World's Largest Pencil Video

Why put the roof on a house when you can build the world's largest pencil? That's exactly what these construction workers thought when they made an 18,000 lb., 76 ft. long (functional) writing instrument. It allegedly represents 1,900,000 small pencils and took two weeks to make. It's basically a tree that's been painted yellow. I need to get my hands on that bad boy, because I have a ton of oversized checks that need depositing.

World's Largest Pencil Video [techeblog]

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  August 9, 2010 / Comments

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• DO WANT: This Giant Freaking Treehouse

  October 29, 2009 / Comments

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• I Like: Sticky Notes In Wooden Block Form

  August 11, 2009 / Comments

  This is a block of sticky notes that was designed to look like a chunk of wood. And, as I'm sure you all know, wood is good. But metal -- metal is bettel. I AM THE RHYME MASTER! Although, truthfully, metal is not bettel. Because that's the stu... / Continue →