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I have the same thing in the palm of my hand - was bumping a pencil along a wall, also in fourth grade, ish. I knew it was graphite and wouldn't hurt me, but I
by cancerhacker 3y ago
I have the same thing in the palm of my hand - was bumping a pencil along a wall, also in fourth grade, ish. I knew it was graphite and wouldn't hurt me, but I was too afraid of it hurting to winkle it out, and it just healed over.
- nkurz 3y agoI spent some time puzzling over what "winkle" might be a typo for before realizing it was a British verb I was unfamiliar with: "chiefly British : to displace, remove, or evict from a position" Apparently the etymology is the periwinkles are difficult to remove from their shells: https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winkle https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/winkle
- dtgriscom 3y ago"She's horribly good at winkling." https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7a2639f3-cf03-4223-bc46-5ae44b598a17 https://getyarn.io/yarn-clip/7a2639f3-cf03-4223-bc46-5ae44b5...
- Arrath 3y agoAs a child I was walking through my room and stepped on a fallen pencil, it rolled under my foot in just the right way: it shot out and stabbed me in the ball of my other foot! Most random thing, and I've still got the dot these 30 years later.