I have always said that I can tell everything I need to know about a person with one look in his or her pen cup. (If I never said that before, I am saying it now.) I was going to photograph a pen for the blog when I walked by my wife's desk and wondered what she had in there. It's her desk, I never use it, so any of my pens would have arrived in her cup by theft.
So, let's break it down, 2 pair of scissors, a .7 G2 (meh), 3 sharpies, 4-5 cheap mechanical pencils (one missing a cap) a clicky permanent marker, a wet erase marker and...what the hell?...one of my Hi-Tech-C's... just so you know- that one is now safely back in MY pen cup. You can pass me a kid with a diaper that has passed maximum load capacity and I will gladly share the responsibilities...but come on....a High Tech-C? That just hurts.
I have passed 100 or more pens to my wife saying "try this pen, I think you will like it" which really is code for "I hate this pen, you can have it." but I am not sure where those pens actually go. It could have been worse, I could have found a couple 51's and a Flex nib crinkled up in the bottom. For that I am thankful.
Christmas is coming up, it might be time to upgrade her pen cup. Maybe...
4 comments:
Heh heh. I'm pretty territorial about my pens and pen cups, too. I get kind of twitchy if my husband sits at my desk and grabs a pen.
I would not like to know what you would think if you saw my 6 (six) pen cups... I got a Hi-Tec C that misteriously dissapeared from my desk and people could not believe how worked up I was...
LOL. This was too funny! I told my hubby the other day that he could have any pen/pencil/marker he wanted, EXCEPT the ones in the nice pink box (my personal preferred stash). He laughed....but he has no idea what will happen if one of those ever goes missing! LOL!
That made me smile..... I think you're right about telling a lot from a persons pen pot though.
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