pen-twirling club
yonks ago, highschool it was when the three kids who may have been the outcasts of our school went from arm-wrestling in computer programming (right) to pen twirling. i was president since i was the first to make the 360 degree full circle there and back again move. i could do finger shuffle, thumb top spin up to 5x revolutions if used with cheap bic, wrist wrap and the loop jump consistently.
we got a picture in the yearbook but everyone was too embarassed so only myself and a guy who was not good enough to be part of the club joined... a good but unfortunate memory as it could have been so much better if only my mates had not jumped out. (we also had a floor-sliding club [same three]. we would run down the hallway [linoleum] and jump out horizontally, land on our chests and slide up to a recorded 10 metres. we were outcasts, but when we did this trick, we were the cream of the crop... the entire school parted for us like gangsters popping into a cafe).
now, i have mont blanc which i would never spin, but use for writing important letters or stories. it is like my lucky bat cover for table tennis.
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