Thirty Strange Things We All Said as Children Looking Back

4. Why? Just, Why?

Though every single eraser had a painting on it or a hole drilled in it, none of anyone could explain what drove them to do this. Who knows—whether it was simply boredom, or perhaps it was an attempt to discover pencil tip breaking techniques.

One could sketch on the eraser with a pen, then the eraser would turn into a stamp the next time. Have you ever had the sensation of damaging your eraser and then grown angry with yourself as the form was off and the eraser was dirty?