Ein Farbstift auf einer Wiese im Osten Rüsselsheims
Die Spitze dieses Farbstifts von Pelikan ist abgebrochen und der Lack an seinem Ende etwas aufgeplatzt, doch sonst sieht er deutlich besser aus als die meisten anderen in dieser Serie. Wer ihn jetzt wohl vermisst?
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Vermutlich vermissen ihn zwei: Das Kind, dem er gehört hat, und die diebische Elster, die ihn über der Wiese vor Schreck hat fallen lassen, als sie Kisho gesichtet hat ;-))
Viele Grüße
Kai
Das klingt sehr plausibel! Genau so wird’s sein ;-)
Wahnsinn, wie die Zeit vergeht. Meinen ersten Artikel hier im Blog habe ich vor 17 Jahren hier gelesen, es war dieser: https://www.lexikaliker.de/2009/05/spitzen-und-inspizieren/
Dazwischen die letzten 6-7 Jahre diesen Blog völlig vergessen und nun auf einmal mal wieder die URL im Browser eingegeben und es gibt diesen Blog noch; hoch erfreut! Danke!
I’ve found many pencils on the street along the years. Most of them in still useable condition and a few that had been run over by cars. Pretty sure all of these came from school kids as their ferrules were all bitten and the erasers had already wore off, this with pencils barely approaching Steinbeck-size.
Been pondering the question of why people tend to think of pencils as lesser items. At my daughter’s school, they give away pens and pencils during meetings. When said meetings end, people will take the ballpoints with them but leave almost brand-new pencils behind on the tables.
They don’t know what they are missing.
Wolle: Danke, das freut mich sehr! Ja, die Zeit vergeht wirklich schnell …
Guillermo de la Maza: There is a school near us, but in all the years we have walked past it, we have never found a single pencil. But who knows, maybe there are one or two people who pick them up. Perhaps people tend to view pencils as lesser items because they are cheap and ubiquitous, but anyone who takes a closer look (as we do) knows that nothing could be further from the truth. “They don’t know what they are missing” sums it up pretty well (and that applies to many other things too, by the way).
Indeed, we take so many things for granted. Another great item that I often find and pick up from the street are metal clips. Just today I came across one with a yellow plastic skin covering it. What an ingenious and great design it is!
Do you mean paper clips? Yes, they are fascinating, and when I think of them, Henry Petroski’s book “The Evolution of Useful Things“ always comes to mind. It examines the history of many everyday objects, including the paper clip. Do you know it?