Pooch Cafe by Paul Gilligan for February 14, 2012
February 13, 2012
February 15, 2012
Transcript:
Poncho: Dear diary: Continued assessing the edibility of everything in my world. Today I tested a dish rag, a doorknob, and a remote control. Poncho: So few things are actually edible, sometimes I wonder if it's really worth testing every little thing, or if I'm just being silly.
Before pencils were developed in the 17th century, charcoal sticks were used (still used by artists).A large deposit of very pure graphite was discovered in the 16th century in Cumbria, England.It was so pure that it could be sawn into sticks for writing.It was mistakenly thought to be a form of lead, and was even named plumbago (Latin for “lead ore”).In many languages the words for pencils translate to “lead pen”, perpetuating this error.