Writing stuff

[Dextrous63]

No doubt some of the more elderly members on here (no names mentioned, Mups and Scrumpy) will recall using quills to write with.  Whilst reading one of the Horatio Hornblower books, I came across this, which was a new wild fact for me...

"He reached for pen and paper, returning to the commonplace world with his routine annoyance at having a left-wing pen. Pens from the left wing of the goose were cheaper than right-wing ones, because when held in position for writing they pointed towards the writer's eye and not conveniently out over his elbow as right-wing ones did."

[klondike]

We only got issued chicken quills at school. Gits.

[Dextrous63]

Real chicken?  Luxury, lad.....

[Mups]

We only got issued chicken quills at school. Gits.

Bit posh that.
I had to use the feathers out of old pillows.   

[Dextrous63]

Bit posh that.
I had to use the feathers out of old pillows. 

We had to use discarded chicken drumsticks.