Things you dont see anymore

[Spoonz Red E]

Followed by a tell-tale blue nostril if you couldn't resist having a pick.

 

[DB9]

The blue index finger at Senior School.

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Was a big thing when our teacher called you up to his desk and say you're ready to use ink after only being allowed to write in pencil.

 

[iscalad]

Followed by a tell-tale blue nostril if you couldn't resist having a pick.

Ewww...

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

Was a big thing when our teacher called you up to his desk and say you're ready to use ink after only being allowed to write in pencil.

It was a HB pencil in Primary School & then ink or biro at Senior School where I went. I had a fountain pen for a couple of years, before using a Rotring pen(0.6) for the rest of my time at school & college. I loved to write with that although its primary use was supposed to be for technical drawing.

 

[grecIAN Harris]

Vegans in The Football League.

 

[Colesman Ballz]

The blue index finger at Senior School.

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A geography master at school used to keep a bottle in his classroom. If your pen ran out you were summoned to the front of the class and had to pay a penny for a refill. He was also the school cricket coach.
If you failed to pay attention he had the habit of throwing things at you, sometimes with the shout of "catch". On one occasion he tossed the bottle of Quink to a lad in the back row accompanied by the said shout, only to his horror see the top coming off and showering four other kids. Obviously the previous miscreant had failed to screw the top back on after filling. Ending up with an expensive cleaning bill, he never repeated the act, preferring to use the board rubber or chalk instead !

 

[Oldsmobile-88]

A geography master at school used to keep a bottle in his classroom. If your pen ran out you were summoned to the front of the class and had to pay a penny for a refill. He was also the school cricket coach.
If you failed to pay attention he had the habit of throwing things at you, sometimes with the shout of "catch". On one occasion he tossed the bottle of Quink to a lad in the back row accompanied by the said shout, only to his horror see the top coming off and showering four other kids. Obviously the previous miscreant had failed to screw the top back on after filling. Ending up with an expensive cleaning bill, he never repeated the act, preferring to use the board rubber or chalk instead !

Another thing you don’t see anymore. The chalk throw. Some teachers had a laser like aim with a piece.

 

[Grecian2K]

The blue index finger at Senior School.

Ah. The "Blue Finger Of Death".
An early predecessor of Microsoft's notorious "Blue Screen".

 

[Tim Long]

The blue index finger at Senior School.

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And God help the student teacher who turns up in a white suit...

 

[elginCity]

Continuing the ink theme .... inkwells still in wooden desks long after the ink monitor ceased being - usually full of fluff, dust, nits, dandruff, pencil sharpenings and the odd ballbearing.

Parker ink cartridges, even messier than a Quink bottle !