On Wednesday I got myself a bargain.
A several hundred year old bargain.
And it cost me?
Yes, that is three pounds and ninety five pence. Hell I would have paid four pounds for it it’s that cool.
As you can see on the packaging, this pen is medieval, and as I got it from Sherwood Forest Visitor’s Centre I feel I can say with some accuracy that Robin Hood probably touched this pen.
In fact, I know he did, because I found these with it.
Didn’t you always wonder what folk heroes wrote on the inside of their jotters??
Of course you did, and here is the evidence that proves Robin Hood was pretty much just like any other man, except the robbing from the rich and giving to the poor stuff…and the wearing of tights.
Kind of sweet isn’t it?
Like most youngsters he wasn’t beyond a little jape every now and then.
In fact sometimes he was down right cheeky.
Tsk.
So where is the instrument that graced Robin’s fair hand and created the above illuminating writings, and well, let’s face it, historic artifacts?
Why tis here sweet people of the land of T’Interweb.
Is it not almost a thing of beauty?
Until you see it in colour anyway…
Sighhh, just as Robin left it.
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May 30th, 2008 at 11:26 am
Robin was rather merry wasn’t he?
May 30th, 2008 at 12:01 pm
I’m not surprised that a man who wears tights would write with a *PINK* feather pen. Poofter.
May 30th, 2008 at 2:21 pm
Dang. Leendaluu stole my comment.
You are such a hoot, Jo.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:36 pm
*lol* @ Leendaluu.
May 30th, 2008 at 3:40 pm
Robin Hood is a bit fresh based on those comments he wrote. Or maybe he just wrote them when he was an adolescent.
But that is a pretty pen. Although it might make an ostrich jealous with it’s bright color.
May 30th, 2008 at 4:47 pm
are you sure that wasn’t Will Scarlet’s pen? Maybe the red feather faded some….
and we all know Will was funnier than Robin, anyhow.
May 30th, 2008 at 5:21 pm
I am now a little worried that our folk hero was a poof. Pink quill pen? PINK????!!!!
Sherwood Forest Visitor Centre is great, and carries on Robin’s tradition of robbin’. Only I’m not rich. I just spent a lot there. Or rather, my children did. I just paid.
May 30th, 2008 at 6:37 pm
So, all I need is a pink feather to be able to write in ye olde englishe? That could save a lot of pennies on calligraphy lessons.
May 30th, 2008 at 9:24 pm
Brilliant, you are very, very funny…oh,sorry, is it meant to be serious?
Were they all sold out of tights?
May 30th, 2008 at 10:22 pm
LOL….seriously…..LOL you killed me with this one. thanks for the giggles my dear one.
have a great weekend.
May 31st, 2008 at 5:51 am
It is a very pretty pen you have yourself there! My next door neighbor when we lived in Beaconsfield (Bucks) was a direct descendant of Robin Hood and kept the family tree framed in the front hall to prove it, lol! She was Violet Loxley, and would have approved of your purchase!
hugs
Sandi
ps
I come in just to look at your wonderful banner, it cheers me up! THen I stay to see what insanity you’re up too…it cheers me up too!
May 31st, 2008 at 11:34 am
Cami, Robin was very merry.
Lee, your comment made me squirt wine out of my nose. Thanks for that. ;D LOL
Kim, you gotta laugh babe.
Maria, me too.
Susan, I reckon he wrote it when he was in that rush of hormones. And Babs says she wouldn’t be seen dead in that shade so she’s ok.
Mie, maybe it was Will’s pen you’re right. Or maybe he gave it Robin as a prezzie to take the pi**.
Crazycath, maybe Robin was sooo secure in his manhood that he used the pink quill pen to show just how macho he was. And we were robbed at the visitors centre too, it’s still a bit pricey.
WT, yep, a quill pen and some water paints and you’ll come over all olde englishe. It’s amazing.
Frog in the Field, this was a serious historical piece you know. Tsk. And the tights only cam in Lincoln green and I didn’t fancy looking like kermit so we didn’t bother.
Corey, glad I threw some laughs at your way sweetie. Hope you have a good ‘un too.
Sandi wow, you have fabulous friends hee hee, and my ostrich makes me smile everyday too. She’s just all sparkly.
May 31st, 2008 at 12:42 pm
oh my BOB jo i laughed so hard i have tears in my eyes. i can’t see straight. and my children will have no clothes when they come out of the bath-that-removes-all-beach-sand. but you know what? husband can sort that out too.
oh my BOB. “get thy bosoms out” i’m still laughing.