5 Billion Pencils Recalled, Lead Found! »
Posted By ind06 1 year, 3 months ago in HumorWashington -- The U.S.Consumer Product Safety Commission in its largest recall ever, is recalling all pencils in the United States.
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Beau78901 year, 3 months ago
Maybe the local governments can set up one of those exchange programs to provide an incentive for children to turn in those deadly writing implements. Turn in a pencil, get an iTunes gift card! I'm sure most politicians would rather have the children learn to buy prepackaged music than learn how to write and think...
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BronxBomber1 year, 3 months ago
Is this where they got the expression:"Get the lead out!"?
Or "Better dead than lead"?
I'm goin' retro here...
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Shadowolf1 year, 3 months ago
I actually had a lead pencil...had a steel sheath, and one of those screwcaps that locked it, or let it retract...I donated it to a museum before I found out it was worth a couple of hundred bucks!!!
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stephen-johnson1 year, 3 months ago
Get the lead out? ;-)
http://www.officemuseum.com/pencil_history.htm
"Lead pencils, of course, contain no lead. The writing medium is graphite, a form of carbon. Writing instruments made from sticks cut from high quality natural graphite mined in England and wrapped in string or inserted in wooden tubes came into use around 1560."
That's what we get for importing our pencils from China! ;-)
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natashas1 year, 3 months ago
I hear they are now offering dolls for kids with mercury eyes.
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TOtheMOON1 year, 3 months ago
This is probably why I did so poorly on my SAT's. I want a do over!!
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2sidestoeverything1 year, 3 months ago
What about Mechanical Pencils and the lead refill or are they graphite refills and if it is graphite then why don't we change the name to graphite refills and graphite pencils. The word lead should be banned from all pencil products. This is of the utmost importance we do not want children to be afraid to pick up a pencil not knowing for sure if it is lead or graphite. :~D
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truthiness1 year, 3 months ago
i dont know why everyone is so upset about lead anyway. my mom used to give me lead chew toys and it didnt hurt me at all.
yes it did.
no it didnt
shut up
no you shut up.
no you.
[begins violently wrestling with self on floor]
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