# What is your favorite school/office supply? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 12, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574 "2003-08-12T03:37:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hayleyavon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hayleyavon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hayleyavon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/1 "2003-08-12T03:37:29Z")
With the new school year dawning and uh, new office supplies coming in everyday…What would you say is your favorite school supply? I think mine would have to be Bic Gripper black pens. I love those pens so much that my handwriting is actually sloppi-er- without one. _sigh_ What a world. Oh and I love Sharpies too. Those rock. 🙂 OH OH OH and foam board!!! _thumbs up_ ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 3:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/2 "2003-08-12T03:46:41Z")
Probably pencils. I use a lot of them. For color I order Colerase, and in graphite I use #1s, #2s and #2.5s. And if you’re gonna use a lot of pencils (I draw maps and interpret seismic data and well logs mostly), you’re gonna want art gum erasers. I like my flexible french curve, also. ---
**Author:** ![raz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@raz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raz)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/3 "2003-08-12T04:57:22Z")
I like blue pens a lot. And clipboards. I never use clipboards, but they’re handy to have around, just in case. ---
**Author:** ![hayleyavon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hayleyavon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hayleyavon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/4 "2003-08-12T05:22:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > **you’re gonna want art gum erasers.** _gasp_ How could I forget gum erasers?! I think that is in “Art Supplies” though…That just opens a whole new can of worms that includes rubber cement and kneaded (gum) erasers. _sigh_ Do I ever love school/art/office supplies. ---
**Author:** ![Orange\_Skinner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/3be4f8/32.png) [@Orange\_Skinner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Orange_Skinner)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/5 "2003-08-12T05:38:21Z")
The hole punch. Single, not triple. That thing that staples programs right on the fold is pretty cool, too. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/6 "2003-08-12T05:38:21Z")
Pencils. I doodle and draw alot. Pencils are a must for me. ---
**Author:** ![hayleyavon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/eb9ed0/32.png) [@hayleyavon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hayleyavon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/7 "2003-08-12T05:43:34Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Orange Skinner \* > \*\*That thing that staples programs right on the fold is pretty cool, too. \*\* Ive almost stapled my finger with one of those things…I hope I never have to use one of those again…I think I stapled 250 programs with that damn thing. And thats alot… But youre right, its neat 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![lilbtagna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@lilbtagna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lilbtagna)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/8 "2003-08-12T05:45:31Z")
I _looooove_ mechanical pencils. I think I could spend days and days wandering around an office supply store, just looking at the pencils. Right now my favorite pencil is a 0.5mm Staedtler Remedy in blue. I don’t write with pens very often, but when I do, I only use extra-fine tipped pens. The ones laying around my desk are all 0.2mm. I think this might be a little strange, but I’m really picky about the notebook paper I use too. It has to be bright white with crisp, well-defined blue and red lines that line up with each other on both sides of each sheet. Otherwise, I don’t like it. So sick of school, but so in love with these silly supplies. ---
**Author:** ![Mudshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f04885/32.png) [@Mudshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mudshark)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/9 "2003-08-12T05:54:37Z")
Correction paper. I don’t think they make this anymore, since most people use computers, and most people have type writers with auto correct functions. Back in the 80’s, when my grandmother got a new typewriter, she let me play with the old one. It was an avocado green electric typewriter from the 70’s. Along with the typewriter, I got some correction paper. Carbon Paper. Same as above. Staple Removers. These always were fun to play with. I would staple things together and remove them. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/10 "2003-08-12T06:31:46Z")
Do graphing calculators count? I remember I spent more time trying to program mine to do the hard work for me than paying attention in math class last year. That, and playing Tetris and Frogger on it. ---
**Author:** ![Rabid\_Squirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Rabid\_Squirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rabid_Squirrel)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/11 "2003-08-12T07:11:33Z")
Staple guns! The nearest thing to a nailgun [hehehe…] ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/12 "2003-08-12T07:40:16Z")
Highlighters and gel pens in all kinds of colors (I make everyone use their “own” color when proofing docs, that way I know who made what correction/addition etc). Love brightly colored postits too! ---
**Author:** ![soulmurk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b782af/32.png) [@soulmurk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/soulmurk)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/13 "2003-08-12T07:44:00Z")
Another vote for the menacing staple remover. It has that formidable saber-tooth tiger look to it. And White Out. Man that stuff smells good. Makes the staple remover more fun too… ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/14 "2003-08-12T07:48:57Z")
Genuine dead-virgin-tree pencils, preferably Mirados or Ticonderogas. The Best Scent Ever. Oh, and wonderful, wonderful Expand-o-files. ---
**Author:** ![dragongirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b38774/32.png) [@dragongirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragongirl)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2003, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/15 "2003-08-12T13:12:18Z")
Backpacks ! I love all kinds of backpacks. ---
**Author:** ![compositejoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/compositejoe/32/7232_2.png) [@compositejoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/compositejoe)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/16 "2014-01-23T20:29:34Z")
Mine was these Pelican erasers when I was at infant school: [http://www.papelaria.com.pt/WebRoot/ce\_pt/Shops/960427445/5189/1041/151F/6D6F/E0A5/C0A8/8008/E891/Borracha-pelikan-SP30.jpg](http://www.papelaria.com.pt/WebRoot/ce_pt/Shops/960427445/5189/1041/151F/6D6F/E0A5/C0A8/8008/E891/Borracha-pelikan-SP30.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![jrsone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jrsone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jrsone)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/17 "2014-01-23T20:31:14Z")
I used to love school shopping. I miss it actually. When I worked retail, that was my favorite time of year. ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/18 "2014-01-23T20:32:05Z")
Mirado Black Warrior #2 pencils w/Pink Pearl erasers ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/19 "2014-01-23T20:49:29Z")
PaperMate pens. At back to school time, stores sell them for less than $1/10-pack - often much less. I splurge $5 a year and have more pens than I can give away. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2014, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574/20 "2014-01-23T20:57:50Z")
Pens. I love pens. All different types - ink, roller-ball, gel - the only thing they must have is blue ink. I’m a little strange like that. And notebooks. I just love starting a new notebook! And Post-It Notes. I love the neon ones. And the lined ones. I’m thinking Monday, after I get paid, I’m going to need to hit the Staples up the street - February is only a week away and I need a new notebook for work. I just checked my post it note stash and thanks to the husband, am down to two pads with about 1/16" left on them. I have pens already but I can always look and drool and maybe find a cool one to try. 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-favorite-school-office-supply/194574.md?page=2)