1-School and college exams in Europe are most usually in “write everything you know” mode.

2-You are clearly talking about some non-bic branded pens.

They were actually updated in mid 90s when they made the cap have a hole in it.

American bics may be made in a different way because here in Spain they are so reliable they are a de facto standard for people taking an exam.

People would do the weirdest things…

“So, as I was saying officer, as I am not a trained trolley operator I didn’t knew the lever was a mechanism for it to do thinks, so I watched in horror as it approached the… (tries hard to hide smile)”

You don’t need to sell it to me, I already love it.

Me neither. Nice to know it’s starting to be internationally recognised 😆

Asking for a friend…

In France they are known for this thing with their language where anything that doesn’t sound like parisine french they call it “patois” (I think I wrote it correctly?). You probably won’t have this problem if you go to the south of France.

Absolutely agree. No human made, not art.

Those endless saturday morning moments before anything showed up on screen.

TV had an end. After a last program or movie that ended after midnight, broadcast stopped and it only showed the test card.

That’s probably what their lawyers would state they meant to say.

For those who can’t read latin they are saying “Come back!” “That’s the Holy Foreskin!”.