How Toxic Is Manuscript Ink?

[Ex Ballpoint User]

Well, long story short, I was filling my pen this evening, while rather distracted; Apparently I emptied the pen first into my drinking glass! Little did I know until I just happened to notice my tongue and gums are slightly...blue... oops.. (and no, I didn't fill the pen with Mtn Dew either thank god!)

 

My question for you, is this ink extremely toxic or will a few stomach cramps be the worst I can expect (not that I have had any yet!) I imagine it isn't anything deadly, but I figured I should confer with my "people.." Lesson learned: 'Don't Fill Distracted!'

 

I didn't exactly drink the bottle, however it was a piston of it!

[Sasha Royale]

Blue inks are probably not expecially toxic, though

I would advise against ingesting fountain pen ink.

Oh ! A bit late, I suppose. Anyway, I would advise

against ingesting fountain pen ink, TWICE. :ltcapd:

Certainly, do not drink brown or red ink.

 

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I think your greatest suffering will come from so many

people asking about the blue tongue.

 

Write with joy. Drink with moderation.

[Ex Ballpoint User]

Lol. Ill be sure to let you know if I grow a second tongue!

[dgturner]

It could have been much worse, and also much funnier

[jbb]

The first symptom is usually an inexplicable urge to buy pens.

[Ex Ballpoint User]

It could have been much worse, and also much funnier

 

I wish upon you the suffering of a thousand mLs of ink! Yuck!

[ink mixer]

It could happen to any of us. Every now and then I'll leave a pen soaking in a cup to let the ink diffuse out of the nib. Several times I've almost caught myself drinking from that cup. I figure it's only a matter of time.

[JefferyS]

I'm sure that I've absorbed more ink than that through my finger skin. In the last . . . day.

[Lawrence Fox]

I often put my coffee in a travel mug with a lid when I'm painting (watercolours). I can't tell you how many times I've dipped the brush into the coffee instead of the water! (Or I just stopped drinking coffee when painting!)

[Ex Ballpoint User]

Well, I guess a night does wonders... woke up this morning, and my tongue was only slightly blue! I guess its a good thing it wasn't bulletproof ink!

[Ad_Astra]

Well, I guess a night does wonders... woke up this morning, and my tongue was only slightly blue! I guess its a good thing it wasn't bulletproof ink!

 

Too bad, or you could've turned bulletproof. There's the beginnings of a superhero story in that somewhere...

[inkstainedruth]

Well, I guess a night does wonders... woke up this morning, and my tongue was only slightly blue! I guess its a good thing it wasn't bulletproof ink!

 

Too bad, or you could've turned bulletproof. There's the beginnings of a superhero story in that somewhere...

 

Years ago I read a letter to Stan Lee of Marvel Comics, in an issue of _Spiderman_ The author of the letter had let himself get bitten by a radioactive spider but was complaining tht *he* hadn't turned into a superhero....

Stan's Lee's response was on the lines of "Oh, sorry, we forgot to mention that you also have to be pure of heart...." :roflmho:

One of my favorite responses to a letter, EVER....

Ruth Morrisson aka inkstainedruth