10 March 2007

Orange Crayons


I enjoyed this video from one of my favorite websites. It's not quite as exciting as the Mr. Rogers segment about crayons from my youth- but cool nonetheless.

http://www.babble.com/content/articles/video/foundvideo/HowCrayonsAreMade/

15 comments:

Ashley said...

That was really one of the most interesting videos I have ever seen.

Stephanie said...

excellent

melissa said...

and she saw all of that on the tip of a crayon. wowsa.

Jessica said...

Hey, did you notice those workers weren't wearing hair nets? Maybe the little girl found a hair in her crayon and that is why she was staring at it so intently for so long. I mean, what would you do if you found a hair in your crayon?

boo face mcjones said...

jesse excitedly told me that he remembers watching that video as a kid. apparently, that's the kind of segment that sticks with you. you will most definitely need to share that with ambrose.

Stephanie said...

Yeah, me and Thomas remembered it as well- but I don't think it was the one I saw on Mr. Rogers- it might have been from Sesame Street... I don't know, could there be more than one crayon making video from the 70's?

Jessica- I noticed the workers weren't wearing hair nets, but I also noticed that they were all wearing smiles... maybe the two are directly related.

Stephanie said...

My last comment is bugging me- I think I was supposed to write: "Thomas and I" . . . grrr.

melissa said...

oh grammar slammer. i remember the mr. rogers one better, too. the most impressive thing to me about these busy waxy workers was their aprons. but maybe i'm just a little fixated right now.

Becca Moore said...

stephnie, b says, "i am waiting to see pictures of ambrose." ...you best tell him to hurry it up!

Stephanie said...

Trust me- I'm trying!

Ashley said...

I also thought about the hair nets, but then I thought maybe since it isn't food or anything people put on themselves or eat off of, then maybe you don't need to wear hair nets. I then started thinking about all the other products you could make without needing a hair net. At first I thought balloons, but that might cause a problem with the static electricity and then hair would get stuck to the balloons. I concluded that electronics, furniture, and cars are the only non-hair net factories. Oh and crayons!

Thomas said...

Do you have to wear a hair net while working in a wig factory?

diana palmer said...

so much to be said about this video--
first, get that little girl on montel--whoa psychic powers
second, some of those folks looked a little old for factory work
third, at least one lady knew she was being filmed, as indicated by her huge smile--either that or she LOVES working at the crayon, factory, i'd love it, i could watch that waxy orange all day,
fourth--i thought the crayons were handled a little roughly, i always assumed they were more delicate (i broke a million crayons as a kid), but apparently they are as tough as stephanie's cervix,

which brings me to my final point:

YAYYYY Stephanie!!!!! You made it to you due date! And even if he's not born today, i feel like there's a special feeling in the air, like christmas. i'm so excited for ambrose.

diana palmer said...

do my posts drive the grammar police KUHRAAAAAzzzzzzzYYYYY?

Ashley said...

I also wondered if the same people have to make the same color day in and day out. Like there is a red team, yellow team, green team, etc. Or does the same group make all the crayons, but just switches off every two days or so?