These erasers NEVER erased :\ The teachers always handed these out to us nevertheless.
๐๏ธ 3Dartwork ยท 1425 points ยท Posted at 02:05:28 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
๐๏ธ 3Dartwork ยท 1425 points ยท Posted at 02:05:28 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Rich_and_Bored ยท 94 points ยท Posted at 03:19:09 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Can anyone else smell them just from the picture?
clavedark ยท 31 points ยท Posted at 03:56:16 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I'm asking you if it's edible cause it certainly smells of grapes.
Eavster ยท 10 points ยท Posted at 04:21:21 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I remember one time as a child, watching in horror as a friend ate a handful of these.
antdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:49:24 on October 31, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
"And then?"
WhirlingDervishes ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 01:20:25 on October 3, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Alright you win. I'll probably pick one up on the way home and eat it.
nikkkko ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 07:37:18 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
My mouth watered.
And I could feel the lips of that cute girl that gave me a peck on the cheek when I gave her one of those at recess.
Damn.
mrhgibs1 ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:09:12 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Did you hit it?
nikkkko ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 06:31:07 on October 3, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh no, we were way too young! :)
antdude ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 22:49:43 on October 31, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
What about when you guys got older?
woe2thepubliceye ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 06:52:31 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
STRAWWWWBERRRIESSSS
FireFoxMcCloud ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 10:32:14 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
All I can smell is urine.
mystik3309 ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 16:31:26 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
No shit that was the very first thing that popped in my mind and I came here to say just this.
Dlgredael ยท 54 points ยท Posted at 03:58:40 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
But they bounced off your desk and ricocheted off walls like champs.
KnottyKitty ยท 41 points ยท Posted at 03:36:42 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I had the biggest eraser collection as a kid. I thought I was sooooo cool with my Caboodles box full of novelty erasers.
bear_sheriff ยท 15 points ยท Posted at 10:12:47 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I am so happy to know I'm not alone - I had a coveted tin full of them. Mostly Lisa Frank erasers. I was always saving them for a special occasion. Nothing was ever special enough and then I grew up.
See also: folder collection, patch collection
CosmicEngender ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 18:34:00 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
And now I'm sad. :(
antdude ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 22:50:20 on October 31, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Too bad, so :(.
paul2520 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:37:16 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I had a pretty big collection, too!
StarWalk ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 06:10:30 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I just had a shoebox :(
btfx ยท 34 points ยท Posted at 11:08:26 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Do you remember when you first saw this?
http://imgur.com/Erfnd8C
The look of the texture alone was promising.
When you touched it you knew it was something different.
When you tried it, everything changed.
When you had to give it back...
When you pocketed a broken-off chunk greyed and rounded with wear, but just as soft...
When you wore it down to nearly nothing...
When it broke into two pieces, too small to use. They sat on your desk at home, just in case...
When you stole a whole one knowing perfectly well that even though it was just sitting there, it was someone's and that someone would miss it dearly...
When you kept your eye on it as it sat on your desk. Just because it's inches away, doesn't mean you would risk letting your guard down...
When you let that okay guy borrow it for a second. He was an okay guy. You still didn't take your eyes off him for more than a minute. He gave it back when he was finished. You exhaled...
And then...
When it was gone. You blew it. The pocket of your backpack, dark and devoid of its presence. You can see it on the desk in English class. For fucks sake you didn't even use it. Why did you take it out? Your pencil has one. Maybe it's still there, maybe it will be there tomorrow...
Who are you kidding. It was gone the moment someone saw it without you nearby...
Remember?
You thought, "Is this real? Have I gotten this low? I'm going to spend MY money on school supplies? No... No..."
The next week you went into that Staples, and you went straight to the same isle, and you picked up the package with two brand new ones in it, and you walked straight to the register, and you took the cash out of your cheap nylon-polyester wallet, and you looked at the money, in your hand, and you extended your hand to the cashier girl...
And now you had one in your room... and one in your backpack...
And then there was that first grey smudge, and you could see everything you put on that paper, picked up and in that grey smudge. It looked better, it's not supposed to be brand new...
You tried not to round the corners too much, tried to use the whole face of it. It took more time, but you wanted it to look better than that one that you found. That you stole. That was stolen from you...
And then, you saw a chunk on the hallway floor, and you couldn't help but think, "Is that... No... Probably not." It didn't matter, you had two now.
But you still remember seeing it on the hallway floor. It didn't matter. But you still remember.
Thinc_Ng_Kap ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 12:06:39 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
10/10, would read again.
deon_ ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 12:24:55 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
holy shit that was spot on
[deleted] ยท 7 points ยท Posted at 13:11:21 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Never thought I'd get chills from a story about an eraser. Hit too close to home.
large-farva ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 12:40:25 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)*
this should be phar-mor, venture, kmart, or woolworth.
TheRandomHero ยท 18 points ยท Posted at 04:21:47 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
They couldn't erase. They were too busy smudging and marking up your paper.
brokenpheonix ยท 13 points ยท Posted at 12:15:12 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
We always got them when they wanted us to take bubble tests.
