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"Oh the Humanity! Or, "My First Ink Accident"

I wish I had taken a "before" picture. As I was sitting writing with a dipped Sheaffer Touchdown (been dipping it to try various samples until I can get some shellac to finish the restore), I was thinking to myself, "I should put the cap on this bottle so I don't end up spilling ink all over the place." One tiny shift of the page and BOOM! All under a binder and on the desk. As I was cleaning it, I had two thoughts.

1) Strop provided the Liberty's Elysium last week when he generously sent me some sacs and talc. Strop, I'm very sorry I was so careless with your sample. There's still a bit left. Enough for 1 or 2 sacs-full.

2) I'm leaving this job in 2 and a half weeks to start a new job at another company. My replacement will have quite a time trying to figure out why someone would kill a Smurf and not finish cleaning up the evidence. I almost wonder if I should create a Smurf shaped outline with white-out tape.
:ihih: However, my cubical neighbors are all familiar with my hobbies, so I'm sure some far-fetched tale will be told in my absence.

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Just leave a note explaining how much fun you had and use the paper to cover the evidence. :whistling:

Great suggestion! Should I use the Elysium? Or would that be too obvious? Maybe Diamine Red Dragon could draw their attention away from it?
 
Sprinkle every other ink color you have on the stain and then tell the newbie "You obviously haven't heard about Jackson Pollock day here"
 
Hey now even I know I'm pushing my luck just opening them and filling. I put my caps back on as soon as I can

Lol at that being elysium though that is my cats favourite colour
 

Intrigued

Bigfoot & Bagel aficionado.
Hey now even I know I'm pushing my luck just opening them and filling. I put my caps back on as soon as I can

Lol at that being elysium though that is my cats favourite colour


:blink:


You've inked him so many times now, he has a favorite???
 
Once was enough for both of us to learn a lesson, he sees ink bottles and runs to other side of room to watch me with squinted eyes like someones about to flick ink at him
 

Intrigued

Bigfoot & Bagel aficionado.
Once was enough for both of us to learn a lesson, he sees ink bottles and runs to other side of room to watch me with squinted eyes like someones about to flick ink at him

:shocked:

....And do you?



As for the op...... yes to blaming it on the cat.....

 
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Other then the whole chuck the pen on the desk... that cartoon rings a bit close to home

Hey Jessy I think we need a new "desk refinishing" thread, either strip it down... or just colour the whole thing liberty Elysium so it looks on purpose
 
Other then the whole chuck the pen on the desk... that cartoon rings a bit close to home

Hey Jessy I think we need a new "desk refinishing" thread, either strip it down... or just colour the whole thing liberty Elysium so it looks on purpose


I think EITHER one of those solutions are quite an elegant way to leave a place for a new job.
 
Hey, maybe I could leave the replacement an ink sample and a FP on the spot, with a note asking them to carry on the tradition? Maybe even include the B&B url as a source of motivation? Subtlety be darned.
 
I've tried to do that... but it was a straight razor and a customs agent at border... needless to say the blade had to remain on the floor for a little while as I answered some questions, but it would be cool to find out that person ended up here
 
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