If you’re a fan of the Pilot G2, or just of crazy kids, check out this boy’s home-made TV commercial. …
Who’d have thought that an ordinary Bic Cristal stick pen could inspire brilliance – or at least a pretty good go at wit? Not us, until we saw the hilarious reviews for the pen that have been accumulating on Amazon.com for the last few years.
It seems to have started in March 2007 with an overly earnest Amazon review of the Bic Crystal medium point from Matt Williams of Essex, England. He gave the pen four stars, noting that it is “very good if you need to write on paper.”
Totally Random Pen Stuff 6 is a round-up of interesting pen related blog posts that we have recently come across.
Sheaffer unveiled three new pen designs last month at the Paperworld stationery show in Germany.
The theme – Friends of Winter – might seem a little odd for anyone not into botany. Each pen in the series features a specific type of plant life, either bamboo, pine or plum, on its barrel. Apparently, the idea is that these are hardy growths that manage to survive and thrive in winter.
• OK, it seems like this would be common sense, but if you’re in jail awaiting trial on serious charges, then it probably isn’t a good idea to swipe your own lawyer’s ink pen.
The Times-News in Idaho reported that a 20-year-old man was being held on a rape charge when deputies decided to search his jail cell. They found a plastic hair brush that had been fashioned into a weapon, and an ink pen, which the inmate apparently was not supposed to have.