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I don’t know… I’m stumped. This 1971 commercial for Hasbro “Pencil Chompers” reminds me of something… but I can’t quite put my finger on it. Take a look for yourself.
OH! Now I remember—it reminds me of our interns! (WHAT? They love sharpening pencils!)
HAVE ANOTHER PENCIL, ALBERT.
Bang bang, choo-choo train, let me see you shake that thang. Wm. Steven Humphrey is the editor-in-chief of the Portland Mercury and has held the job since 2000. (So don’t get any funny ideas.) More by Wm. Steven Humphrey
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Not to put too fine a point on it, but you’ve got a rather dirty mind, WSH.
doobie.
Laugh if you will, but anybody who owns one of these things, in good condition, is sitting on a shit ton of money…