Saturday, January 07, 2006

Testy

I never know what to write on those pen tester things. Being a magician, stationary is one of my weaknesses, so I often find myself browsing through an all-nite pen store, trying out inks of various thicknesses and longevity, before secreting a few in a brown paper back to scribble and squeak with when I get home in the small hours. And I'm always confronted by the blank canvas of that tester sheet. Some people write their name, their address, or oddly enough, the store's name: Rymans, RYMANS, rymans, rYmAns. But I'm always tempted to put things like:

Ha! my name is, Ha! my name is, Ha! my name is, wiki wiki, john.

If you can read this writing you're shopping way too close.

For Sale: Pens. Lots of them. Look around you idiot!