Frazz by Jef Mallett for September 16, 2014
September 15, 2014
September 17, 2014
Transcript:
girl: My aunt got me this new space pen! It writes under any conditions. Dry paper, wet paper, hot, cold, upside-down... Frazz: How is it with inertia? girl: I've been too busy playing with it to do my book report, if that's what you're getting at.
Fisher Space Pens are made in my home town, Boulder City, Nevada. Puddle is right (I had no idea there was a need for a Snopes article on them!) Way cool invention, I love my space pen. One cool anecdote about them: during a moon landing, a lever for a switch that allowed the lander to ascend back up to the orbiting ship broke off. The astronauts were able to use the housing of their space pen to substitute for the lever, allowing the switch to be flipped. Space Pen saves the day (and a couple of lives)!