (unstick) that same thingy inside my sharpener twice now this year. Maybe a little WD40 would do the trick. I know how you love that stuff!