509. Bad Design of the Week.
1964 was a very exciting year in American history: The Beatles shook up New York City, Ford Mustang made its debut appearance, BLIMPIE opened up its first store in New Jersey, and the Sharpie marker pen was introduced.
Who doesn't love Sharpie? The name is snappy and cute. The iconic retro font conjures up happier Barbie and Playdough consumer days of the Sixties. It writes brilliantly (or hellishly) well on virtually any surface, and it comes in a rainbow of colors.
So, it is with a heavy heart and 2-sangrias-plus-1-margarita-fueled typing fingers (I just got back in from a fabulously fun and fashionable birthday party), I award Sharpie's Twin Tip design this week's Bad Design of the Week award.
Voilà. The Twin Tip Sharpie marker pen:
Oh my! Somebody needs to clean her grout!If you are like me, an average human adult, you would place the cap of the pen on the opposite end in order to write. When you are finished, you would pull the cap off of the end and replace it on the right end. Right?
Wrong! Obviously, you and I are fools.
The pudding:
The fine tip end is now uncapped! Crap!Unfortunately for humans, our fingers are no match for this beautiful cap-in-cap union. The only thing that can separate the two pen caps are a pair of Vise Grips.:
Was this design inspired by matrioshka, theRussian nesting dolls?
No... Matrioshkas are better designed.
You don't need pliers to separate them
from their mothers.
Sorry for the long photo caption. Where were we?
Ah, yes...
Congratulations, Sharpie Twin Tip, for winning this week's Bad Design of the Week award.
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Barbie's font is awfully similar to that of Sharpie's--or the other way around, since Barbie is older.
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I'm tired. To bed with me.
Good night.
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Barbie's font is awfully similar to that of Sharpie's--or the other way around, since Barbie is older.
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I'm tired. To bed with me.
Good night.
6 comment(s):
I've got a brand new pack of sharpies. I'm gonna use them to redraw everything. I'm gonna make this into a world that I like living in. I'm gonna build us a castle, I'm gonna make you the queen.
Just let me know what you want and it's done. I will draw myself a little more handsome. But I'm gonna leave you just the way you are. Let me look into your eyes, get some ideas for the stars.
I'm gonna draw you a little puppy that never gets old and always likes to play. I'm gonna draw you the biggest, softest bed I can imagine. Would you rather have a hot air balloon and airplane?
Just say the word and I'll get to work. I will black out the teeth of all the stupid jerks. But the ink will never touch your skin. Because you are as beautiful as beautiful gets.
And all the clocks will read 11:11. The alarms will have two positions and will be off, they will be off. Your address will always be 7. I will be in 6 and we will never need to knock.
There will be so many secret passageways. There will always be warm food on our plates. We will sleep in and we will stay up late. You're the only thing that I'm not gonna change.
I've got this brand new pack of sharpies that I shoplifted today from the store. I'm gonna use them to redraw the whole world. For you and me, my dear, to explore.
I love sharpies! I will find any excuse to use one.
They have been known to make their way to my jeans & create paisley designs! Great post.
Smooch,
The Tart
; )
Ps. Spooky about Dean & the 11:11 thing. When I see it I freak out ... like waiting for the world to end. Maybe I have been waiting for Dean's shoplifting moment all this time. Maybe?
Dean: I nearly fell out of my seat... Wow! I googled and discovered that these are lyrics to a song. Funny that the post's time stamp was 11:11pm.
Where can I get a copy of the song? Amazing lyrics. Thank you for making my day.
Tart: I saw Dean first.
;)
Ladies Ladies, don't make me choose, there's enough of me to go around.
The artist is Captain Chaos (of Ghost Mice fame) and the song is "I've Got a 12 Pack And I'm Gonna Change the World" or "Sharpies Fix It All" or just plain "Sharpie" as it's written on the cassette tape he sent me. And here's the song:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=Y83JKPUK
There's more where that came from, if you like.
I don't like to share.
Music, that's another story.
I'm having a hard time with that site. Aurgh! Is it on LastFM?
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