How many times have we heard this line? From S.T.A.R. testing in Elementary school to Biology tests Freshman year to SAT I's and SAT II's Junior year and the battle continues as we're forced to buy $0.15 cent scantron forms that have the school seal on them. I really don't like using pencils, but I hate using number 2 pencils even more. Why? Well, first of all if you're using a number two pencil it must mean that you're taking some sort of test. Secondly, those yellow wooden writing implements seem so primitive, what with the new pencils that dispense lead automatically and whatnot.
Anyway, these number two pencils got me thinking, why is it called a number 2 pencil? And what ever happened to the number one pencil? So of course I did a bit of "research" (more like Google surfing) and it turns out that a number one pencil does indeed exist. Number one pencils were primarily used for keeping score when bowling back in the day. Now everything is computerized. The only reason why anyone would use a number one pencil nowadays is to draw. So if you ever want to see a number one pencil, you better make friends with an artist.
First the worst, second the best? (and third's the one with a hairy chest, in case you were wondering)
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