Rensselaer Republican, Volume 16, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 December 1883 — Lead Pencil Flirtation. [ARTICLE]

Lead Pencil Flirtation.

To wear a lead pencil over your earmeans “I am a professional writer. ” To chew the other end of a lead pencil means “I am , cogitating—don’t bother me.” To wet the point of the pencil on your tongue means “This is a bad pencil—or w ill be when I am through with it.” To borrow a pencil from a friend means “Oh! I forgot and. put it in my pocket; I thought it was mine.” To lend a lead pencil means “Nu matter; I can buy another for a nickel.” To sharpen a lead pencil with a table knife means “Wasteful extravagance.” —Fort Wayne Hoosier.