I had that Little Professor calculator. Its mustache was glorious, and thatās how I knew its calculations were correct!
The company has bitten the dust, unfortunately.
Sam Elliott is also sans facial hair in potential MST3K target Frogs.
Iām just here to say I had one of these as a kid.
I mean, itās wisp-thin, but it IS there.
Where did you find this photo of me?
I also had a Little Professor. But I remember it as some sort of math-teaching-game-device, not as a normal calculator. Maybe it did both and I was just too dumb to know?
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Correct. There were various āgamesā you could play that taught addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. It was the math version of a Speak and Spell.
And apparently, they still make them!
https://www.amazon.com/Texas-Instruments-LPROFSOLAR-Professor-Calculator/dp/B005EQ8DTA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=LUPQHX19RYY8&keywords=Little+Professor&qid=1653444664&sprefix=little+professor%2Caps%2C208&sr=8-1
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Alright, Iām forming a theory here.
Carcinization - every animal becomes crabs
Dendronization - every plant becomes trees
Robotinization - every robot becomes Tom Servo
Moustachinization - everything on the internet becomes moustached.
Will add more as I collect more evidence.