Keeping It Sharp

This homeowner was fined for the stump in their yard, so they turned it into a giant pencil. It’s actually pretty epic, though I’m sure there is some silly law against yard art that doesn’t match the seasonal theme or whatever. Still, they did a great job of making it look exactly like a #2 pencil.

I wonder if that yellow is called “pencil yellow”? Come to think of it, can you imagine how much paint is used by the pencil industry? It turns out that the yellow on a pencil came about in the late 1800s and was meant to signify a high-quality pencil produced with superior Chinese graphite. Yellow represents royalty and respect. You learn something new every day!