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bunn ([personal profile] bunn) wrote2012-08-28 10:03 am

Further ball-point-related news

BIC For Her Amber Medium Ballpoint Pen

I particularly enjoyed these reviews:


"No good for man hands
I bought this pen (in error, evidently) to write my reports of each day's tree felling activities in my job as a lumberjack. It is no good. It slips from between my calloused, gnarly fingers like a gossamer thread gently descending to earth between two giant redwood trunks."

"I was hoping that it would be less phallic,
I do not understand why a pen for her is so phallic. Why does a tool of self-expression have to bear the very shape of the symbol of the patriarchy?"

"This pen changed my life.
Before I started using this pen, I was a typical male: unable to express any feelings beyond hungry and horny. Now I have a more expressive and nuanced view of myself and of others. Now, I do not have to ask my wife what is wrong because, thanks to this pen I SOMEHOW KNOW. I have become more open, and can listen better. Thank you bic, I love you."

[identity profile] osprey-archer.livejournal.com 2012-08-28 12:05 pm (UTC)(link)
I am so snickering right now. Oh bogus Amazon reviews, what an art form you are.
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[identity profile] adaese.livejournal.com 2012-08-28 12:54 pm (UTC)(link)
It says on the box they're all black ink! Why would I want anything so un-girly as black ink? I was expecting amber-coloured ink (possibly with variants such as peacock blue or mauve). Chiz - these pens, while posing as girly pens, are clearly really TOOLS OF PATRIARCHAL OPPRESSION!

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[identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com 2012-08-29 07:56 am (UTC)(link)
*splorfle*

[identity profile] puddleshark.livejournal.com 2012-08-28 06:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh, this is brilliant! I think the one with the 'calloused, gnarly fingers' has to be the best review ever...

Evern better than the Eye of Sauron reviews of Wenlock, the Olympic mascot...
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[identity profile] bunn.livejournal.com 2012-08-29 07:55 am (UTC)(link)
I hadn't seen that. It's hilarious!

(and OMG, what twisted mind came up with that product anyway? It's terrifying!)

[identity profile] huinare.livejournal.com 2012-08-28 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
=D This is the best thing ever. I already have my own, er, review, brewing in mind.