Teachers would always get pissed at us too. Like we couldn't follow the directions that said "erase completely, do not mark through". I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS! YOU GAVE ME SMUDGE MAKERS! IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT, MRS. COTTON! LETS SEE YOU ERASE YOUR SHITTY EASTER PENCIL LEAD COMPLETELY!!!
ishatbrx ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 15:53:15 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
She sounds like a monster. I'm glad you're alright now. It's almost like straight out of one of those Saw movies.
SpartaWillBurn ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:09:53 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Unresolved issues?
brokenpheonix ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 18:37:45 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I had an awesome #2 pencil sharpened to perfection just waiting to be used for that standardized testing bullshit. I was excited because I always do really good on those things. So she takes all of our pencils away because 4th graders know how to carve Morse code into their pencils or some shit and hands out easter themed pencils that she only sharpened ON ONE SIDE! ONE SIDE, PEOPLE! So, not only is my pencil a piece of shit off brand Easter themed pencil, it can't write worth shit. I realize I got a question wrong and go to erase it using the pencil eraser. It snaps off like the cheap piece of shit it is. Okay, ask for a new eraser and she gives everyone in the class one of these things "just in case you need them." It smudged the hell out of my paper! HORRIBLE SMUDGES EVERYWHERE! Bitch gave me detention for smudging my paper as an example to the class to not do it tomorrow. Fuck that bitch.
90sNerdJosh ยท 16 points ยท Posted at 03:56:58 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure they were ~90% plastic
PotatoPop ยท 12 points ยท Posted at 03:52:04 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I remember throwing these at each other a lot.
MensaNominee ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 14:53:57 on October 7, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
they stung...in a great way.
NickPrefect ยท 30 points ยท Posted at 03:29:58 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Plot twist: the teachers were handing out ineffectual erasers to get you to make fewer mistakes.
countastrotacos ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 04:07:26 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Sudden Clarity Clarence
[deleted] ยท 9 points ยท Posted at 07:06:39 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Those things were a grade school currency like cigarettes in prison
Crystallove18 ยท 6 points ยท Posted at 05:31:41 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I fucking loved these shits idc if it erased anything they made my day feel validated
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 06:44:13 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Are these still available? I always wanted to collect them in elementary/middle school but never did because they were 'girl erasers'.
ohkatiedear ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:26:25 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh, yes they are.
KMFDM781 ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 04:28:22 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I could smell that pic
[deleted] ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 05:07:24 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
They were worthless but I loved them anyway.
VulGerrity ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 08:07:13 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
who ever actually used them to erase things?
HeyZuesHChrist ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 13:28:47 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I remember these. We called them "smear the lead and rip the paper."
[deleted] ยท 5 points ยท Posted at 14:28:51 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Manual paper shredders.
StandsInRefuse ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 05:44:36 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Oh god I remember these! They used to just smudge whatever you were trying to rub out.
mindsnare ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 11:57:52 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
About as useful as the "Pen" erasers that basically just ripped a hole in your paper.
meridon ยท 4 points ยท Posted at 20:16:17 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Ugh erasable pens! Those were the worst, and we had to use them in 5th/6th grade because we a.) weren't allowed to use pencil anymore (except in math) and b.) weren't old enough (read: capable of not totally screwing everything up) to use non-erasable pens.
Seriously. those things were THE. WORST. The erasers on those were worse at erasing than those novelty erasers.
AnreteaXul ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 14:24:03 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I remember trying so hard to erase with one of these that I ended up ripping a hole in my homework...
interruptedgirl77 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 18:54:38 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I used to eat them.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:52 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I always used to bite mine in half.
RockDaHouse690 ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 19:49:45 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Thanks now I can throw bits of these at my friends and you can yell at me for it later.
levilarrington ยท 3 points ยท Posted at 20:14:40 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure most kids just ate them.
Promac ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:32:03 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
Pretty sure this is where the glue-huffing all started.
gatewaydrug
RightWingWrite ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 06:17:21 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
pretty sure I had recieved approxiametly 20 of the flowers ones over time
BunnyWatson ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 11:08:16 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I hated those witch erasers, I could never tell what they were supposed to be, and they were the only ones the teachers ever had...
ShibeBot ยท -3 points ยท Posted at 17:29:06 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
heck0456 ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:03:21 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
And it was awesome!
fart_fig_newton ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 12:09:08 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
OMG the rage that came back when I looked at the photo... These were absolute SHIT
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 14:09:19 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
That dog is having a bad day.
[deleted] ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 15:39:39 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I had the bunny one and I got so mad at it I bit off its ears one day. Felt bad afterwards haha
tomdalzell ยท 2 points ยท Posted at 23:00:00 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
they tasted terrible too.
katiemew ยท 1 points ยท Posted at 01:37:13 on November 10, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
I... I don't think that the dog is ok...
eskapeartist ยท 0 points ยท Posted at 04:24:55 on October 2, 2013 ยท (Permalink)
nostalgia overdose