Growing up, we rarely got actual Crayola crayons. And no matter what your mom tells you, there IS a difference. The cheap crayons are waxier and slicker with not as much color and a completely different smell. So when I was old enough to buy my own crayons, I always chose Crayola. The big box with the built-in sharpener. Yeah. Of course (not to date myself, but...) when I was buying crayons for myself, the big box was 64.
Kids nowadays scoff at 64. Now the kid with the box of 64 is the one getting the pitiful looks second only to the poor soul who has the generic wax-stick crayons. Crayola has a whopping 133 colors in its repertoire today. However, allow me to point out that many of these are remarkably similar to each other. Still, the status boost from a 120-count box of Crayolas has got to be pretty high.
Also, they have incredibly stupid names. Remember Orange-Red? It was an orangish red color before they discontinued it in 1990. Now you can color something in Razzmatazz or Macaroni and Cheese, but forget about Blue Gray, Orange-Yellow, or Raw Umber.
I, however, have Raw Umber. And Blue Gray. And even the short-lived Teal Blue and Magic Mint in pristine, unused, crayon-scented glory. I wonder what they'll fetch on Craig's List.
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I actually saved (somewhere... egads) the last burnt sienna and all the other colors that were discontinued that go around. And you're right, nothing smells quite like a Crayola. Their factory is in PA, it may be worth a roadtrip somday.
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