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Quills: Pens for right-handed writers come from the left wing, and pens for left-handers, from the right

Who would have guessed! Thanks for the post. Sometimes I wish my pc would parse quill.

posted on 05.22 at 06:57 AMpeacay


Interesting PK. Adds credence to this:

“QUILL, n. An implement of torture yielded by a goose and commonly wielded by an ass.” - Ambrose Bierce.

posted on 05.22 at 04:56 PMjmorrison


Great collection, thanks! But I still haven’t found a good pen. But I have been using a pencil from Spalding Brother NYC:

http://www.spaldingpens.com/ballpointpen.html

posted on 05.23 at 04:22 PMorangeguru

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