totally thought they were something the makers of those cartoon images of kids and school supplies that are ubiquitous on elementary school bulletin boards (or were when I was that age, anyway) made up because they couldn't or didn't want to draw backpacks or something.
You're kidding, right? Why would someone invent something fictional in a cartoon, where the image must be instantly understood by the reader? There was, after all, a time before backpacks...
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Date: 2009-08-30 04:39 am (UTC)You're kidding, right? Why would someone invent something fictional in a cartoon, where the image must be instantly understood by the reader? There was, after all, a time before backpacks...