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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%

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Marinatos

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Re: blue or black pen?

Blue.
Black always looks messy, and although examiners fin it easier to read, I find it much more difficult. I've tried writing with black in exams to please my english teacher, but since all my notes are in blue, it is distracting. And then my ancient teacher said to write in blue, anyway.
 

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ahh i need black! i have a lucky type of pen, its a pink breast cancer one, and its always good it never leaks i have used up about 5 of them so far, i need black :D
 

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Re: blue or black pen?

Whichever pen I pull out of my pencil case first that's not red or a pencil.

At the moment, blue, since all my blacks have died.
 

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I've said it once, and i'll say it again...Blue ftw!
 
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I want one of those pens where the ink changes as you write...:D
 

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selablad said:
I want one of those pens where the ink changes as you write...:D
I used to have a pencil like that years ago...they're so rad. =]
 

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4unitfreak said:
Black. Works better with highlighters. Also, there are many different kinds of blue pen, so if I lost a blue pen and had to use another, the colours would be mucked up. There is only one black, and it is black.
Yeah i know what you mean about the blue pens. Every brand of pen has a different shade of blue...some almost green. Still i prefer blue.
 

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blue kilometricos.... cheap and trusty... although they kinda change colour when youve been using them a while and they also start leaking and getting all gross and stuff at the end of their lives....
 

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black. blue can look really messy for me, and i've had teachers tell me black is easier to read. i know my teachers overall prefer black.
 

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What about, one half of the essay blue and the other half black? Just for varation? OR a different color per line? :rolleyes:
 
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stillwaters said:
blue kilometricos.... cheap and trusty... although they kinda change colour when youve been using them a while and they also start leaking and getting all gross and stuff at the end of their lives....
This is true, but black kilometricos are the worst for fading and the like.

But the pink ones are really really awesome.

curryman23 said:
What about, one half of the essay blue and the other half black? Just for varation? OR a different color per line? :rolleyes:
I do this all the time. My english teacher said to me a couple of months ago, "you know, I was really happy reading the blue ink in your essay. But then three quarters of the way through the blue ink suddenly became black. And I didn't like your essay so much any more."

Not that this really bothered me, I still do it.
 

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babikakez said:
This is true, but black kilometricos are the worst for fading and the like.

But the pink ones are really really awesome.


I do this all the time. My english teacher said to me a couple of months ago, "you know, I was really happy reading the blue ink in your essay. But then three quarters of the way through the blue ink suddenly became black. And I didn't like your essay so much any more."

Not that this really bothered me, I still do it.
lol :p
 

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who uses the BIC ultra round stic grip pen??

best pen ever, used it in exam today, the pen just flies
 

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Re: who uses the BIC ultra round stic grip pen??

I use Papermate. Those white ones. They always work for me.
 

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Re: who uses the BIC ultra round stic grip pen??

i use those blue BIC cristal M ones.. they have shit grips but they don't leak!
 

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Re: who uses the BIC ultra round stic grip pen??

Does it last long though? I think I will buy those ones~

EDIT: 4000th post.
 

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