September 5, 2008: ...and the Russians used a pencil.

newtimer · 09-05-2008, 12:14 PM

Here they are. Those specially-researched, tax-payer-costing, anti-gravity, gas-pressurized writing pens which allowed American astronauts to be able to write in space. They're display at the Air n' Space Museum. in Washington DC.

HungLikeJesus · 09-05-2008, 12:22 PM

I have a space pen around here somewhere. I don't like the way it writes.

Griff · 09-05-2008, 12:24 PM

The Russians don't have the cinematic capability for a trip to "space."

Shawnee123 · 09-05-2008, 12:24 PM

I gave my astronaut pen to Jack Klompus.

SteveDallas · 09-05-2008, 12:28 PM

Didn't the Russkies have trouble with shavings when they had to sharpen the pencils?

Flint · 09-05-2008, 12:38 PM

I Googled "snopes space pen" and it said FALSE.

Sheldonrs · 09-05-2008, 12:45 PM

Bic deal.

Sundae · 09-05-2008, 12:47 PM

The IoTD isn't false if you take out tax-payer-costing.

Flint · 09-05-2008, 12:51 PM

IT SAID FALSE. [/thread]

Shawnee123 · 09-05-2008, 12:53 PM

Your face is false.

Clodfobble · 09-05-2008, 01:11 PM

It said the anecdote about the Russians using a pencil was false. The pressurized pens were real.

And furthermore, who Googles "snopes [anything]?" Just go directly to snopes and search from there. Unless you have the google toolbar--in which case it still only saves you, oh, a half dozen keystrokes.

Flint · 09-05-2008, 01:17 PM

It's the same number of steps.

A. Goto Google, search for snopes space pen, click, read.

B. Goto Snopes, search for space pen, click, read.

I prefer using a common search interface over website-based internal searches. Google is often better at finding something within a site than the site's own internal search. And I just don't want to have to go to the page (which isn't in my favorites, Google is, btw) and look for their search function. I go directly to Google and it works the same way every time.

Flint · 09-05-2008, 01:28 PM

btw, this is coming from Clodfobble, who still manually dials phone numbers. [/Flint never forgets]

glatt · 09-05-2008, 01:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flint

btw, this is coming from a person who still manually dials phone numbers. [/Flint never forgets]

You have a rotary phone?

Trilby · 09-05-2008, 01:47 PM

I have one of those old, gas-powered dildos around here somewhere...

09-05-2008, 12:14 PM	#1
newtimer Operations Operative Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 479	September 5, 2008: ...and the Russians used a pencil. Here they are. Those specially-researched, tax-payer-costing, anti-gravity, gas-pressurized writing pens which allowed American astronauts to be able to write in space. They're display at the Air n' Space Museum. in Washington DC.

09-05-2008, 12:22 PM	#2
HungLikeJesus Only looks like a disaster tourist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: above 7,000 feet Posts: 7,208	I have a space pen around here somewhere. I don't like the way it writes. __________________ Keep Your Bodies Off My Lawn SteveDallas's Random Thread Picker.

09-05-2008, 12:24 PM	#3
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	The Russians don't have the cinematic capability for a trip to "space." __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

09-05-2008, 12:24 PM	#4
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I gave my astronaut pen to Jack Klompus. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-05-2008, 12:38 PM	#6
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I Googled "snopes space pen" and it said FALSE. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-05-2008, 12:28 PM	#5
SteveDallas Your Bartender Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Philly Burbs, PA Posts: 7,651	Didn't the Russkies have trouble with shavings when they had to sharpen the pencils?

09-05-2008, 12:45 PM	#7
Sheldonrs Master Dwellar Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 4,412	Bic deal. __________________ Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and the world laughs AT you.

09-05-2008, 12:47 PM	#8
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The IoTD isn't false if you take out tax-payer-costing.

09-05-2008, 12:51 PM	#9
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	IT SAID FALSE. [/thread] __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-05-2008, 12:53 PM	#10
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Your face is false. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-05-2008, 01:11 PM	#11
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	It said the anecdote about the Russians using a pencil was false. The pressurized pens were real. And furthermore, who Googles "snopes [anything]?" Just go directly to snopes and search from there. Unless you have the google toolbar--in which case it still only saves you, oh, a half dozen keystrokes. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

09-05-2008, 01:17 PM	#12
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	It's the same number of steps. A. Goto Google, search for snopes space pen, click, read. B. Goto Snopes, search for space pen, click, read. I prefer using a common search interface over website-based internal searches. Google is often better at finding something within a site than the site's own internal search. And I just don't want to have to go to the page (which isn't in my favorites, Google is, btw) and look for their search function. I go directly to Google and it works the same way every time. __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

09-05-2008, 01:28 PM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	btw, this is coming from Clodfobble, who still manually dials phone numbers. [/Flint never forgets] __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio** Last edited by Flint; 09-05-2008 at 01:52 PM. Reason: aaarrrgh!

09-05-2008, 01:47 PM	#15
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