# My Pen Is... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 22, 2012, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514 "2012-09-22T17:45:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![mage-girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/cc9497/32.png) [@mage-girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mage-girl)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/61 "2012-09-25T05:43:22Z")
I don’t go anywhere without a pen. I have a variety of ballpoints - some slim, some chunky/“ergonomic” - to do the job. My favorite pen is my blue Sensa. I coveted it for months, maybe years. “I’m not going to pay that much for a pen!” Ha, little did I know. I love it, but it has a design flaw. If you write with it for any length of time, it starts to retract. Just a little flaw, seriously. 😉 The Sensa doesn’t leave the house. Heck, it doesn’t even leave my bedroom (where I do my journal). ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/62 "2012-09-25T07:32:48Z")
If I write with my dick, then _my pen is my penis._ ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/63 "2012-09-25T12:45:40Z")
> [@mage-girl](#): > > I don’t go anywhere without a pen. I have a variety of ballpoints - some slim, some chunky/“ergonomic” - to do the job. > > My favorite pen is my blue Sensa. I coveted it for months, maybe years. “I’m not going to pay that much for a pen!” Ha, little did I know. > > I love it, but it has a design flaw. If you write with it for any length of time, it starts to retract. > > Just a little flaw, seriously. 😉 > > The Sensa doesn’t leave the house. Heck, it doesn’t even leave my bedroom (where I do my journal). Yeah, and on mine the “fluid-plasmium filled gripping system” seems to get too soft and loses its shape pretty quickly. ---
**Author:** ![gwendee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@gwendee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gwendee)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/64 "2012-09-25T19:05:30Z")
> [@Sudden\_Kestrel](#): > > I love this. I would like to sneak one into my husband’s work kit :D. If you’re serious, PM me your address. I’d be happy to put a handful in the mail to you. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/65 "2012-09-25T20:35:30Z")
I’m at the other end of the scale. I prefer Bic or Bic-like pens from hotels. The ones I have now are from a Doubletree and from the Paradise Pier at Disneyland where I was at a meeting last month. I’ve had fancier pens, but I prefer these. But I don’t do much with them except scribble notes and to-do lists. We have a special pen for writing the few checks we write. ---
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2012, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514/66 "2012-09-25T22:45:44Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > Pilot Precise V5, Extra Fine. > > [http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pilot+precise+v5&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1536&bih=695&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Oof7PG8iusIVWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.attemptednovelist.com/index.php%3Fid%3D21&docid=KR7j5i6vNwHSVM&imgurl=http://www.attemptednovelist.com/images/3.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=RapeUJCeHKiXiALdxoCQDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=314&vpy=143&dur=9023&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=123&ty=183&sig=101293536850175790823&page=1&tbnh=157&tbnw=157&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76](http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pilot+precise+v5&hl=en&sa=X&biw=1536&bih=695&tbm=isch&prmd=imvns&tbnid=Oof7PG8iusIVWM:&imgrefurl=http://www.attemptednovelist.com/index.php%3Fid%3D21&docid=KR7j5i6vNwHSVM&imgurl=http://www.attemptednovelist.com/images/3.jpg&w=300&h=300&ei=RapeUJCeHKiXiALdxoCQDA&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=314&vpy=143&dur=9023&hovh=225&hovw=225&tx=123&ty=183&sig=101293536850175790823&page=1&tbnh=157&tbnw=157&start=0&ndsp=21&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0,i:76) or the V7 for a more bolder line. One of the best pen for left handed writers because the rolling ball will not crush like other pens and the ink dries very fast. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-pen-is/635514.md?page=3)