Back in school, little things made me happy. A new pencil box, chowmein for tiffin, or writing on the crispy first page of a new notebook. Stationery that doesn’t seem fancy now was a big deal back then.
For example, that one long eraser that was red on one side and blue on another with a thin white line in the middle! I remember my friends saying that the blue bit could erase ink. Oh boy, was I wrong!
If you believed that the blue part could erase the ink you are truly a 90skid pic.twitter.com/sDuiUbrxiT
— 90skid (@memorable_90s) August 18, 2021
Reacting to a picture of the eraser, many people online shared hilarious memories. While some remembered how instead of erasing the ink, the blue bit tore a hole into the paper, others revealed bizarre ‘myths’!
It tore the paper instead.
— Zafar Abbas (@zafarabbaszaidi) August 18, 2021
It erased ink, the paper, our hopes ..
But the damn thing didn’t get a dent in it.
— Rashida (@bonafide_urban) August 20, 2021
It didn’t just erase the ink, it erased the paper under the ink as well
— VJ (@VJ290481) August 19, 2021
Mujhe ye rubbers kabhi pasand nahi aaye thhe 🙈
— Aashi (@aashi_871) August 19, 2021
Rubber’s blueside and Reynolds Bluepoint pen for us #90skid were best friends! Staedler is another topic all together
— Jackal1979 (@srohatgi) August 18, 2021
Per experts a little spit on the edge would help erase the ink. Learnt it the hard way that it only tore paper faster. 🤦♀️😂
— missusblinkandmiss (@clar_fern) August 18, 2021
I used to flaunt it to my friends that I got one …. But it didn’t used to erase ink and tried a lot and all the time used to think that am doing it wrong and never doubted on my precious eraser lol
— Zarar (@zarark111) August 18, 2021
Remember this pen that had multiple crayons inside? Yes, the rich kids had this.
— 𝕽𝖚चि 🇮🇳 (@Mysteriousgrl_R) August 18, 2021
Ameer bacchon ke paas hoti thi ye waali
— vishesh (@doggydogdudeman) August 19, 2021
Aj mujhe realized hua mai bohot gareeb thi. Maine tph ye peheli bar dekha hai😂
— Niang Biak (@biak777) August 19, 2021
Who had this 4-refills-in-one pen?
Don’t forget this 4 in 1 item pic.twitter.com/dgbZZYpH7Y
— Ravi ©️🇮🇳🚩 (@RaviK00007) August 19, 2021
I’ve still prefer this pic.twitter.com/wLd6oru85E
— Ghilli (@lifeofghilli) August 19, 2021
I still have this
— Bharat Daga (@optimus_bharat) August 19, 2021
This little bottle of blue inks left so many stains everywhere!
Bhai Kagaz phat jaata thhaa. pic.twitter.com/k6gMvlKAMH
— munna21977 (@munna21977) August 18, 2021
Was just thinking a while bk about camlin ink pens and spilling ink on shirts n the ink filling tubes and stuff…. Aaahhhh those were the days…. Absolute bliss being 90s kid… Unforgettable memories n lived a real life 🥰🥰🥰
— Rajesh Atluru (@toonet1034) August 19, 2021
And then came these colourful ‘Pen pencils’.
— 𝕽𝖚चि 🇮🇳 (@Mysteriousgrl_R) August 18, 2021
Pen pencil 😃
— Under-rated ମଣିଷ 🎃🔗 (@SecularSiddha) August 19, 2021
My friends and I used to call this ‘click pencil’. What did you call this?
This was a privilege. pic.twitter.com/amr1RyeTb5
— Sirii (@HeyySiriii) August 19, 2021
Isn’t it amazing how the smallest of things got us so excited back in school?