NJ threatens to take away son after pencil-twirling incident

[Iowa #1603]

No one needs a a writing utensil of war in American schools.

Rudy-------------------I sent you a PM

[Rudy8116]

Yep. Got it and all I can say is wow.

[ChiTownDet]

How do you "spin a pencil" "like a gun?" Luckily the kid didn't wear a shirt to school with the American Flag on it, or he'd really be screwed.

[Rudy8116]

I've never seen an honor guard detail or a military drill team twirling pencils.

[Gradient Shift]

It's incidents like this this really make me think twice about having children.

[JustAJ]

Outlaw all pencils longer than 3". Hi cap (long) pencils can lead to serial violence.

So the refillable mechanical pencils must be the automatic weapons of the pencil world. Tax stamp time!

[GoldBadge]

So the refillable mechanical pencils must be the automatic weapons of the pencil world. Tax stamp time!

Refillable lead cannot exceed 3" and you may only carry two spare lead refills.

[just joe]

Ugh. These morons are retarded. When I was around the fourth grade, the school installed a pencil machine by the cafeteria. Those things cost a quarter each. The machine was filled with pencils that had the colors and logos of the NFL teams. Those geniuses had to have made a friggin fortune. Pretty much half of the boys in the school collected them. I know I still have mine stashed away at my parent's house somewhere. We took the extras and had so many pencil break contests it would make a hippie's head spin.

We had one in our library. I loved that thing. I remember breaking pencils as well.