Pumps' Perplexities

The Ink Well....When I grew up the "ink well" was a thing of the
past....It no longer held "ink"....It was just a whole in the upper
right hand corner of the desk...

It served no purpose unless you wanted to try to take a
"spit ball" and "shoot" it into the hole with your index finger....
Also, if you were tall for your age, you could view a "chit sheet"
(a piece of paper with test answers) through the desk hole...

This hole became obsolete because your Waterman's fountain pen
now held its own supply of ink...No need to "dip" into the well....

A little lever on the side of the pen compressed a "rubber bladder"
into which the ink would be drawn when the lever was returned
to its original position....That fountain pen and one bottle of ink
would last a school year, if not longer.....

Now you buy a package of 12 Bic SoftFeel pens, (please let us not
have are children's fingers hurt in school), for only $5.99 with 12
pens free....This supply will last the school year but these 24
pens can not "squirt" ink....Where has the fun gone?.....Pumps