Man, this IS so funny !! And to think I am myself an avid collector of fountain pens ! Sacré Bleu, I had almost fooled them all !
I just love these stories. I bought a British book once, that was the records of the "Not Terribly Successful Society". The book was full of such stories : unsuccessful inventions, burglars with bizarre ideas supposed to give them a psychological edge over their victims. Some of them were downright fabulous.
,,, the world's full of opportunities but I won't be writing my own story in this regard. I'll just use the closest pen I can find each time.