Half a croissant, on a plate, with a sign in front of it saying '50c'
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Micropen

A pen for looking at venus
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These ornate, brass writing implements are distinctly Victorian. Each complements the other in function, with the first being an ultra fine tipped pen, as fine as the head of a pin.

The second being a simple microscope which fastens to the pen at forty-five degrees so that the objective lens and the tip of the pen intersect. When the pen is held at a forty-five degree writing posture, the eyepiece is comfortably vertical.

By simultaneously looking through the eyepiece and making very fine pen strokes upon paper, otherwise imperceptible impressions can be made which maximize use of writing surface, save paper, and provide a basic level of confidentiality.

Using such a device will immediately encourage others to promote their perceptions of your work to be impeccable and of the highest possible order, of course not knowing that your motivation to acquire the device was based on your penchant for filthy limericks.

rcarty, Oct 23 2008

Kids and their tiny manuscripts http://mulibraries....rontemanuscript.htm
[Amos Kito, Oct 23 2008]

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       Pantograph?
normzone, Oct 23 2008
  

       + I like this, but does it also have a telescope?
xandram, Oct 23 2008
  

       You gotta watch that fine print.   
      
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