Converse Question!
Why don't Montblanc and other purveyors of fine writing instruments to the people who need them least make a fantasy ball-point pen?
Oh just imagine how elegant that would be with the black laquer and solid iridium ball and other wonderful features. It could be inlaid with gold in the pattern of ancient Hungarian designs. I think ball point pens can be made with interchangeable cartidges. And *evidently* people really like ball point pens. So why is this product not being sold?
It is like we as a society have decided that there are ball point pen people and fountain pen people. Fountain pens are for rich people and ball point pens are for single mothers and junkies (KIDS: Make a coke straw out of a ball point casing!). Even a Communist revolution won't help matters because once all the fountain pen people are sent to Alaska ball points will become the official state pen nib. The next Zinoviev will sign his confession with a BIC.
Oh just imagine how elegant that would be with the black laquer and solid iridium ball and other wonderful features. It could be inlaid with gold in the pattern of ancient Hungarian designs. I think ball point pens can be made with interchangeable cartidges. And *evidently* people really like ball point pens. So why is this product not being sold?
It is like we as a society have decided that there are ball point pen people and fountain pen people. Fountain pens are for rich people and ball point pens are for single mothers and junkies (KIDS: Make a coke straw out of a ball point casing!). Even a Communist revolution won't help matters because once all the fountain pen people are sent to Alaska ball points will become the official state pen nib. The next Zinoviev will sign his confession with a BIC.
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