Lead Poisoning?

[Sysprod]

I've had a piece of pencil lead stuck in the palm of my hand since kindergarten...

So far so good

[Red]

pencils are not actually made from lead. They are made from graphite, so you won't get lead poisoning.
Just clean it, use a little peroxide and you'll be fine.

[Dravyk]

Originally Posted by Red

pencils are not actually made from lead. They are made from graphite, so you won't get lead poisoning.
Just clean it, use a little peroxide and you'll be fine.

You beat me to it, Red.

[voodooman]

Originally Posted by Red

pencils are not actually made from lead. They are made from graphite, so you won't get lead poisoning.
Just clean it, use a little peroxide and you'll be fine.

Little fact about Peroxide.

IT KILLS YOUR SKIN!!!

Use Alcohol 3 times a day for 2 days. Oh, and eat an apple.

[Peaches]

Originally Posted by voodooman

Little fact about Peroxide.

IT KILLS YOUR SKIN!!!

Use Alcohol 3 times a day for 2 days. Oh, and eat an apple.

I use hydrogen peroxide as a face toner every night and have for 15+ years - is that the same thing? Am I going to wake up with my face on the pillow some day??!!

[SykkBoy]

Originally Posted by Peaches

I use hydrogen peroxide as a face toner every night and have for 15+ years - is that the same thing? Am I going to wake up with my face on the pillow some day??!!

Did you watch Nip/Tuck Tuesday Night? There is something that works better!!

[Dravyk]

Ok what is that? At least three people now with something stuck in their skin?

Scary thing is ... Morgan, did you say blue?

Goddamned if I haven't been wondering what that think was under my skin for years. Shit I bet you I have the same "condition" as the rest of you!

Who ever thought kindergarten would be so brutal?!

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Dravyk

Ok what is that? At least three people now with something stuck in their skin?

Scary thing is ... Morgan, did you say blue?

Goddamned if I haven't been wondering what that think was under my skin for years. Shit I bet you I have the same "condition" as the rest of you!

Who ever thought kindergarten would be so brutal?!

Yeppers. It sure looks blue. I have a small white scar where you can follow the pencil points entrance into my palm. I vividly remember (no good deed goes unpunished) making sure that the pencil point was in my hand as I tickled the kid in front of me with the eraser.

The line moved suddenly and he backed up, driving the pencil into my palm.

Oops.

I opened my hand and the pencil stood up out of my palm. I pulled it out, of course. Thought the whole thing was academically interesting. (I worried about that "lead poisoning" thing, too, until the hoardes of people in my life reassured me that there isn't any lead in so-called lead pencils.)

I've spent a lot of fun years since saying "really? me, too!" as there seems to be a lot of us that are walking around with pencil injuries.

[Nickatilynx]

Originally Posted by Sysprod

I've had a piece of pencil lead stuck in the palm of my hand since kindergarten...

So far so good

LOL...I got one in my right shoulder from a hard fought pencil duel in Kindergarten

[Queen Bitch]

Too close to your brain to remove it Nick?

[domtheboy]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

LOL...I got one in my right shoulder from a hard fought pencil duel in Kindergarten

Jesus Nick, where did you go to school, Moss Side ?

[Dale_Ryan]

Originally Posted by Nickatilynx

LOL...I got one in my right shoulder from a hard fought pencil duel in Kindergarten

OMG, I never thought you were that brutal back then in your kindergarten days man.

[MorganGrayson]

Originally Posted by Sysprod

I've had a piece of pencil lead stuck in the palm of my hand since kindergarten...

So far so good

Me, too! (Actually, I think it was a few grades higher, but I'm not sure.) I've had a blue mark in the palm of my right hand ever since. No problems whatsoever.

Red beat both Dravyk and I to the "don't worry, it's not lead, it's graphite" explanation. They still call them "lead" though.