on this note one of the houses on our route had some Halloween themed pencils for some reason. wouldn't you know it the kids were taking pencils before the candy... kids are dumb.
China is restricting who/where they're selling their graphite to. Maybe these kids know something we don't. Or maybe they like to play the game "pencil pop" at school with their friends.....do kids still play the pencil pop game....do they even know what it is?