“They can be black or blue!
Even marigold or red too!
Just write and also right an ready to go!
Ball point pens work! An not just for show!”
The case of the missing ball point pen!
You would have bought so many pens in your lifetime but do you remember where they disappear?
Ball pens are alive is my theory!
Ok now before you refer me to a psychiatrist just…
read on!
The amount of ball pens we buy can be countless! Every visit to the magic shop which is the stationary shop you end up buying a pen or a set!
My daughter and me can spend hours in the stationary shop now much to the chagrin of my wife! It is like a dream land for us!
Stationary shop previously was a small shop in the corner with the smell of books and some pens hanging in the corner!
Those day we used to actually buy the pen only once in the year and other times we always used to buy the refills! I do not remember the last time I bought a ball pen refill! Occasional though I do buy the ink pen refills which are so cool! You just snap it in!
The amazing thing about ballpoint pens and even the now gel pens is that they last so long! You can simply write on and on and they would still write some more!
Though I always prefer either an ink pen or even a Pilot pen, ball pens are a necessity! You cannot live without them! In an emergency you need only the ball point pens! The ink pens would not do!
The days of reynolds and Rotomac were so good! The thin tip and the bold one!
But (yeah! What is a blog without a but!); now when we buy any ball pen, rest assured that it will be there with you for less than a week! If your pen is premium or even an Ink pen or a premier fountain pen then of course it may be with you for a while without getting lost but a regular ballpoint pen’s tendency of getting lost is remarkable that it feels they are alive!
If the pen is the click type then it takes longer for them to ‘escape’ while the ones with the cap have it more easy!
The first step is removing the handcuffs which is the cap! Once you lose the cap of a pen then rest assured that the pen will be ‘escaping’ soon!
In college I remember how many would take a slim roll of paper and write their names in the pen! That is tagging! If that happens then also the chances of ‘escape’ of the pen is less!
But the moment you put the pen in either your shirt or pant pocket, they start their plans to escape! Initial plans would be just jumping out and falling on the ground or on the table corners! Those places sometimes they are still found and ‘captured’ again! Then one fine day you have an important write up to do or you have to sign some important paper and lo! The pen has escaped!
I am sure one fine day one news item would announce that a secret world or island has been discovered which has all the escaped pens in the world!
I still remember in our medical college entrance there was a guy who was selling these cheap pens and for fifteen bucks you get fifteen pens!
I once got that whole set happily thinking that I do not have to buy any pen for the rest of the year! I thought that maybe the pens may not write well or may leak! In fact they wrote pretty well and no leaks! But at the end of the month I was left with no pens! I had lost each and every one of them!
Like the brick and ball game of computer, the more balls you have, the faster you lose! It is the same with the pens! When you have a lot of pens, there is a greater probability of losing them!
This in spite of being very possessive of my pen! I never borrow pen from anyone as much as possible and I do not like to give my pen to anyone! I am basically a very generous person even if I do say so myself but do not ask me for my pen! In spite of this I frequently lose pens! And after enquiry I have found out that it is a universal phenomenon!
Which is why I often wonder where do these pens we have lost (which is of course going to be a big number) end up! Or maybe you can refer me to a good neuro doctor or psychiatrist! Speaking of a doctor reminds me of birthday celebrity and doctor and that too an ENT! Dr. Shriram Lagoo!
Now safely tuck your pen in your bag and sleep!
Shubh ratri!
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