Ballard Street by Jerry Van Amerongen for May 02, 2012

And what puts lead in your pencil Gary?

But Gary, Fred and the rest of the gang belong to the Ballard Street Fine and Fancy Pen & Fedora Fellowship.Therein lies the provocation.

Nothing wrong with appreciating the finer things in life….

F. Stanley notes with disdain that Gary ‘special’ pencil does not bear the PMA Certification Seal.

And, seriously, isn’t every little thing special in it’s own little way? …..sniff…

If Gary chose a pencil so ordinary that Fred Sydney Stanley doesn’t fall for the bait, he’ll get a bad mark in his very first field assignment from the Ballard Street Ecole des Agents Provocateurs.Next time, Gary, do a little more research into what exactly will tempt your chosen target.F.S.S. there looks like he would have fallen for a fine cheroot.

Meanwhile, back in high school I used to buy Dixon Ticonderoga #1 pencils by the dozen, even though if caught with anything so dangerously soft we risked having them confiscated.I always wished our school pencils could be at least 2H and preferably 6H.Any teachers here, please don’t hate me.I’m really pretty nice, otherwise.

it’s special because that’s the one he uses to clear out his earwax with the eraser. then he forgot he did that and then went to erase a penciled error and smeared brown earwax all over his paper.then he had get another pencil with a wax-free eraser to erase the penciled error AND the earwax smear

But beviek, his pencil isn’t electric. Not even battery powered.Oddly enough, no one ever tried to won one for the Gidder.

you can draw a horse to water…..but a pencil must be lead

doctor doctor…do you know you have a rectal thermometer behind your ear? gosh darn it now, where is my pencil??

The rug thickens!

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Gary is more of an amateur-cateur.

Those hats give me the creeps.

See … he did and no one would’ve blamed you for it. @cleoandcompany.net

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