{"id":100,"date":"2009-06-07T07:36:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-07T06:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/pencil-tops\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T14:55:20","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T13:55:20","slug":"pencil-tops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/pencil-tops\/","title":{"rendered":"Pencil Tops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Every school desk or pencil case wasn&#8217;t complete without the colourful array of the Pencil Tops. Some were rubber efficient others were smellies, some were munch bunch and others just disgusting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Most of my pencil tops or also known as toppers were of the vegetable kind. I seem to think they were also known as the &#8220;Munch Bunch&#8221; any way they were certainly all made in Hong Kong as they were all inscribed in moulded plastic &#8211; &#8220;Made in Hong Kong&#8221; on the back.<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1319\" title=\"pencil-tops\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops.jpg\" alt=\"Pencil Tops\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many of the originals had matching hats that could be taken on and off too. Other versions were made but never looked as well made and the colours were less authentic. Apart from fruit, there were Smurf pencil tops and space rocket ones, there were even ones with weird eyes and long green hair &#8211; a type of troll.<\/p>\n<p>So which ones did you have at your school &#8211; we want to hear from you below?<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/pencil-tops\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Pencil Tops\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/pencil-tops.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Every school desk or pencil case wasn&#8217;t complete without the colourful array of the Pencil Tops. Some were rubber efficient others were smellies, some were munch bunch and others just disgusting. &nbsp; Most of my pencil tops or also known &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/pencil-tops\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[21,27],"tags":[54,53],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cartoon","category-pop-culture","tag-54","tag-53"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Pencil Tops<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Every school desk or pencil case wasn&#039;t complete without the colourful array of the Pencil Tops. 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