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I Hate This

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

16 comments
My junior year high school english teacher (mr. watson) and I are the only two people I know of to openly declare our love for the yellow Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 pencil. What a beautiful pencil that is, and what a perfect write. Mmm.
* This starts the Stationery Marathon. It's Stationery Week because I have a crapload of comics about paper and pencils to get out. Crapload.
 

What Say You (16)

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James wrote at 5:50am Jul 29
I swear I have seen you do this one before =/
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poppingweasels wrote at 6:19am Jul 29
hmmmm... http://myapokalips.com/show/138#comic
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Mike Gioia wrote at 6:54am Jul 29
Holy crap, I completely forgot lol. Well that kinda sucks. Oh well I have like 3 more, I'll try to get one out tonight.
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Mike Gioia wrote at 6:55am Jul 29
Well now I'm kinda irritated I wasted my time drawing the thing twice when I could have just copied this from a few months ago >:0
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BrazilNut wrote at 7:14am Jul 29
I am now laughing at your memory.

Also, since I still haven't done anything to seem a pompous ass today, and since playing the part of grammar police over the interwebz accomplishes that, I shall now correct you. Stationary is something that does not move, while Stationery is the word for paper and office supplies. Might be in interesting idea for a comic, since we all love puns and wordplay.
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Andrew wrote at 7:54am Jul 29
Dupe
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Mike Gioia wrote at 8:51am Jul 29
stationery spelling puns just got added to the marathon. how many more mistakes can i make today, everyone?
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Phil of Delphia wrote at 11:52am Jul 29
Office supplies at the store where I used to work were sold in the "Stationary Aisle". I never got tired of saying, "But they're all stationary!"

It was much more fun than making fun of the "12 items or less" sign in the express aisle.
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Teh Devil wrote at 12:34pm Jul 29
First rule of teh internetz, Mike: Don't post picture of yourself trying to sit in a trash can but you can't b/c your too fat. That's what they say on all the websites. FYI, your mom saw it over an hour ago, and she is embarrassed for you.

...Lovely comix btw?
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Mike Gioia wrote at 2:00pm Jul 29
haha i cant get over how fat that bear is. just sittin there stuck in that can.

and @phil i would have said that joke every single hour until someone got irritated enough to change it.
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Peter wrote at 1:15pm Aug 1
Have you read Henry Petroski's "The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance"?
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Mike Gioia wrote at 9:00pm Aug 1
@Peter: no but i just read the amazon description and it looks pretty interesting
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DIXON FTW wrote at 9:17am Aug 2
You are second only to Gary Larson as my favorite cartoonist thanks to your declaration of love for the Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. I'm not even kidding when I say I refuse to use anything but a Ticonderoga and typically have one on my persons at all times. Although I usually prefer a Medium not a Soft because they last longer without having t be sharpened.
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Orc wrote at 7:28am Oct 25
Wierd! For me I see a fat stuffed bear, stuffed in a street corner wastebasket... until I mouse over and get the pencil cartoon! What up with that?
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ted wrote at 10:29am Feb 17
That's funny, I remember my junior year English teacher and some boys in my class going on and on about Dixon Ticonderogas, 1388 HB soft. His name wasn't Watson, though...
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Mohammed wrote at 5:46pm Feb 24
Does any one know who cinoed the phrase It's a proud and lonely thing to be a fan ? I might be using the quote in an upcoming column and would like to credit its originator.

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