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17 to a pack seems like an odd number. Was it originally 18 and then they removed one to keep the price down.
by mrweasel 2y ago
17 to a pack seems like an odd number. Was it originally 18 and then they removed one to keep the price down.
- nedt 2y agoIn Japan numbers have meaning. Haiku have a 5-7-5 pattern - which gives you 17 as a sum. And saying the number 17 in Japanese sounds like youth and vitality. Might not be so odd after all.
- zck 2y agoThis pack contains one pencil of each hardness 9H through 6B. There are 17 hardnesses in that range.