“What did you hear him say?”
“Something about the fact that your skin was jaundiced and you may have hepatitis.”
“Well, is it true? Does my skin look jaundiced?”
She examined hip. “You look like a Ticonderoga pencil.”
“Thanks.”
“But a cute pencil.”
Refers to a sickly yellowish colour of the skin, which is abnormal. Not uncommon in newborns, it can be caused by an excess of bilirubin, or due to hepatitis or other ilnesses in adults.