Something Squirrelly this Way Comes

Does Drawing, Coloring, Shading count as writing?

Or about these?

1. Wearing it behind the ear.
2. Holding it in a shirt pocket.
3. Dropping it on the floor.
4. Opening mail.
5. Throwing it across the room in frustration.

You want more?
 

I just assumed he meant non-typical pencil uses.. Since he said it was a thinking outside the box question. I said

1. Holding hair up in a bun
2. Cat toy
3. Tapping it on the table to think and possibly annoy someone
4. Stabbing your brother - at their looks of shock and horror, I added that he was chasing me with scissors at the time (I'm pretty sure he was just annoying me, scissor chasing was a different encounter) - one guy actually wrote self-defense down in his notes. I was most amused.
5. Using it as a skewer for food (shish kabob) or to toast marshmallows, assuming you don't mind lead or graphite poisoning.

Any other ideas? I know of one more that the one guy told me.. but am curious to see if someone else comes up with it.
 

2 uses I can share. First one is fairly innocent, hopefully your family-friendly blog faithful won't be offended. Then again, you just used the turn of phrase "You fat f*ck!" Even with asterisks, you're not fooling anyone. I have never personally tested either of these suggestions:

1) A friend who just visited Italy was given the following advice by her father: "Always look around the room for something you can use as a weapon. A pencil is good for this, and is commonplace. You should jam it up your assailant's nose, then break it off. This is effective for two reasons; one, it hurts like hell. Two, you still have half a pencil to work with.

2) I was informed at one point years ago by some female friends that a simple test to determine whether you need to be wearing a bra is if you can hold a pencil by placing it under your breast(s) and if you can hold the pencil in place without using your hands, you may need to go bra shopping.

One of the female friends informed the group that a pencil was easy; she could hold a can of hairspray in this fashion.

You're welcome. :)
 

Lemme give it a whirl...

1. Carrying it around at work- I find that walking around with a writing implement in your hand and a harried look makes you look incredibly busy.

2. I had a secondary use for it that was entitled, "The Pencil Drop Answer." If unsure of a an answer to a test question simply hold the pencil over the said question and drop it wherever it lands is your answer. Repeat as many times as necessary until you actually hit the right question.

3. Hitting the reset button on my MP3 player when it locks up- A pen leaves an ink mark.

4. Getting in trouble in Elementary School. There were early warning signs of my evil nature back then and my Mother received an annoyed call from my first grade teacher after she found me erasing other people's work when their backs were turned just to *&^% with them.

5. Gouging out your ear drums when you hear things like, Creed or Matchbox 20.
 

b -I sort of covered your first suggestion (see stabbing brother in knee) and the second one I have heard of but didn’t think of at the time. Not that I would’ve said it had I thought of it. Mentioning bras and breasts during a job interview just isn’t proper, unless you’re applying for a position at a lingerie place. I was not.

There’s also the firm butt pencil test. Place a pencil between a butt cheek (pick one) and your leg and let go. If the pencil stays in place then you need to do some toning exercises. I read about that one in a Vicki Pettersson book but forgot about it until your breast pencil test reminder.

And thanks. I sincerely hope I don't dream of hairspray cans now. Unless I'm using them to create a path through the spider nets trees...

OPA - Can I be you when I grow up? ;)