If Cthulhu was a fountain pen...

[meanwhile]

..Then he might look like this

 

http://www.giardino.it/pens/nettuno/IMMAGINI/NautilusOro.jpg

 

 

 

But this sounds very clever: "The magnetic closing system is realized with a magnetic ring, hidden in the pen cap."

Edited June 13, 2006 by meanwhile

[BillTheEditor]

OT Reply. Bumper sticker seen years ago on a vintage VW:

 

Cthulhu loves you. You are crunchy and good with ketchup.

 

Where is the pen cap on that thing?

[ConnallMac]

I always liked the one that read:

 

Cthulhu for President.... Why settle for the lesser evil?

 

 

 

J. Haney

[weepstah]

It looks like it could have been an inspiration for H.P. Maybe a long lost short story, "The Spectral Pen of the Damned" or something....

 

weepstah

[DWL]

My all time favorite bumper sticker was. "Smile Cthulhu loathes you"

 

Also why does that pen remind me of a corseted woman?

[JimStrutton]

Also why does that pen remind me of a corseted woman?

Er you need help big time..........

 

Try laying down and taking more water with it :roflmho:

 

J

[kissing]

i dont wanna sound like a newbe...but what is a "Cthulhu" ??

 

Hmm, that pen reminded me of a wasp-waisted (corset) woman as well

[JimStrutton]

Don't think we need worry anymore, I believe that Dr Who consigned him into the mother of all black holes last week

 

Although one might doubt that Cthulhu exists, Dr Who is fact, I can remember him from the 60's on the old flickering B/W tv from behind the sofa.

 

For Kissing, try doing a Google search, you may or may not be surprised.

 

So back to the plot, the Pen needs to be a Tardis pen which is infinite on the inside, is a living entity that is grown and is linked to it's owner, try borrowing that pen!

 

I am now going to lay down in a darkened room for a while.............

 

J

[ConnallMac]

i dont wanna sound like a newbe...but what is a "Cthulhu" ??

 

Hmm, that pen reminded me of a wasp-waisted (corset) woman as well

Cthulhu is a creation of the early 20th century American author H.P. Lovecraft. He wrote a series of stories about dark elder gods from beyond time and space that were ever lurking on the edges of the Earth, waiting for the time "when the stars are right" to re-enter the world as we know it and destroy it. He wrote some of the scariest stories I've ever read. I remember being home alone late one evening, finishing one of his tales, laying the book down and turning off the light. I sat there for a moment noticing just how dark it was and remembering some of the feelings of fear from my childhood.

 

 

J. Haney

[Ray]

Don't think we need worry anymore, I believe that Dr Who consigned him into the mother of all black holes last week

I think this new series is even better than last year's, don't you? But how many references to the movie 'Alien' did you spot in Saturday's episode?

 

They're playing another game with us, too. As well as the obvious refernces to Torchwood each week, there's some hidden stuff, too, a little like some of the 'Bad Wolf' references in the first series which were on screen for just a second or so.

 

Oh, and just for fun, can you rember which episode contained the first spoken reference to Torchwood? It may be earlier than you think!

 

Ray

[JimStrutton]

Ray,

 

Torchwood was first mention in the episode with Queen Victoria, she banished Rose and the Dr and also set up a research foundation to be called Torchwood after the house where she had been nearly killed, eaten or whatever.

 

Is that enough anorak material for you?

 

Jim

:roflmho:

[meanwhile]

i dont wanna sound like a newbe...but what is a "Cthulhu" ??

 

Hmm, that pen reminded me of a wasp-waisted (corset) woman as well

Cthulhu is a creation of the early 20th century American author H.P. Lovecraft. He wrote a series of stories about dark elder gods from beyond time and space that were ever lurking on the edges of the Earth, waiting for the time "when the stars are right" to re-enter the world as we know it and destroy it. He wrote some of the scariest stories I've ever read. I remember being home alone late one evening, finishing one of his tales, laying the book down and turning off the light. I sat there for a moment noticing just how dark it was and remembering some of the feelings of fear from my childhood.

 

 

J. Haney

Cthulhu is an early C20th horror story alien-god who has become the icon for general lots-of-tentacles-scary-eldritch things.

 

The best (i.e. funniest) places to go to learn about Cthulhu are these:

 

Tales Of Plush Cthulhu

 

Ask Plush Cthulhu

 

Cthulhu's autobiography, with help from Neil Gaiman

 

 

Scarier but still informative places are:

 

Wikipedia

 

A Colder War by Charles Stross

 

 

We will now sacrifice to the mighty search engine for bringing us these blessings...

[kissing]

i have found a picture and have a general idea:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/Cthulhurising.jpg/250px-Cthulhurising.jpg

 

Now i know what a "Cthulhu" is....what does it have with that pen I feel so uninformed and naiive

[KCat]

i have found a picture and have a general idea:

 

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8a/Cthulhurising.jpg/250px-Cthulhurising.jpg

 

Now i know what a "Cthulhu" is....what does it have with that pen I feel so uninformed and naiive

note that Cthulhu is looks a bit like a squid or octupus. The inspiration for the pen is the "Nautilus" ship and the inspiration for the ship was the general shape of molluscs like the squid, octupus, nautilus (though a shelled version).

 

takes time to get there but the connection is there.

[kissing]

I'm learning

 

*takes down notes* This forum is expanding my knowledge

[FrankB]

Lovecraft has been the inspiration for a lot of contemporary horror art, including movies, books, graphic art, etc. I am approaching 60 years of age, and I can't recall anything scarier than some of Lovecraft's stories. The original writer was the best - the original, the one, the only and all that. I only wish he could have had some more success while he was still alive.

 

But, Cthulhu as a pen?!!! I can't imagine. Wouldn't it be a pen with a lot of tentacles, each of which was a pen in its own right.

 

By the way, what model pen IS that that started this whole thread?

[KCat]

Frank, there's a link on the first post to the Giardino site with more about the pen.

 

I really like the look. Unfortunately there is no way I could grip such a pen. But then, I couldn't afford it either. Still, it's too strange not to be cool.

[FrankB]

Thanks, KCat. I really did not catch the link when I read the text. I just thought the underlined "this" was for emphasis. Duh!

 

Unfortunately, I would also not be able to grip that pen's section.

[Nimrud]

That... has got to be the ugliest pen I've ever seen! :blink:

 

Those alien Non-Euclidian angles ... ack my mind!

[sonia_simone]

Hmm, I never noticed how much Cthulu looks like . . . Flying Spaghetti Monster.

 

Now an FSM pen I would *have* to have.