Oliver Zangiwell, who investigated memory loss in brain-damaged patients,
owned a large, distinctive fountain pen. At the start of his
first session with one new patient, he showed him the pen. When at the end of the session he showed it again and asked whether the
patient recognized it, the reply was negative. Over the next
10 sessions this procedure was repeated, with the patient always denying that he
had seen the pen before. In desperation, Zangwill asked
whether the patient recognized him, to which the reply was “Of course, you’re
the man with all those fountain pens.”
[Thanks JC]
BTW, which FP is that? Is it a Krone?
LOL!
Lovely little story. It is more exemplar of the generalized world view of the pen. Unfortunately, only a small percentage of the population have active thought processes about a pen. To them it is just an everyday item that serves a need. Not only do they not care about what pen they use, but they haven’t experienced anything besides the everyday run of the mill pens you pick up at the local Wal-mart, Office Max, Staples, doctor’s office, or the bank.
Then there are those of us who see an exceptionally beautiful instrument in the picture and want to know what it is, who made it, what is made out of, and where can I get one like it!
Happy hunting!
what a smile-inducing story – thankyou.
and i can’t help but comment that that is one beautiful writing instrument. it would look so lovely in my hand nestled amongst my many silver rings…