You know you're a Fountain Pen Geek when...

[Marsilius]

You read the entire thread: "What is up with FPN"

between rushing to the mailbox before your wife gets there!

[piscov]

When you rush home from work to check the mailbox for a new pen...before your wife checks the mail.

This is the best definition I have ever eard! !!

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[kaisnowbird]

- every time someone writes/says "Sailor", you automatically mentally finishes with "1911"...

Yep, just like every time I say the word masterpiece, I wish I could say "Meisterstück" instead.
(Mental note - All I need is to learn a few more simple German words to complete the sentence, then I could pull it off .)

[liapuyat]

When you muster up the courage to ask the new pen posse member you've only met in person twice if he could buy you a specific Japanese pen with a soft/music nib on his next trip to Japan the following month. (Hehehe. And he did agree!)

[woosang]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

[kaisnowbird]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

[ndw76]

When at the car wash you flip through the car magazines and look at not the cars, not the half naked girl draped on the car, but the fancy lettering on the ad and think what nib would I need to write like that.

[Tracy Lee]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

That. Is. AWESOME!!!

[Tracy Lee]

When you read this entire thread and you still don't get why any of this makes a person a FP geek. Let me read it one more time . . . Maybe if I cradle my pen case at the same time it will come to me.

[woosang]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

That. Is. AWESOME!!!

Yeah he thought so, I had to hunt to get it back, no, it's not a gift, yes you can buy them no they are not $20.. Argh that's the trouble with being distracted lol

[79spitfire]

You get an inexpensive pen off e-bay and are stoked because the seller shipped it in a MB service tube!

[KrazyIvan]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

That. Is. AWESOME!!!

Yeah he thought so, I had to hunt to get it back, no, it's not a gift, yes you can buy them no they are not $20.. Argh that's the trouble with being distracted lol

D'oh! You must get a bait pen cup. Oh, the fact you have a bait pen cup, makes you an FP Geek.


Pen cup by IvanRomero, on Flickr

[thagbert]

When your colleague asks for a highlighter and you hand your pelikan M205 without thinking

That. Is. AWESOME!!!

Yeah he thought so, I had to hunt to get it back, no, it's not a gift, yes you can buy them no they are not $20.. Argh that's the trouble with being distracted lol

D'oh! You must get a bait pen cup. Oh, the fact you have a bait pen cup, makes you an FP Geek.

I'm guilty of the bait pen cup!

[tannie]

… you don't care about the abdication and following coronation, you just *really* want to know what pen they used to sign the documents.

[kaisnowbird]

… you don't care about the abdication and following coronation, you just *really* want to know what pen they used to sign the documents.

That's a good one! When I watched Prince William's wedding on the tele, I was hoping to see them signing the marriage certificate or something with an FP worthy of a royal warrant, but they went to the 'backstage' for that part. Damn!

[GardenWeasel]

You wake up in the middle of the night finally realizing the perfect ink to fill that certain cantankerous nib'd pen - and get up to do it and then spend an hour scribbling. (wandering off to find another cup of coffee...)

[Liessa]

… you don't care about the abdication and following coronation, you just *really* want to know what pen they used to sign the documents.

I deny everything and even that.
That said... does anyone here know?

[seffrican]

...you always notice what pen clips are showing from people's pockets (and can identify them).

...the first thing you do in any meeting is take a quick scan around the table to see if anyone happens to be using a fountain pen.

What about when you have your nearest and dearest doing that too, and reporting back what pens they saw at the meetings they were at today.

I have achieved this. Because I. Am. Awesome.

...awesome geek, anyway.

[ethernautrix]

Wait, what's an fp geek again?

[thagbert]

Wait, what's an fp geek again?

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