Tuesday, January 22, 2013

Ladypens

                                                                         

Well, Sisters, this is what we have been waiting for: ballpoint pens made specially for the Ladies.  My attention was drawn to these on Facebook and I felt moved to share.  All these years we have been struggling to get our words down with ordinary Man-pens, like fish attempting to get about on bicycles.  In my opinion there hasn't been anything like it since they invented the side-saddle, and I feel that my brilliant career is now assured.

You might like to read some of the Amazon reviews.

14 comments:

Zhoen said...

At least Pocky is for women, as evidenced by Men's Pocky - to make sure men don't eat the other flavors.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pocky

Anna MR said...

Hurrah! I love it. Signs, you have (once again) made my day, and so early in the morning as well. I also adored the way these Very Special Pens had brought out the creative instincts of the Amazon commenters.

Now, how do I order them? I could do with some creative-writing assistance…

x

Anna MR said...

PS I totally love Pocky sticks, too. Where do I get the "mature" version?

x

Reading the Signs said...

Zhoen, thank you for this - I can picture myself eating Pocky while penning my magnum opus (or shopping lists).

Anna, obviously you can't have the "mature" Pocky as they are for the men. I would have gone for those too, but why rock the boat? Have the banana flavour and rejoice.

We hot-foot it to Amazon as fast as our little feet can go. Sometimes life is just so simple.

Cusp said...

I saw these too and was guffawing into me sleeve ....until I remembered that in the 70s at school, when we all wrote with fountain pens, all the main brands, Platignum, Sheaffer, Parker etc etc always made a lady-version of each design.
It was of course teeny tiny so that the pen would fit neatly into teeny tiny dainty lady-fingers (okra).....too weak and pitiful to grasp a 'proper' manly pen of authority

Obviously nothing has changed !

Reading the Signs said...

Cusp, yes, you are right - how could I have forgotten the lady-version fountain pens? So this is perhaps a step back as well as a step forward? I need to think about this.

Amy said...

I have a strange and dangerous urge to actually buy some. What the hell is wrong with me?!

Thanks for bringing such a hilarious phenomenon to our attention :)

Amy said...

Jesus! I just noticed the price!

Reading the Signs said...

It isn't just you, Amy - I have the urge too. And I can almost guarantee that Anna has. Clearly they identified a need.

Oh, and congrats for getting past the robot police!

Cusp said...

Amy, Andie...this urge (as you put it) is a clear sign that you are particularly poorly bad. Those pens are the devil's work. I should send you a bumper pack of HUGE indelible marker pens as an antidote

Anna MR said...

You guarantee correctly, Signs; I am positively dying for a packet of those pens. I am prone to other Devil's Work as well, though, Cusp (hello, happy new year, all that), so your theory may also hold. At least to a degree.

Yes, there are Lady Parkers and things…but they, for some reason, make more sense. I mean, an elegant and feminine design for an elegant and expensive item…a bit like, well, ladies' shoes are designed differently from men's shoes. The same goes for cigarette lighters; there are Zippoesque things aimed particularly at women.

I can see my reasoning totally failing at being convincing. But regardless of that, there is a difference between a gorgeous Mont Blanc with an engraved floral pattern – and a plastic Bic biro in pink (you know, in the package, they are reminiscent of nothing as much as disposable razors, don't y'all agree?). There just is.

Yes, verily.

x

Reading the Signs said...

Gael - where did you disappear to? I could have sworn I saw you here. Anyway, that link, yes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCyw3prIWhc

I have watched it and think Anna should too. If that doesn't persuade her of the virtues of LadyBics then nothing will.

Anna MR said...

I have watched and am now Officially Persuaded.

Now all I need is A Man to purchase me a package – I mean, I can't be expected to manage online shopping by myself, can I? Surely not.

x

Reading the Signs said...

Ah - I think we have a chcken-and-egg situation, Anna. For the Ladypens will surely bestow on you the type of virtues that would guarantee the attentions of a suitable gentleman person - the kind who would see it as his right and proper place to get you those pens, I mean. But without them already in place I am not sure how best to proceed. You need to be seen in the right places, looking helpless. I think. Good luck.