Whether your game of Monopoly is missing its most important pieces or you need to leave a tough decision to chance, a regular pencil can double nicely as a 6-sided die.


Since a normal wooden pencil has 6 sides, Reddit user danjiro2 shows us that all it takes is a pen to turn it into a die of sorts. Just pen in the numbers 1-6 on each side, and roll it along the table to pick a number at random. It's one of those things that's so clever, we just had to share it—and while you might not know a use for it right this second, you'll thank us when you and your five coworkers are trying to decide where to go for lunch.


You can use a regular pencil as dice. | Reddit via #tips

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