Do you remember this in your classroom?

[True Dough]

I do. Never knew of anyone taking any digits off, as dangerous as it was.

[Biophilic]

1. And they made the best squeaking noise, and kachunk!

[applegrove]

2. In my public school it was in the art supply room so we grammer

school kids didn't have access to it.

[debm55]

3. Yes , I had one as a student and as a teacher. I also had one to do my crafts at home Did I ever let a child use it--NO

[3catwoman3]

4. We have one of these in my husband's hobby workshop.

After he retired from aviation, he worked a couple days a week at our local Borders just for something to do. When Borders went out of business and everything in the store was being sold, he bought this device for $2.00.

[Tadpole Raisin]

5. I LOVED the sound of it cutting the paper!

Don’t worry. My violent tendencies only extend to cutting paper.

I can’t watch horror flicks unless I don’t believe they can happen.
Halloween, Saw: absolutely not!
Alien: ok

[beemerphill]

6. Yes

These are some of the best paper cutters you will ever use.

[rsdsharp]

7. I don't recall one in the classroom, but I got to play with one in my aunt and uncle's office supply store.

Just call me stubby!

[sop]

8. Anyone remember this?

More dangerous shit we were (literally) exposed to as kids.



And RFK Jr. is worried about vaccines...

[True Dough]

9. That one is new to me

Do they carry it on Amazon?

[debm55]

10. I used one once at the Buster Brown store to measure my feet.

[ProfessorGAC]

17. Just Missed Using One

The shoe store I went to when a little kid had one, but the tube was removed .
So, it was more a curiosity piece.
But, my mom told me they used it a few years before.

[JoseBalow]

11. I've been looking for a good used one

I never realized how expensive they can be!

[progressoid]

12. I have two of them in my basement!

[debm55]

13. I still have one in my craft room, The one at school stayed there as it was school property.

[progressoid]

14. My big one came from a military auction.

It was in a huge box of misc office stuff.

It's a little out of square and there is no safety guard but I still use a lot.

[PikaBlue]

15. This device caught 2 cheaters

Back in the 1970s I was teaching at a university. The mid-term exam was one sheet of paper which provided a list of short essay questions. Students wrote their names on the exam sheets and used exam "blue books" in which they wrote their answers. After mimeographing enough copies of the exam questions the day before the test, I secretly numbered each exam question sheet in faint pencil. I counted each exam sheet the next day before heading in to distribute the exam and noticed two sheets were missing. I made an additional two copies of the questions. Prior to administering the test, I used a paper cutter to shave off about one half inch of paper from the top and from the bottom of all the test questions sheets. I asked the students to remain in the classroom until everyone completed their exams. Once the blue books and exam questions sheets were collected, I simply stood the stack of exam questions on end and tapped them level. It was easy to identify the two exams which were stolen because they were 1 inch shorter than the rest and the students' names were written on them.

[True Dough]

20. Clever!

Any ideas on how to get 47 removed from office?

[ProfessorGAC]

16. We Didn't Have One In The Classroom

But, there was one in the office kids could use with teacher's note.
I don't remember ever using it though.

[True Dough]

19. Was the teacher's note

written in crimson?

[ProfessorGAC]

21. Maybe

Those nuns & their red pens!
Actually, at the big (168 kids in 8th grade) catholic grade school I went to, we had way more lay teachers than nuns, especially from 5th grade on. But, I'm sure the lay teachers used red pens, too!

[debm55]

23. Yes, we did. Thank you Professor GAC.

[sinkingfeeling]

18. Yep.

[justaprogressive]

22. You Bet!