there is always some tootpaste left in the tube,

however hard you press, roll up the ends, pinch the silvered foil between your thumb and index fingers, that rolled-up tube of colgate always manages to produce a little bit more,

it's the same thing with ketchup and chili sauce, you'll never finish them to the last drop, there's always some clinging to the sides, the stale bits of dried goo clinging on to dear life at the rim of the bottle and the bits that have turned black at the sides


how about an eraser, can anyone honestly claim to have used up an eraser before? you always seem to lose the eraser half-way before you're through using it, the same thing goes for the traditional pencil, the ones you need to sharpen, not the cold and sometimes unreliable mechanical ones, you never use up a pencil or eraser, i guess they just disappear into the staedler or pilot black holes, a vast capitalist conspiracy to keep the industry going,  ¶ 11:52 am