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Article: Crayons Lose Charm In a Puff of Smoke
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- Chicago Sun-Times
- Article date:
- January 9, 1996
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Rare is the day when I wish this column had a scratch 'n'
sniff box, but today is one of those days.
If we did have that capability, I'd ask you to press your face
against the newspaper right now and inhale - kind of like Dennis
Hopper did in "Blue Velvet."
Instead of smelling like a newspaper, the newspaper would smell
like smoke, and you'd be so turned off you'd probably get mad at me
and flip the paper all the way to Funky Winkerbean.
And then you'd have had a virtual reality experience not unlike
the one I just had when I tried out the new Magic Scent crayons from
Crayola.
They 've actually got a crayon that imitates the scent of smoke;
what a stupid idea.
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