Thursday, 12 August 2010
A Glimpse of Reality
I managed to lose my fountain pen last week. Yesterday, I went to buy a new one. I was served by a nice young man who spent quite a lot of time with me, letting me try different nib widths and so forth. I thought we were getting along famously until he asked if I'd be wanting green ink with my purchase. A green ink user? How appalling to discover that that's how I come across.
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I wonder are there any green ink blogs? (I mean literally and figuratively; there are obviously lots which are just the latter).
ReplyDeleteIf I had the faintest idea how to do it, I might go green. I've mastered links to other articles but that is about it. Last night I tried to upload a picture but failed and so I remain in awe of all you blog redesigners. Let me know if you work out a way to change font colour that doesn't challenge the extremely dim.
ReplyDeleteThat's too funny! What is a green ink user anyhow? (Must admit though that green is my favourite colour and I did once buy green ink for a fountain pen for fun but that was yonks ago!)
ReplyDeleteWhispering - green ink is the colour of ink most commonly used for seriously batty letters to the editor, allegedly
ReplyDeleteI find that it's when ink turns purple that one needs to worry. Happens to me all the time
ReplyDeleteWorm - under what circumstances? You might be able to patent that, although not quite sure what your market would be.
ReplyDeleteI could sell my patent purple prose-creating ink to people attempting to win the Orange prize, or teenagers.
ReplyDeleteI use green ink....
ReplyDeleteWorm - of course, brilliant.
ReplyDeleteNurse - so it was you who sent this batty anonymous letter to my brother: http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/08/12/2981218.htm?site=thedrum
(I thought it was, but don't worry, I told him it was me)