Mystery Ink No. 5

[klpeabody]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Thanks, Neo!

[Laura N]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

[Sailor Kenshin]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

Now I feel better.

I can't even bring myself to do that.

[naimitsu]

Is it too late to throw my name into the hat?

[Laura N]

Is it too late to throw my name into the hat?

Not at all: consider your name hereby thrown into the hat.

Klp once used an actual hat to choose the recipients.

[Cob]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

A few years ago there was a joke going the rounds in Geneva:

Q. "How can you identify a poor Swiss?"
A. "He's the one who washes his Porsche himself."

Cob

[Chrissy]

A few years ago there was a joke going the rounds in Geneva:

Q. "How can you identify a poor Swiss?"
A. "He's the one who washes his Porsche himself."

Cob

Good one Cob

[Laura N]

Jon: drum roll, please.

Our MI5 recipients, selected by a random list generator* are:

ilangai
alc3261
migo984
Sailor Kenshin
Alec_J
naimitsu

So, excellent results, because we have some new victims (I mean volunteers) and some established veterans to try this one, which I think is a very exciting one, that I myself can't wait to try.

Could ilangai, Alec_J and naimitsu please PM me with your mailing address and your email address (unless I already have your email).

Chrissy, I seem to remember you missed out on MI4, but don't worry because I think I have just enough to send you a vial of MI5 as well.

I want to remind everyone that MI has been really buoyed by donations from generous members, listed in the MI4 thread, who've given to keep this going. So please join me and klp in thanking them, once again, for their support. This is such a nice little corner of FPG, and we're grateful to enjoy it with you all.



*Due to postal fees, I actually do two random lists, one for those outside the US, and one for US.

[sgtstretch]

Looking forward to seeing results! And fingers crossed that the postal service doesn't hide any for an extended period.

[Crazyorange]

Ok...the excitement builds!!! Looking forward to seeing people post about the ink. ️

[Chrissy]

Chrissy, I seem to remember you missed out on MI4, but don't worry because I think I have just enough to send you a vial of MI5 as well.

I want to remind everyone that MI has been really buoyed by donations from generous members, listed in the MI4 thread, who've given to keep this going. So please join me and klp in thanking them, once again, for their support. This is such a nice little corner of FPG, and we're grateful to enjoy it with you all.

Yes I did, but thank you so much for adding me onto the list for MI5.

I also wish to add my very grateful thanks to all of the generous donors who have given to keep MI going.

[alc3261]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

I go to the hand car wash!!

[Laura N]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

I go to the hand car wash!!

Only in the summer, when I make the kids wash the cars.

[Cob]

Don't forget to rinse the bottom of the car also, that salt solution is not good for brake lines.

Well, I don't want to come over too "princessy" or anything, but when I say "wash my car" I mean take it to an automatic car wash. I'm not out there with a hose doing it myself.

I go to the hand car wash!!

Only in the summer, when I make the kids wash the cars.

Remember Quentin Crisp's famous dictum: "After four years the dust doesn't get any thicker"!

Cob

[migo984]

Welcome to Aussie, migo. The land where the sun shines pleasantly and the ink flows benignly (except, perhaps, in my bloody Conway Stewart). Enjoy Queenscliff.

Thank you for the welcome mustud52. I'm excited to be here and already like it very much. Queenscliff is a very charming town and the local townsfolk are so friendly. I love being able to walk along the coast every morning, watching the black swans on Swan Bay, or staring at the beautiful view across to the Heads of Port Phillip Bay.

The next 6 months are going to be wonderful

[tandaina]

I use only naturally sourced water to wash my car. I park outside in the rain. (I live in Seattle!)

[migo984]

Jon: drum roll, please.

Our MI5 recipients, selected by a random list generator* are:

ilangai
alc3261
migo984
Sailor Kenshin
Alec_J
naimisu

So, excellent results, because we have some new victims (I mean volunteers) and some established veterans to try this one, which I think is a very exciting one, that I myself can't wait to try.

Could ilangai, Alec_J and naimisu please PM me with your mailing address and your email address (unless I already have your email).

Chrissy, I seem to remember you missed out on MI4, but don't worry because I think I have just enough to send you a vial of MI5 as well.

I want to remind everyone that MI has been really buoyed by donations from generous members, listed in the MI4 thread, who've given to keep this going. So please join me and klp in thanking them, once again, for their support. This is such a nice little corner of FPG, and we're grateful to enjoy it with you all.



*Due to postal fees, I actually do two random lists, one for those outside the US, and one for US.

Yippeeeee! Can't wait to try out MI5. I wonder if the ink will behave differently in the Southern Hemisphere LOL ;-)

[Laura N]

Jon: drum roll, please.

Our MI5 recipients, selected by a random list generator* are:

ilangai
alc3261
migo984
Sailor Kenshin
Alec_J
naimisu

So, excellent results, because we have some new victims (I mean volunteers) and some established veterans to try this one, which I think is a very exciting one, that I myself can't wait to try.

Could ilangai, Alec_J and naimisu please PM me with your mailing address and your email address (unless I already have your email).

Chrissy, I seem to remember you missed out on MI4, but don't worry because I think I have just enough to send you a vial of MI5 as well.

I want to remind everyone that MI has been really buoyed by donations from generous members, listed in the MI4 thread, who've given to keep this going. So please join me and klp in thanking them, once again, for their support. This is such a nice little corner of FPG, and we're grateful to enjoy it with you all.



*Due to postal fees, I actually do two random lists, one for those outside the US, and one for US.

Yippeeeee! Can't wait to try out MI5. I wonder if the ink will behave differently in the Southern Hemisphere LOL ;-)

I think you have to write upside down so we can read it.

[migo984]

Oh heck. I'm in!

Now - how to persuade Laura............?

Well, I know I've done two MIs already but I've just moved to Australia from the UK, and have been here for precisely 3 days. A bright, cheerful ink would match beautifully the bright & cheerful weather here! It's ​24C and I'm sitting drinking coffee outside in the SUN (sorry, my friends in cold, snow-bound US), and a bit of ink-testing would be F.U.N. And is about as strenuous & hard-working as I plan to get for the next 6 months!

Hmmm - well I guess all you northern hemisphere folks with full-time jobs now hate me with a vengeance...... ;-)

migo

Humph! I need to send you some snow. I have plenty to share. Let me guess....the roads are in good condition there. We have pot hole that eat cars. I can send you one of those too

Enjoy. Send me warm thoughts. I'll be mailing you a letter on Monday.

Ooooh that's great. I can't wait to receive letters at my new address from my pen pals. I've written to 2 already and will be writing some more this week, including my late InCoWriMo letters.

(Many thanks to Sandy for her letter, which was waiting for me when I arrived.)

[sgtstretch]

It might flow out of the nib backwards (reverse spirals and all).