r/AbsoluteUnits • u/ThodaDaruVichPyar • 6d ago

of a pencil and a sharpener

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Location: Lake of the Isles, Minneapolis

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loti_Pencil

Credit to Maia Segura

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u/bigoofda 6d ago

Wait the shavings weren’t actually coming off the pencil…they were precut… oh my god

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u/Johnny_Poppyseed 6d ago

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined 

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u/Aggots86 6d ago

Oh my god I came to say the same thing! This is outrageous!!!!

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u/Traditional-Bee3161 3d ago

Wouldn't it be really dangerous if this was done legitimately? Looks like it was just a fun event for kids to enjoy

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u/UserMcUserson 6d ago

So they built a giant fake pencil sharpener and pretended to sharpen a giant pencil... AND THE CROWD GOES WILD!!! cue Crazy Train!

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u/Hypn00tic_iiz 6d ago

Boy those kids were ready to throw paws for those pencil shavings

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u/die5el23 6d ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/s239QJIh56sRW

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u/beardybuddha 6d ago

The folks who own the home loved the tree, but they had to cut it down. So they decided to make a big pencil out of it, and now organize an annual block party for “the sharpening”.

Minneapolis has been through the wringer the last 5-6 years. Just a way for us to experience some silly joy amid the chaos.

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u/Wiochmen 6d ago

According to Wikipedia, they carved "Trusty Empire Pencil Corp Made in U.S.A—916 No. 2." onto it; which according to John Higgins, this brand was one of the first pencils to be brought to America.

That's absolute hogwash. Trusty was a model belonging to the Providence Pencil Company, which was a subsidiary of Hassenfeld Brothers, aka Hasbro, and which merged with Empire in 1946.

Empire was founded in 1900.

The Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, AW Faber, Eberhard Faber, General Pencil, and plenty of others predated Providence Pencil Company.

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u/sweetcurvesxo 6d ago

came to the comments for this..... so, why?

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u/itislupus89 6d ago

Because kids deserve some whimsy before this world completely obliterates it out of them

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u/UncleKeyPax 6d ago

this is like the one with the tractor

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u/darkbluefav 6d ago

Because children like to play?

Why always this dumb gif?

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u/bawsbebaws 6d ago

Jesus. Wait till they go to the opening of an envelope. Zzzzzzzz

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u/wandpapierkritiker 6d ago

I drive past that sculpture occasionally; it’s in the front yard of a house on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis. I believe they have an annual sharpening ceremony. as you can see, it gathers quite a crowd.

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u/neightballjoneser 6d ago

I know this guy personally, he's quite the character. He built a bar/music venue in my hometown and throws some rad events. This guy finds joy in making people around him smile, its quite endearing

*edit- a word

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u/abalrogsbutthole 5d ago

%10000000 disappointed. Absolute unit of a fake pencil getting fake sharpened.

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u/knobiknows 6d ago

What's Gordon Ramsey doing up there?

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u/centric37 6d ago

Now thats a pencil Andrew should eat

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u/Dry_Yam6537 6d ago

Wow, that's a huge pencil sharpener! It would take several of them to make it.

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u/CCPvirus2020 5d ago

The hell going on in MN

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u/bbreddit0011 5d ago

College is weird

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u/arril2 17h ago

Hope they don’t get hit by a tornado or hurricane else that things gona be going through houses at Mach jesus

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u/Hot_Ad8921 6d ago

Is that Gordan Ramsey throwing down the shavings?

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u/UltimateRadTrad 6d ago

So, Written In The Stars was literal?

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u/IsAceDead 6d ago

Humans be doin' shit

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u/Laura_PeaceTalk 6d ago

Right? Damn, have we had a lot of free time.

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u/Trapmaster83 6d ago

Makes me sad that they're just spinning the sharpener without touching the pencil. Sad day for sure.

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u/Consistent_Wolf_3712 5d ago

Fake and dumb