The United
States spent over a million dollars to develop a pen that could write in the
zero gravity of space. The Russians
used a pencil.
Our orange, obese
President with little hands and a hair comb-over just called a member of Congress
‘pencil neck.’
Kids in
primary school still may use pencils; but many schools are now using I-pads and
computers to teach reading and writing.
How long has
it been since you bought or used a pencil?
Pencils are
one of those things that are fast receding from our culture – going the way of
the typewriter. I believe at sometime
in the future pencils will be an icon of the past, seen in museums by a
population that dictate correspondence to their computers.
the Ol’Buzzard
