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The world's shortest pencil?

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It's a tiny bit of pencil, shaved by hand with a blade. I'll give it back to the kid I got it from.
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Aug 8, 2010. 1:18 PM15zhangfra says:
i just sharpened a pencil all the way down to the eraser, and then cut that off. just the tip left, though my teacher made me use a longer one -.-
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Jan 19, 2012. 3:19 PM1spartan95 says:
Hehe.."just the tip"...
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Aug 8, 2010. 1:33 PMlemonie (author) says:
your teacher maybe doesn't have a sense of humour?

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Aug 8, 2010. 8:20 PMJimmy Proton says:
most teachers are like that just because they are fun haters
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Aug 9, 2010. 6:36 AMV-Man737 says:
Shhh! Hide! Here comes Kiteman!
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Feb 17, 2011. 6:55 AMARJOON says:
is he a teacher???
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Apr 8, 2011. 12:05 PMducktape.mac says:
he is. i actually read one of his conversations with a high schooler and he was being pretty rude. apparently he is a science teacher.
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Apr 9, 2011. 12:52 PMARJOON says:
wow. give more details
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Apr 10, 2011. 5:47 PMducktape.mac says:
here is the instructable:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Golf-Ball-Trebuchet/
read the comments. he actually gets pretty rude.
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Apr 11, 2011. 12:23 AMARJOON says:
ah! it confirmed my doubts then
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Jan 27, 2011. 11:18 AMjosh1324 says:
lol
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Aug 8, 2010. 8:40 PMHunter O. says:
yeah i had one like 3 inches or so and they made my use a new one
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Aug 8, 2010. 9:12 PMJimmy Proton says:
wow thats totaly stupid, that kind of stuff pisses me off
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Aug 14, 2010. 4:56 AMsharlston says:
We Used To Do This At School,The Shoertest I Ever Got Was Six MM Before The Teacher Took It Off Us
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Dec 25, 2011. 7:38 PMfreeza36 says:
lol millimeters, everyone knows nanometers is where its at
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Aug 14, 2010. 1:48 PMlemonie (author) says:
i think that you beat me then.

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Jan 29, 2011. 10:36 PMFruitbytheFace says:
I sharpened a pen once.......
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Dec 25, 2011. 7:37 PMfreeza36 says:
everyday my friend goes to the front of the class and "sharpens" his pen for like 10 minutes, just so he can talk to people. He passes right under the teachers' radar
Nov 9, 2010. 6:21 PMballoon popper says:
I think my pencil is shorter
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Nov 10, 2010. 12:44 PMlemonie (author) says:
Show us then?

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Dec 25, 2011. 7:36 PMfreeza36 says:
this is just getting weirder and weirder by the comment
Feb 23, 2011. 6:07 PMballoon popper says:
I lost it :(
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Feb 24, 2011. 12:21 PMlemonie (author) says:

Yes, I lost mine.

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Jan 1, 2011. 7:37 PMjwoo2023 says:
mine is 1cm
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Jan 2, 2011. 1:24 AMlemonie (author) says:

I can't find mine now...

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May 27, 2011. 3:34 PMSpiderJockey says:
seen smaller
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Oct 31, 2011. 12:09 AMlemonie (author) says:

Has it got wood on it?

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Aug 19, 2011. 7:14 PMpatriots8888 says:
Ill be inpressed when i see a pencil :P
Oct 30, 2011. 4:04 PMparker65 says:
thats not the shorest pencil at school my friend made one as short as the point
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Jan 29, 2011. 10:36 PMFruitbytheFace says:
Big, inky mess.
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Aug 8, 2010. 5:31 PMNachoMahma says:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0YZTYci5yo
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Aug 9, 2010. 2:16 PMlemonie (author) says:
you reminded me of this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXcBVKjqW1Q

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Sep 21, 2010. 1:00 PMDr Qui says:
Cant say I remember that bit fro the young ones, the link did lead on to this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOFRIWx5F9c&NR=1  The eggs of mind numbing inevitability
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Sep 22, 2010. 1:22 PMlemonie (author) says:
Yes, quite creepy, I remember that well.

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Aug 9, 2010. 3:21 PMNachoMahma says:
. ROFL
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Aug 8, 2010. 7:03 PMcaitlinsdad says:
Whew, you can relax. Lemonie has the shortest. It must be a Brit thing to brag about it.
Sep 5, 2010. 9:21 AMMinifig666 says:
Ah ha ha, LOL. =)
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Aug 8, 2010. 10:35 PMKryptonite says:
I thought a disk / belt sander and a pair of pliers would have helped with the sharpenning...
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Aug 23, 2010. 5:30 AMking kolton9 says:
wow i saw a kid wright with 3/2 mm maby 21/2 mm
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Aug 24, 2010. 3:26 AMKryptonite says:
Whoooooah. How neat was it?
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I'm an experimentalist, a scientist and I have a tendency to do things just for the sake of doing them, or to find out what they're like. I don't like stuff that sucks, please show me something that...
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