Rants about federal government ineptitude – read Obamacare – are all the rage these days.
But wait . . .
Back in the ’70s, the hard scrabbling staff worked at the Social Security Administration (civil service tests being the last resort of the liberal arts major) for a mercifully brief 18 months (see The Redemption Unit for details). And during that time, we stole a whole lot 
of ballpoint pens.
Some of which still work.
So don’t tell us the federal government doesn’t do anything write – sorry, right.
You can steal damn good pens from it.
I’ll bet they get their pens free now, from Lockheed-Martin.
But do they last as long, Mick?
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The government’s Record books are well made, too. I have a couple that are 35 years old and the pages haven’t fallen out.
Hey, maybe we should merge supplies, Mudge.