![]() ![]() In fifth grade, I discovered that the Bic stic was ideal for launching *spitballs. Great drumsticks for a desk top - until the nun came after you with a ruler! In earlier decades they were good for winding on an audio cassette when the tape was tangled.Įssential equipment in radio stations-back when. The caps also made great rubber band projectiles!ĭitto the cap-hmmm, the spinning thing-sounds interesting-dignity taking a dive here. Since the breather hole was half way down the barrel, I used to put a push pin in the hole and spinning the pen at high rates of speed. Too big for a shirt pocket as far as I can remember.small kids have small shirt pockets. Shoving one in the spiral wire of you notebook, was a sure way to lose your cap. The set includes 12 Fine Point and 12 Ultra Fine Point markers for sharp, crisp lines that are quick-drying, fade, and water-resistant. Perfect for crafts, projects, adult coloring pages, and more. I never cared for them, the tops went missing too often.even on mine. BIC Creativity Kit is a colorful special edition set that includes an assortment of permanent markers, gel pens, and pastel highlighters. Bic ultimate pen tv#That point was pretty indestructible.īack in the early 1960s, when Bic pens were new, there were TV commercials where someone would fire a Bic through a "high powered" rifle, the pen would go through a 1 inch board, with point protruding, and the hack would write with the pen, stating: "Bic pen: writes first time, every time." IIRC, it is the same guy who used to wrap a Timex wristwatch around the prop of an outboard boat motor, put the prop in a tank of water, fire up the motor, run it for about 15 seconds, closeup of the watch, "Timex: takes a licking, and keeps on ticking." John Cameron Swayze comes to mind.Īs long as you had the cap, nobody could steal it.unless of course they had a spare cap too.but if it went missing, you checked to see if the pen matched your cap and not his.some times you got the thing back. This brings back memories from grammar school. Writing your name on a wooden school desk ![]()
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