Is This for Real?

I clicked on this ad from “Modern Fuels,” in the hopes of learning about some breakthrough in our planet’s use of energy, but I was disappointed to see that it concerned pencils.

When was the last time you sent a fax, rented a movie on VHS, had a car phone installed, or, for that matter, used a pencil?

For $90, you can buy a mechanical pencil that is lathed to tolerances of thousandths of an inch.  It’s guaranteed to last 100 years.

Am I being played by comedians here?  These people won’t last two weeks, let alone 100 years.

Soon, I expect to see a promotion for paperclips that are individually made from 5-inch strips of wire that people in factories use needle-nosed pliers to form into place.