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Pens: favourite type, colour etc (1 Viewer)

blue or black pen?

  • blue

    Votes: 242 60.5%
  • black

    Votes: 149 37.3%
  • other

    Votes: 9 2.3%

  • Total voters
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Re: blue or black pen?

amyj1710 said:
yeah, but also with a normal (plastic) ruler and a bendy ruler
they also leaked everywhere when i was just writing!
so i don't use them anymore
Yeah, but if you used it with a metal ruler, then the nib's already cut, so whenever you use it again, it will leak (even if you're writing normally). :p
 

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Aerath said:
Yeah, but if you used it with a metal ruler, then the nib's already cut, so whenever you use it again, it will leak (even if you're writing normally). :p
ohhh! really? ok then what if i had one that i didn't use with a metal ruler? it still leaked
 

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amyj1710 said:
haha yeah, i been told i don't hold my pen right :)
it'll disappear one day
lol when you graduate from uni maybe.

EDIT- oh wait after high school.. cuz uni you tend to use the laptop right?
 

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adidasboy said:
lol when you graduate from uni maybe.

EDIT- oh wait after high school.. cuz uni you tend to use the laptop right?
looks like i'm still stuck with it for a while then.
 
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Taskan said:
Blue. its actually quite funny, i use 4 colour pens, and just chuck them out when i run out of blue.
I bought a 4 colour pen once that had additional black and blue inks, that you can slot in once the original one had run out. But I've not seen them since, so they must have been a bonus or something.
 

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ohhh! really? ok then what if i had one that i didn't use with a metal ruler? it still leaked
No explanation for that. :p
 

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babikakez said:
I bought a 4 colour pen once that had additional black and blue inks, that you can slot in once the original one had run out. But I've not seen them since, so they must have been a bonus or something.
Wow, I would love that. I'm always using 4-colour pens and the blue just ran out of my favourite one :( :( So I have to get a new one.

Anyway I like blue pens, mostly because they look neater, and all the lines in my books are light blue so they kind of match? Black doesn't contrast enough to look good, so blue has to match... Also for some reason all the blue pens I have are slightly thicker, while the black ones are way too thin for my liking...don't know why though :)

The only exception to the blue rule is in maths. I write in coloured pens for maths :D
 

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adidasboy said:
writer's lump lol ^_^ a lot ppl have them from squeezing the pen too hard
in contrast to a lump i have a dent on the side of my middle finger where the pen presses against.:mad1:
 

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I use black sometimes if i want something to stand out. or if i am using 3 different colours
 

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I dont know if this is relevant but what have you guys heard about writing on yellow paper for memory
 

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Really didn't expect blue to be ahead of black. I voted black, it looks so much more professional then anything else. Felt tip > Ball point as well.
 

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I can't believe how many blues there are!
Black is stylish, refined, sophisticated, chic.
Pure class.
 

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I can't believe how many blues there are!
Black is stylish, refined, sophisticated, chic.
Pure class.
damn right
 

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humglish said:
If you don't use blue,
You don't have a clue.
See, us blue pen users can rhyme too! So there:)
if you decide to use blue, go do a poo

black is the bomb, it can't do no wrong
 

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ive always used blue for school

i might switch to black maybe after school
 

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I cannot believe this thread is still going.

I better add something on topic. I only use blue because I have a whole load of blue pens which I like using in exam situations because they are easy to write with, non smudgy and relatively comfortable. No point going and getting black ones just for the special occasion.

emytaylor164-I have no idea about yellow paper, never used it in an exam, all the paper that I have been provided with has been white.
 

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Is there anyone else here who honestly doesn't care what colour pen they use.

I have 10 pens in my Pcase, blue/black and whatever i pull out i use.

Some books have two colours.
 

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