Most people at one point in their lives has received a gag gift. We put them in a drawer and forget about it until it's time to clean out the drawer. Then we move it to another drawer for a few more years until, eventually, it ends up at a garage sale with a 25 cent sticker on it. Twitter user @oscarwilde isn't like the rest of us.
It seems @oscarwilde decided to not let the gag gift end up in a landfill without fulfilling its purpose of giving the gift of gags. What else is a giant pencil supposed to do, if not make us laugh? Or, as it turns out, make people squirm.
And so it begins.
People agree; they always take the pencil.
@oscarewilde @tombennett71 I have one, I lend it out to pupils who forget equipment. They can’t sneak it in their p… https://t.co/t5EcumBw6Y— Rae (@Rae) 1531428951.0
No matter how awkward.
@oscarewilde Waiting for them to take the pencil like https://t.co/LNZgaMgOeT— 🩸 (@🩸) 1531534505.0
There are all kinds of over-sized novelty gifts one can torture people with.
@oscarewilde @thegrugq I kept one of these so people wouldn't steal my lighter https://t.co/6FxqLc3slZ— John Patrick Dandison ☁☁☁ (@John Patrick Dandison ☁☁☁) 1531435931.0
There is a store in Brazil selling only over-sized objects.
@oscarewilde Here in São Paulo, Brazil, we have a city that is namely the "city of the giant things". I'll now name… https://t.co/uVfHNQYKUU— b o r t e (@b o r t e) 1531515550.0
Imagine all the fun that could be had!