I don't know why, Irk, but your rant made me think of the best handheld writing instrument website with a horribly hilarious web address out there: penisland.net
@curtise I'm still not sure if this is a real business. Much of the site seems serious, but this is right on the home page. I'm pretty sure they're working the penis angle.
Irk thanks for the suggestion, however I carry a nifty pen pouch that doubles as a "cup" holder. Works well since I help work cover 9 locations in the area
I do own a nice pen. It's a pen I bought at NASA back in 2008. I remember and love this pen specifically for two reasons. One: it was one of those astronaut pens. You can write with it... IN SPACE! Second: I bought it the same day Heath Ledger died... And being a huge Batman fan, news that the star of the latest Batman movie dying made me nervous about how The Dark Knight would be... Well, we all know how that turned out. I still own this pen (the longest I've ever owned a pen), but right now it's gone missing. I moved a few months ago, so it's probably in one of the boxes I've yet to unpack.
I also own a ton of crappy pens. I bought a box of those Bic models, you know, the ones that just annoy you when you have them in your hand. I have them in every crevice of my life: Car. Office. Friend's house. Other people's desks. It's rather weird, to be honest.
So Irk, I have already taken your advice... So why did I ask you for a pen?
@Irk, I hate to carry a pen in my pocket. We have pen thieves, not to be confused with the marker bandits. In the morning I be all: But by the afternoon I be all
I used to go to a lot of conferences and trade shows for work and would always come back with tons of free pens. Some were really good and some were total crap, so I sorted them into two separate drawers: pens only I get to use and pens I don't care if you steal.
@Moose I buy one or two packages of El Cheapo pens during the Back to School sale each year. I don't mind if these go missing. Usually it's 10-12 for a dollar but once I scored 20 for a buck.
@walarney my buddy bought me a Mont Blanc about 8 years ago. I use it all the time and have gotten compliments from high muckety mucks in my company. Refills are $6 apiece but the pen is awesome.
YOU GO IRK.
I had an inkling he'd say no.
@darksaber99999 You mean an Irkling?
I don't know why, Irk, but your rant made me think of the best handheld writing instrument website with a horribly hilarious web address out there: penisland.net
@curtise I'm still not sure if this is a real business. Much of the site seems serious, but this is right on the home page. I'm pretty sure they're working the penis angle.
Haha That is great! I know someone who plans to send this to a serial pen-borrower in their life.
Irk thanks for the suggestion, however I carry a nifty pen pouch that doubles as a "cup" holder. Works well since I help work cover 9 locations in the area
You tell 'em, Irk. Deadbeats.
Well, I guess asking for your lighter isn't going to get me that shiny new lighter, is it?
@Thumperchick I keep an off-brand (read: not Bic) lighter specifically for people who ask to borrow mine.
I'll counterpoint:
I do own a nice pen. It's a pen I bought at NASA back in 2008. I remember and love this pen specifically for two reasons. One: it was one of those astronaut pens. You can write with it... IN SPACE! Second: I bought it the same day Heath Ledger died... And being a huge Batman fan, news that the star of the latest Batman movie dying made me nervous about how The Dark Knight would be... Well, we all know how that turned out. I still own this pen (the longest I've ever owned a pen), but right now it's gone missing. I moved a few months ago, so it's probably in one of the boxes I've yet to unpack.
I also own a ton of crappy pens. I bought a box of those Bic models, you know, the ones that just annoy you when you have them in your hand. I have them in every crevice of my life: Car. Office. Friend's house. Other people's desks. It's rather weird, to be honest.
So Irk, I have already taken your advice... So why did I ask you for a pen?
I don't remember.
I have it on good authority that Irk almost recommended the Space Pen by name as the best edc pen. Those things are awesome.
Coincidence? I think not.
@Bingo I saw a ton of people with these things at Burning Man
For the stoner on the go
@Chops
@Irk, I hate to carry a pen in my pocket. We have pen thieves, not to be confused with the marker bandits.
In the morning I be all:
But by the afternoon I be all
FYI
Pen thief.
Marker Bandits
I used to go to a lot of conferences and trade shows for work and would always come back with tons of free pens. Some were really good and some were total crap, so I sorted them into two separate drawers: pens only I get to use and pens I don't care if you steal.
Just do what I did and buy 500 misprinted pens for about $35. I will have pens for the rest of my life, or at least until pens are rendered obsolete.
@Moose They'll probably dry out before everyone gets through them all.
@Moose I buy one or two packages of El Cheapo pens during the Back to School sale each year. I don't mind if these go missing. Usually it's 10-12 for a dollar but once I scored 20 for a buck.
I am the only one I know who has ever put a refill in a pen.
@walarney my buddy bought me a Mont Blanc about 8 years ago. I use it all the time and have gotten compliments from high muckety mucks in my company. Refills are $6 apiece but the pen is awesome.