[snowsislander]

What I don't understand is how there could be a sharpened pencil for sale, I've often wished to buy such an item, but I've never seen one. Not even in Home Depot.

The excellent Mirado pencils can be bought pre-sharpened, including at Walgreen's:

Walgreen's website

Epinions review of the Mirado pre-sharpened pencil

[jocon307]

Thanks for your informative reply! I will keep these in mind. It fits well with Walgreens theme of "the perfect world"....where pencils are always sharpened.