Sunday, December 7, 2014

"Only The Rich Can Afford Poor Writing"

Here’s a group of some more recent Redipoint pencils, made by Brown & Bigelow of St. Paul, Minnesota:


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5 comments:

  1. KDecember 7, 2014 at 5:40 AM

    Perhaps, at least at the time of the slogan, the rich were seen as valued simply because of their wealth, and could get away with being sloppy. The rest of us need to make a better impression.

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  2. Jon VeleyDecember 7, 2014 at 7:10 AM

    Or how about "you look too rich...why don't you take this pencil and practice a bit so you can be like the rest of us?". :)

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  3. MarthaDecember 7, 2014 at 9:54 AM

    Except it says WIRING not writing. Now it makes more sense : )

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  4. Jon VeleyDecember 7, 2014 at 11:09 AM

    My gosh, you're right! I never noticed that! I guess I've never looked at them as closely as I did with a lens. Going back to edit the article accordingly ...

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  5. MarthaDecember 8, 2014 at 11:27 AM

    I'm amazed I don't have one of these since my dad is from Minneapolis.

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