Lidl UK has a few nice Staedtler offers in store again.
You can get a pack of Indonesian Minervas or German eraser-tipped Noris colour pencils, now called ‘Noris erasable’ (great for writing / marking text etc) plus many other items (including jumbos) for £1.99 or 2 for £3.
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Here in the UK the Duchess of Sussex (the royal formerly known as Meghan Markel), was in the news this weekend – because she wrote notes for sex workers on bananas.
A clever idea to write the notes on bananas. If you think how crazy people can get when it comes to celebrities and royals the bananas would probably have to go straight to the freezer if the recipient wants to sell them to some eccentric collector.
I remember that a friend of mine posted about a banana pen. I forgot the details, but luckily Gunther, of Lexikaliker fame, has a better memory than me: He reminded me that I saw it in this post from a friend.
You don’t need to look for this pen if you want to write on bananas. You can just use vinegar, e.g. in a brush pen.
I wonder whether the Duchess of Sussex used a banana pen / vinegar or a normal marker, like an Edding or a Sharpie. There have been numerous reports that she is or was into calligraphy, so she might know about banana pens…
Another clever idea, maybe not as clever as banana pens:
A measuring tape with a built-in pencil that takes 2mm leads.
Seen this weekend at Lidl UK.
The screenshot in this blog post has been taken from BBC News. I believe that the use of the screenshot shown in this blog post falls under “fair dealing” as described by the UK Copyright service.
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