Hee hee hee...
Much has changed about the SAT that will be given to high school juniors today. One thing hasn't: When proctors for the college-admissions test give the order to "read the directions and begin work," sweaty palms across the nation will grab No. 2 pencils.Is there an excuse for not having one? No. The No. 2 is everywhere. Smooth to write with, easy to erase, and with just the right graphite-clay mix for marking a test a machine will score, the No. 2 is number one - ubiquitous, reliable, inexpensive.
"The No. 2 has always been the most popular," said Len Dahlberg, executive vice president of Dixon Ticonderoga Co., which cranks out 840 pencils a minute at its Versailles, Mo., factory, from the soft and smudgy No. 1 to the hard-nosed No. 4, used by accountants. The company even makes a model for southpaws. The wording stamped on the side is flipped, so that it reads from eraser to tip when the pencil is held in the left hand.
How does "ubiquitous, reliable, inexpensive" sound for a blog motto?
Update: But the good ol' N2P is apparently scary to some.
Posted by kswygert at March 14, 2005 11:24 AM