Is a pencil just an acoustic pen? “’@Korpsay: pencils are acoustic pens’ deep” was posted on Twitter by hannah on February 8, 2014. “True but as @Nega_Max knowledgeably once told us ’a pencil is just an acoustic pen’ etc. So some things are not as they seem” was posted on Twitter by Olivia Drennan on July 15, 2014.
“A Pencil is just an acoustic pen” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on April 13, 2018. “A pencil is an acoustic pen” was posted on Reddit—Showerthoughts on February 12, 2020.
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hannah
@hannah__dwyer
Replying to @Korpsay
“@Korpsay: pencils are acoustic pens” deep
5:03 PM · Feb 8, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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Dyl Advised
@ThatsSoDylan
Pencils are acoustic pens
10:09 PM · Feb 13, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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Barley St Omar
@BarleyStOmar
“Pencils are just acoustic pens”
3:50 PM · Mar 29, 2014 from Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown, Ireland·Twitter for iPhone
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Nathaliah
@Natallegra
“Pencils are just acoustic pens.”
3:25 PM · Apr 29, 2014·Twitter for iPhone
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Olivia Drennan
@OliviaDrennan21
Replying to @aar505n
@Aar5O5n True but as @Nega_Max knowledgeably once told us “a pencil is just an acoustic pen” etc. So some things are not as they seem 
12:20 PM · Jul 15, 2014·Twitter for iPad
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/RedJellyBoy April 13, 2018
A Pencil is just an acoustic pen
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g
@marvelsmischief
a pencil is just an acoustic pen
6:24 PM · Oct 28, 2018·Twitter for Android
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kt
@kataaamcc
pencil is acoustic pen
6:54 PM · Apr 5, 2019·Twitter for iPhone
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♡ wayv family !!
@KUNW0RLD
i forgot what pencils were called for 1 second so just said acoustic pen.
4:05 AM · Dec 30, 2019·Twitter for Android
Reddit—Showerthoughts
Posted by u/Awesomepig19 February 12, 2020
A pencil is an acoustic pen
Above, a 1934 plaque from the Big Apple Night Club at West 135th Street and Seventh Avenue in Harlem. Discarded as trash in 2006. Now a Popeyes fast food restaurant on Google Maps.
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Above, Big Apple Corner at 54th Street and Broadway in Manhattan. Google Maps.
Above, John J. Fitz Gerald, from the Aug. 15, 1931, Binghamton (NY) Press, pg. 14.
Listen to Robert Emmerich introduce "The Big Apple," a hit song from 1937. Music written by Bob and performed by Tommy Dorsey's Clambake Seven with Bob on piano. Lyrics written by Buddy Bernier and sung by Edythe Wright. Audio provided by Dorothy Emmerich.
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