I have this thing for ballpoint pens.
I collect pens every opportunity I get. Not the fancy expensive Mont Blancs, but simply your plain old ballpoint. I buy them, take them from hotel check-in counters, from hotel rooms, from restaurants, from seminars I attend and anywhere else I can get them. I have a house full of ballpoint pens, yet I can't seem to stop myself from collecting more.
I think it might be a disorder, albeit not a serious one. I hope. After all, some people collect stamps while I collect ballpoint pens!
There has to be a reason why I am so obsessed with pens.
When I was growing up in this big house, we had everything we wanted and needed. We had two TVs, a piano, air-conditioning (back in the days when it was a big deal) but we had no ballpoint pens! For some reason, I could never find a single ballpoint pen in the house. Sure, we had a few pens. But most, if not all of these were not working, had no ink, or were simply broken. We had pens with dried and caked-up ink, or pens with half broken or cracked casings.
I figured it must have due to this imperfection in my childhood that has caused my to be so taken by pens. This is going to be something that I will carry with me right into my ripe old age. So if you're wondering what to give me for an occasion, forget expensive gifts - go buy a ballpoint pen. That is, if you really want to make my day!
3 comments:
david is the same :) his eyes light up at the sight of ballpoint pens at hotels and at seminars. you are not alone :) i had a stewardess friend who has boxes of it (not including the coffee, sugar and creamer sachets!!!). she gave me a whole bunch when i opened my law firm - to save us money, but we found out that the pens were all dried up :)
2 words for you: Oh Dear.
But stamps supposedly ada value though. Not sure about pens.
Nvm, now I know where to send all the extra pens lying around at home! :)
Yes, my dear friends
weird but at least i know now that i am not alone - Pen Lovers Unite!
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