The two pieces used for inspiration:
http://ficlets.ficly.com/stories/42
http://ficly.com/stories/42

Not the easiest ones to link, but I couldn’t help myself; I wanted to see what that number would yield.

i think this challenge has really inspired some crazy stories.

awesome g2. And you chose the number 42 too. That makes it doubly awesome. 10 pencils. wait where are the other 5

o here they are…

Five pencils for picking 42. Dangerous coffee.

That was weird. Ah, an infinite ficly challenge, of course. I read through and thought it was a solid bit of absurdity, which I think is a credit to your melding of the two other ficlies. Cool beans.

Haha, I love this. Its very… absurd. In a good way.

Very good job. It’s going to be hard to pick a winner here.