Roald DahlDo you know what breakfast cereal is made of? It's made of all those little curly wooden shavings you find in pencil sharpeners!
About This Quote
The speaker is trying to convey the idea that people who are useless and uninteresting are made up of all those little curly wooden shavings that can be found in pencil sharpeners.
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