Digging Deep: The Secrets of the Pen!

Have you ever had a special pen? One that just happens to be super duper ultra awesome? One thats REALLY good-flowing? For example, one that you find, lying around the house, or on the floor, or at the supermarket when you sign the receipt? Yea, those pens are awesome. And sometimes, they are popular and get manufactured often, so its really easy to find them again. The Catch: The new one that you bought will never be the same. My Hypothesis: Pens only work well when they have been "broken into". By this, i mean that they have to be well used in terms of age. A pen thats new, can never compare to a pen thats new in terms of comfort and smoothness. Of course, that is because the ball point is quite messed up and stuck in its place. Meanwhile, a used pen has a smooth ball with ink all over it because the ball has been rolled several times, and is smooth with oil. Obviously, one would prefer the old pen, right? That is not the case, most of the times. An old pen, that was not taken care of properly, would have bits of dirt, and lots of other gross stuff in the crevices of the pen. Compare it to a new pen, and its appeal would totally beat the other one's butt. [Assuming that it does have a butt. But it obviously wouldn't be as cute as Ralph's butt. That was a compliment, Ralph. :) ] But, if one were to actually have tried to use both, they would probably pick the older one. It'll be much better at writing. I mean, a pen's a pen, its gonna get dirty some way or another, right? :) Also, the only thing that matters, is what ink is placed on the paper, and now convenient it was to place that ink on the paper. Its whats inside that counts, correct? So, beware my friends! Next time you buy new pens, scour you room before you do that, and take a good LOOK at your old ones. Are they really that ugly? Are they really dirty beyond cleaning? Is it really worth it break out a new pen? Your pen can be very special to you, so dont waste any. Remember, ink that comes out of a pen, is cheaper than ink that comes out of a printer! :)