Comments on: There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Pen. Then Drs Found It…25 Years Later. And It Worked. http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/07/24/there-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-pen-then-drs-found-it-25-years-later-and-it-worked/ Sat, 11 May 2013 22:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Gordon Taylor http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/07/24/there-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-pen-then-drs-found-it-25-years-later-and-it-worked/#comment-26369 Gordon Taylor Thu, 26 Jul 2012 22:21:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22737#comment-26369 It's more profitable for the pen makers for the pens to break after a few months, so that you'll go buy more pens. The old "razor-and-blade" model, only there really isn't a "razor" part when it comes to pens... It’s more profitable for the pen makers for the pens to break after a few months, so that you’ll go buy more pens. The old “razor-and-blade” model, only there really isn’t a “razor” part when it comes to pens…

]]> By: thorbig http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/07/24/there-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-pen-then-drs-found-it-25-years-later-and-it-worked/#comment-26368 thorbig Thu, 26 Jul 2012 20:40:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22737#comment-26368 Next time use a pencil holder to keep your office material... Next time use a pencil holder to keep your office material…

]]> By: Stephen Hann http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/2012/07/24/there-was-an-old-lady-who-swallowed-a-pen-then-drs-found-it-25-years-later-and-it-worked/#comment-26367 Stephen Hann Tue, 24 Jul 2012 14:04:00 +0000 http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/discoblog/?p=22737#comment-26367 They don't make pens like that these days. Modern ones a couple of months of non use and they never work again.  They don’t make pens like that these days. Modern ones a couple of months of non use and they never work again. 

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