Every year, folks travel from far and wide watch this giant pencil get sharpened | CBC Radio More than 1,000 people gathered Saturday in a scenic Minneapolis neighborhood for an annual ritual — the sharpening of a gigantic No. 2 pencil.

Gotta love these kinds of goofy rituals:

Every year, folks travel from far and wide watch this #giantpencil get sharpened. The #Minneapolis pencil, made from a felled #oak tree, gets shorter during each annual #ritual 'sacrifice'

#bigart #pencilsharpening #collectivebehavior #AnnualRitual

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Gotta love these kinds of goofy rituals:

Every year, folks travel from far and wide watch this #giantpencil get sharpened
The #Minneapolis pencil, made from a felled #oak tree, gets shorter during each annual #ritual 'sacrifice'

#bigart #pencilsharpening #collectivebehavior #AnnualRitual […]

The drone is louder than the speakers. GO AWAY. #pencilsharpening

The drone needs to go. #pencilsharpening