# \[IDEA\] A pen that draws edible food; thoughts?ideas?

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 9, 2016, 12:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-a-pen-that-draws-edible-food-thoughts-ideas/768046 "2016-10-09T12:16:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![eats\_sushi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c37758/32.png) [@eats\_sushi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eats_sushi)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2016, 10:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-a-pen-that-draws-edible-food-thoughts-ideas/768046/41 "2016-10-13T10:31:57Z")

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> [@Gyrate](#):
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> [There are worse things that could happen to a poor artist trying to draw food with a magic pencil](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MjTb5A68VA)…

That’s horrifying, the pencil face was staring into my soul, if it’s still there that is.

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**Author:** ![Cartoonacy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/848f3c/32.png) [@Cartoonacy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartoonacy)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2016, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/idea-a-pen-that-draws-edible-food-thoughts-ideas/768046/42 "2016-10-14T20:25:46Z")

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> [@Boyo\_Jim](#):
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> How about a menu with pictures of food. You point at the pic you want, soon it shows up on the table. This technology exists. It’s called a restaurant.

True story: A friend of mine was at a restaurant and asked if they had braille menus for the blind. The server, cheerful and apparently serious, replied, “I’m sorry, no. But we do have menus with pictures, for the deaf!”

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