<p>Nah don't worry they're just frontin'. ;)</p>
<p>The parents also think your thread is great. Go to the parents forum and look for the "Who said kids were uninvolved?" thread.</p>
<p>Pencil sharpner.....the little tiny colored square/rectangle ones or the electric ones?? Which work better??</p>
<p>You all are way off-base on the eraser thing. Absolutly DO NOT use the eraser that is on the end of your pencil. The action of turning your pencil upside-down just to use an eraser will be a distraction to your class and your professor will kick you out. Not a good move on day one.</p>
<p>Try those colorful rectangular-shaped ones that are translucent so you barely leave any residue! I thought you all were ivy-bound... I'm disappointed. Guiding these lowly freshmen to making all these mistakes... Think of someone else for once, goodness.</p>
<p>ok so thank you to all you partook in this incredibly amusing thread. i spent the last 15 minutes laughing out loud. the best part was the people in the beginning who didn't yet understand that it was a joke.</p>
<p>You mean you wouldn;t wat a matching dress?????? :p :p :p</p>
<p>uc_benz. I love u.</p>
<p>Black Warriors rule. I always pick up a couple of boxes of them at Staples in the beginning of the year...but .... they're round so they can roll off the desk.</p>
<p>Wow... I can't believe you guys have been talking about pencils (etc) for FIVE PAGES.</p>
<p>^ Did you read the thread? =P</p>
<p>Not all of it... Should I? I've got mad time to kill :P.</p>
<p>You should. It's entertaining.</p>
<p>Hahah, thanks for the suggestion. I really needed that. I was actually considering going to sleep.</p>
<p>Anyway, at first, I only looked at the first and last pages, and it looked like you guys were actually serious about all this stuff. I guess I fell for it too.</p>
<p>Aw, where's UC_Benz? I want to know how his hairless arm is healing.</p>
<p>And have you considered sleeping against the wall? You know, with the whole Spidey thing going on... have you seen the movie Coneheads? You could be like one of them! And we all know the reason why Mr. Conehead was so popular at the local gentlemen's club... No, it wasn't because of his indicative skull structure - it was the whole sleeping-while-standing-up-against-the-mattress thing. SO sexy. Plus, it saves a ton of room.</p>
<p>eh, I'd rather sleep lying down, preferably with someone else :)</p>
<p>You guys...this is a great book....</p>
<p>......Whoa</p>
<p>Yep i agree, this is a great book for uc_benz.</p>
<p>this topic is hilarious. im new to this site, but this was a great way to start it off. uc-benz, definitely look into taking some creative writing classes =)</p>
<p>All right, not to change whatever conversation you guys were having, but I just saw this post and had to laugh at the title.</p>
<p>If you're referring to the actual color of the pencil's wood, it does not matter. The yellow ones write just like the blue ones, which write identically to the ones without paint on them. The only difference might be in the type of lead (see below).</p>
<p>If you are referring to the shade of gray represented by the number, only get a #2. Chances are you will have to take a bubble sheet test at some point, and you'll need a #2 for that.</p>
<p>And finally, if you're referring to colored pencils, I'd take a pack, personally. I occasionally will color code something, especially in a math or chemistry course, when I am doing practice problems to help me see the concept. If you're a visual learner I recommend this. The best colored pencils are Col-Erase (sometimes hard to find, Office Depot usually has them). They erase well, write nice, and don't break easily like some of the cheap ones marketed to eight year olds will. My grandfather, an engineer, used these all the time.</p>
<p>One last comment--don't use a golf pencil with no eraser. You will make a mistake at some point, I kid you not, and you will have to erase it.</p>
<p>Foul-ups happen. Once I almost made a misteak. :-)</p>
<p>I just spent 15 minutes laughing at this thread. Thanks guys!</p>