Settle a debate, what are these called?

41 comments

1. I’ve always called them toppers.

2. Pencil Parer.

3. Pencil Parer

4. The Journal called, it wants its 8 & 1/2 year old article back:

   https://www.thejournal.ie/pencil-parer-sharener-topper-burning-question-1180841-Nov2013/

5. Pencil parer

6. Pencil sharpener

   Edit: I’m British not Irish so not sure if that changes things!

7. Topper

8. Pencil parer

9. Topper

10. Pencil sharpener

11. Toppers!

12. Pencil sharpener

13. Low budget Gillette razors

14. Pointers. I’m from Kerry, I feel these things are very regional!

15. Pencil parer

16. THIS SUB NEEDS A POLL OPTION

17. Toppers

18. bioróir

19. A parer

20. Pencil Sharpeners.

21. Mad bunch of variation.. what does it do? It sharpens your pencil… so obviously it’s a pencil sharpener 😂

22. Sharpeners

23. I’m going with the “all of the above” option.

24. Pencil sharpener

25. Pencil sharpener

26. Sharpeners

27. Toppers

28. Pinky finger sharpener (I was a stupid kid)

29. Pencil Parer or pencil sharpener

30. I’ve genuinely never heard topper in my life, I feel like we need one of those maps with the variations around Ireland.

31. Pencil sharpener if you’re posh, parer if you’re not and a topper if you’re rural.

32. Sharpener

33. Sharpeners

34. Chipper!

35. Parer

36. Topper

37. A car hold

38. Topper

39. Pencil sharpener

40. Pencil Sharpeners…

41. Pencil sharpeners.