Pickles by Brian Crane for August 18, 2014

That’s a good way to get lead poisoning Earl.

…plus what’s inside pencils is graphite. In fact, pencils never contained the chemical element Lead (Pb). http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_lead_removed_from_pencils

Do they still make the aromatic cedar wood pencils?

Maybe graphite poisoning ?? 8^(

The best thing about pencils is that you can draw your graphite novel with them.

Geezzzz.

Oh, Llewellenbruce, if that is true, non of us would have made it past junior school! Hello everyone!

Want to be Magic… If you see someone using a pencil with green bands around the eraser, tell them you know what kind of pencil they’re using. a DIXON TICONDEROGA…( the only one with green bands ) The have a Patton on it.

@Vegas Viper—-I think that “Patton” was a famous WWII General—did you mean patent?

Graphite is not poisonous, not even in the form that is inserted into pencils. Graphite is occasionally ingested to absorb poisons before vomiting is induced. Still, it is not exactly recommended to chew on your pencil graphite 24/7. It won’t kill you, though.

Back when I were a young’un there was a TV show that explained stuff like how pencils are made. Hot Dog? perhaps?Miss that kinda thing on TV.

Chewing pencils.The No.1 cause for kids needing braces.xxx

“I would send you a boquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name”~ From the movie You’ve Got Mail

The only problem with Ticonderoga pencils is that like everything else they are now made in China :(