If I were to inventory my house for pens and mechanical pencils, guessing I would come up with far more than a hundred, and only a few that would cost more than $10 to replace.
I've got a dozen in a holder on my desk, another dozen in a holder on a table two feet away, a dozen in a holder in the other room, and about a dozen lying on various surfaces throughout the house.
And they're all the same kind! I've thrown out lots of inferior pens. Nothing bugs me more than reaching into a pen cup and pulling out a sub-standard pen, a pen that doesn't measure up to the other pens.
Like I always say, life is too short to spend with an inferior pen.
You nerds....I mean people who carry a pen in your pocket...do you also use a pocket protector?
If I have three pens in my pocket at the same time, I believe I've crossed some type of nerd threshold. Two is okay -- maybe I'm just being absent-minded. But three pens in the pocket? I've clearly passed over into nerdville.
And no, I don't use a pocket protector. I realize I am running the risk of ink leakage, but I've learned to live with that. At a certain point, you've got to throw caution to the wind and live out loud. I've always been a risk-taker like that.
I know people who own pens and they're not very nice people.
Oh, you've got it all backwards, my friend. If everyone just had a pen, the world would be a much better place.
See, look at this guy. Doesn't he look well-adjusted?
Saaayy...
That's a real nice pen you've got there. It would be a shame if something were to *happen* to it...
Get away from me!