If you went to primary school in Australia, there’s a strong chance you’re walking around today with a tattoo.
It’s a tattoo that you share with many of your peers.
But this is no ordinary tattoo.
Nope, it’s a lead pencil mark.
If you were stabbed by a lead pencil back in school, the evidence is probably still there.
After all, once you’ve had a run in with a lead pencil, you’re guaranteed a tattoo for life – because once it’s in there, it’s definitely not coming out.
But it seems we’re not the only ones sporting pesky lead pencil marks.
A Twitter user sent a call-out earlier this week, asking his followers to share the marks they’ve received from lead being embedded in their bodies.
“Hello I’m looking for people who have lead from their pencil stuck inside their bodies,” Twitter user Los wrote.
Hello I’m looking for people who have led from their pencil stuck inside their bodies
— Los (@Los_Writer) January 7, 2019
Top Comments
My younger brother broke a pencil 'lead' off in my elbow when I was six and he was five. I didn't realise until it healed over that the pencil had even broken. Twenty-one years later, for some reason or another, it moved slightly and began to scratch (for lack of a better term) under my skin near the nerve. It drove me nuts until I had to get it surgically removed. Please be aware that foreign objects inside your body can, and do move. If it becomes troublesome, I strongly suggest taking it to your GP to at least get it looked at. Don't be an idiot like me and take a poke around yourself as it's likely to be deeper than you think (the Doc got real mad that I tried hacking at it myself, as the piece of graphite was wedged right against the bone).
Confession time. I don't have one, but I did inflict one in about year 6. To be fair the recipient was what I guess you call bullying me relentlessly.