i dunno... this always made me laugh... but i never really tried to answer it...
2006-06-11 15:48:51 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Jokes & Riddles
Actually #2 is not the best the higher the number the better writing quality you get meaning the darker the lead. That is why when taking an exam they ask you to use a 2 or 3 pencil.
A little pencil history for your mind and for future artist maybe:
Some pencil manufacturers use the letter "H" to indicate a hard pencil. Likewise, a pencil maker might use the letter "B" to designate the blackness of the pencil's mark. The letter "F" is also used to indicate that the pencil sharpens to a fine pont.
Pencil makers also use combinations of letters -- a pencil marked "HB" is hard and black; a pencil marked "HH" is very hard, and a pencil marked "HHBBB" is very hard and really, really black!
Being #1 is not always the best. My question to you is "Why are pencils painted yellow?"
2006-06-11 16:16:03 · answer #1 · answered by KLove 1 · 5⤊ 1⤋
the number refers to the hardness of the lead. #2 is slightly harder than a #1, and lasts longer. Also called an HB pencil.
2016-03-15 02:55:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Number ones are really dark- probably messy. And then the higher up the number the lighter the pencil- sixes and sevens are for artists making sketches and stuff. Number twos are good cause they're dark enough for computers to read and sturdy enough for everyday use. I think.
2006-06-11 15:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Nettie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because the guy who made them was sending a message to his friend from the bathroom. Thats how the Number Two pencils were invented.
2006-06-11 17:08:02 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
number 2 is how much longer the pencil is than a number one
2006-06-11 15:51:58 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe because it's a 2 year old pencil
2006-06-11 16:27:43 · answer #6 · answered by Sweetie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz the pencil is called no. 2
2006-06-11 21:02:21 · answer #7 · answered by Jasmine B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think by number 2 they're talking about some specific thing with the graphite.
2006-06-11 15:51:31 · answer #8 · answered by greenwolf44 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
2hb is the darkness of the pencil 1 hb pencils are darker and so on 9 hb is really light and so on you use 2 hb/ "#2 " pencils for tests and stff and most of the time they are yellow orange check stapkes for #1 pencils ect.
2006-06-11 16:09:46 · answer #9 · answered by gabrie1_baron 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its like the mistress of a man.the number 2 gets all his salary while the number 1 gets only a left over
2006-06-11 15:59:49 · answer #10 · answered by jinn_starr 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