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notebookism: Pencils with taste

 

http://www.taipeitimes.com/images/2007/07/07/20070706184224.jpeg

 

"PENCILS WITH TASTE: A stationery maker Pentel employee displays the world's first mechanical pencil, the Supplio, with flavoured lead at the International Stationery and Office products Fair in Tokyo Friday. The leads contain nano-sized flavoured capsules that transfer to the paper with three different flavours of rose, green tea and rosemary. The Supplio will in stores in September."

http://www.notebookism.com/2007/07/pencils-with-ta.html

 

Chris

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Now there's an accident waiting to happen!

 

 

Do I chew the tip end of the pencil, or do I lick the page?

 

 

My dog ate my homework.............. :rolleyes:

 

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:blink: :blink: :blink:

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Yea but..............

But why would................

I don't get................

 

Garageboy, I'm just goint to lick the page :glare:

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Maybe the translator misinterpreted the text as "flavor" instead of "scent"? :blink: I can see scented leads, as they did with markers some years ago.

 

Otherwise... why on Earth would anyone want to suck on a pencil lead? I mean sheesh--get a breath mint! Talk about ridiculous marketing ideas.

 

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Maybe the translator misinterpreted the text as "flavor" instead of "scent"? :blink: I can see scented leads, as they did with markers some years ago.

 

Otherwise... why on Earth would anyone want to suck on a pencil lead? I mean sheesh--get a breath mint! Talk about ridiculous marketing ideas.

 

 

By cracky I think you have solved the mystery. :thumbup:

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That has to be a mistranslation or something, like don't put knife in baby, and other odd asianisms...

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I think the choice of flavors "Rose, green tea and rosemary" also points to the flavors being scent rather than taste.

 

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You should get a Yink, I think.

 

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The thoughts just flow through the mind:

 

After years of trying to get the children to stop putting the pencil in their mouth....

 

Looks like it was invented by a tort lawyer.....

 

The emergency room should be for warned about this....

 

Just because you can build something doesn't mean you should.....

 

Expect to see it mentioned on the Darwin Award shortly......

 

The Consumer Product Safety Commission will be very interested.....

 

 

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If nothing else, it's worth a good laugh. :roflmho:

 

But I can't imagine licking my pencil (or the paper) in public!

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That has to be a mistranslation or something, like don't put knife in baby, and other odd asianisms...

 

AKA: engrish. I am always humoured by the often poor translations into english of items in asia.

 

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