Cracked Ice of a different sort

[winedoc]

QUOTE (garythepenman @ Mar 9 2006, 05:50 PM)

Older ?  Plato ? 

 

 

And the prize goes tooooooooooooo... Mr.Cracked Nib

 

Plato's Politics?

 

Close, but not quite right.

 

John

But you are right!!!

 

Kev

[garythepenman]

Yeah....what a guess...cool...do I get an $18,000 cracked ice pen that nobody likes

[Johnny Appleseed]

Gary - I believe you were wrong, and Winedoc was saying that I was right (or at least, I was hinting right).

 

It is Aristotles Politics. Plato had Laws, Statesman, and The Republic, but it was Aristotle that had Politics, and this is an excerpt.

 

Of course, Aristotle in some ways suffered the ultimate academic indignity (well, I guess it wasn't as bad as Socrates), which makes the nice binding of books like this somewhat ironic. If I am correct, he never actually wrote anything finished for publication - all of his writing is his lecture notes. Really they should be printed on lined legal-pad paper, with scribbling in the margin.

 

So no, you don't get the pen - but you can get an unfinished celluloid cracked-ice pen blank - you have to polish it yourself.

 

John

[garythepenman]

Oh dear, well never mind.

 

I've only ever read Aristophonese from that era, very funny and a great dig at the politicians of his time.

 

As for cracked ice, I've only got the stuff you put in scotch.

 

Gary

[Johnny Appleseed]

And I confess that I had a little google help to figure it out - though I have read Aristotle.

 

And of course, from the classic song:

 

"Aristotle, Artistotle

was a bugger for the bottle,

And Hume was fond of his dram..."

 

So your scotch fits right in.

 

Oh dear., were thread-shifting again...

[Greg]

(trying to get this mack on subject) Terry Jones apparantly writes his books thus:

 

“I use a pen and ordinary exercise books. I write on the right hand page, then I do corrections and add bits on the left hand side later.”

 

 

I wonder if that's a Monty Blanc

 

 

Greg

[Kees]

Aristotle wrote with a Bic ballpoint pen.

 

I would have recognized the book if it had been a Greek edition... :bonk:

[Johnny Appleseed]

I can't seem to find the link right now, but I seem to recall somebody out there had an article on their web-page discussing a potential fountain pen from ancient Greece. It was a description of a reed pen (writing done on paper was generally done with a cut reed back then) in which ink could be stored inside the reed. I'll have to see if I can find the link.

 

John

[Stylo]

Sorry, guys, but I think this pen certainly qualifies as an “understated CS”. It’s $18,000, remember?

Just because a pen doesn't look its outrageous price doesn't mean it is understated. There is nothing understated in its look. It looks like it could be right out of an old black and white comic book. It also resembles too much the zebra-like pattern you see on some "out-there" purses. I don't see anything original or special. It is not worth the price in materials or artistry. So who might be wearing it? If I had to guess, I'd say this guy:

Edited March 13, 2006 by Stylo

[Kees]

Cool! Can he write?

[Greg]

maybe, but this guy (Mario Cipollini) can ride.

 

I wonder if that bike has a 14K chain.

 

Greg

[Mary Burke]

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Kind regards,

 

Mary Burke

[Stylo]

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There is no escaping ever the maxim "les goûts et les couleurs ne se discutent pas."

[Mary Burke]

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Kind regards,

 

Mary Burke