What Am I Missing About Expensive Pens?

[Tweel]

"I can still draw a bow and shoot you from Really Far Away (™)" hand gesture....

 

That gesture is the symbol of the Mockingjay.

 

I think she's telling the guy that she's a Girl Scout.

 

Or ordering 3 chocolate malts.

[dcwaites]

 

 

I think she's telling the guy that she's a Girl Scout.

 

Or ordering 3 chocolate malts.

 

Or a Girl Scout, who's really, really good with a bow 'n' arrow, who wants three milkshakes.

And they'd better not be banana.

[Ghost Plane]

Or a Girl Scout, who's really, really good with a bow 'n' arrow, who wants three milkshakes.

And they'd better not be banana.

Delivered via an abused equine of deceased status.

[Lloyd]

It's not dead, yet.

[Donald2]

I sometimes write with a Sharpie just like my buddy Mr. Ron Jeremy writes with when he's signing autographs for women at the AVN Awards in Las Vegas.

[Lloyd]

I thought that Ron had a bigger....marker.

[Lloyd]

What am I missing about cheap pens?

[inkandseeds]

What am I missing about cheap pens?

 

Cheap or inexpensive? Radically different concepts in my view. Cheap is qualitative, whereas expnsive/inexpensive is quantitative. An expensive pen can still be cheaply made.

[kestrel]

 

 

I think she's telling the guy that she's a Girl Scout.

 

Or ordering 3 chocolate malts.

NO, NO, NO!

Three boxes of Thin Mints.

To be delivered by a palamino pony.

[praxim]

What am I missing about cheap pens?

 

The opportunity to throw nasturtiums* at people who don't buy the cheap pens you think they should buy.

 

* or something like that

[max dog]

What Am I Missing About Expensive Pens?

What am I missing about cheap pens?

Joy and Contentment!!!

Edited March 23, 2018 by max dog

[Lloyd]

 

Cheap or inexpensive? Radically different concepts in my view. Cheap is qualitative, whereas expnsive/inexpensive is quantitative. An expensive pen can still be cheaply made.

Expensive/inexpensive is qualitative. More than $500 or less than $50 is quantitative. Until a quantity is given, the subjective terms expensive and inexpensive are qualitative.

Edited March 23, 2018 by Lloyd

[max dog]

I like Brian Goulet's take on this question.

What Does A $1,000 Pen Have To Offer Versus A $150 Pen Versus A $25 Pen?

 

Intangibles, intangibles, intangibles....what's it worth it to you?...how refined is your palette?....

Edited March 23, 2018 by max dog

[Donald2]

I thought that Ron had a bigger....marker.

 

It depends which marker that you are talking about.

[MG66]

 

Cheap or inexpensive? Radically different concepts in my view. Cheap is qualitative, whereas expnsive/inexpensive is quantitative. An expensive pen can still be cheaply made.

 

 

Bingo. And vice-versa.

[hinky]

I like Brian Goulet's take on this question.

What Does A $1,000 Pen Have To Offer Versus A $150 Pen Versus A $25 Pen?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t2fMkUnA2Uw

 

Intangibles, intangibles, intangibles....what's it worth it to you?...how refined is your palette?....

This! This is the video I was referring to in my other reply. Brian does a good job of summing it up in such a brief video. Hope the OP finds this useful. 😊

 

And guys, stop talking about milkshakes. You're making me want some and I don't have ice cream to make any right now 😅

[Ghost Plane]

NO, NO, NO!

Three boxes of Thin Mints.

To be delivered by a palamino pony.

FROZEN Thin Mints. Temperature is important.

[JakobS]

FROZEN Thin Mints. Temperature is important.

 

 

Certainly...

 

But the real question is: Is it worth more to have them arrived in a green box with plastic wrapping, or in a gold box with a white rose from President Snow.....

[Dickkooty2]

@ Hinky and Max Dog:

 

Thanks! That Brian Goulet vid sums up the differences and expectations in six minutes. And at no point does he reference milkshakes or thin mints!

[Lloyd]

And at no point does he reference milkshakes or thin mints!

That's a shame. In that case:

 

 

ThinMint Milkshake Recipe

10 minPrep Time

15 minActive Cook/Bake Time

25 minTotal Time

Ingredients

• MILKSHAKE:
• 8 Girl Scouts Thin Mint cookies (plus more for garnish and general nibbling)
• 2.5 cups vanilla ice cream
• 1 cup 1% milk
• WHIPPING CREAM:
• 1 cup heavy whipping cream
• 1/2 cup confectioner's sugar

Instructions

• Crumble cookies into a blender. Add vanilla ice cream, then milk.
• Blend all ingredients well until fully blended.
• In a stand mixer with a whip attachment, mix whipping cream and sugar on high for several minutes until stiff peaks form.
• Pour milkshake mixture into cups. Top with whipped cream, and garnish with a Thin Mint Cookie. Makes two milkshakes.