Copying pencil Copying pencil A copying pencil, also indelible pencil or chemical pencil, is pencil whose lead contains a dye. The lead is fabricated by adding a dry water-soluble permanent dye to powdered graphite—used in standard graphite pencils—before binding the mixture with clay. Copying pencils were introduced in the 1870s and were originally marketed for copying documents, especially for making permanent copies of a permanent original. This was achieved by creating a hand-written document using a copying pencil, laying a moist tissue paper over the document and pressing down with a mechanical press. The water-soluble dye in the writing would be transferred
2–0 lead is the worst lead fact the worst possible lead. The cliché was popularized by Czech football coach and television commentator Josef Csaplár in the Czech football community. His use of the term suggested that a 2–0 half-time lead could only end in a defeat and the cliché is known in the Czech Republic as "Csaplár's trap" (Czech: "Csaplárova past"). In Serbia, the cliché is known for being used by manager and former player Milan Živadinović. The cliché was also used by Australian former player and TV broadcaster Johnny Warren. Television pundit and former English footballer Gary Lineker raised the cliché when commenting on a