I am an ink-stained wretch

[eyesroll]

How come I am incapable of using any pen other than a cheap ballpoint without getting ink all over myself?

Felt-tips, roller-balls, gel pens. When I come home from work, there's always a rainbow on my hands and often my forearms (but not if I'm wearing long sleeves -- am I just more careful when I'm sleeved, so I don't get ink on my clothes?).

Is it just me, or are other people as klutzy as I am with pens?

[Homer12]

1. I got an ink stain on my sock!

Serious, I have no idea how it happened, but it was from a sharpie.

[mitchtv]

2. i learned to do that in grammar school

when we had fountain pens and had to wear long sleeved white shirts. I still manage to cover myself occasionally.

[prolesunited]

3. Use a pencil?

:hi:

[eyesroll]

7. Love to. Can't. Love to. Can't.

Pencil doesn't show up well on a magazine page printout.

[Taverner]

4. God forbid you try caligraphy with an ink well...

[Taverner]

5. God forbid you try caligraphy with an ink well...

could be crazy

[eyesroll]

6. We won't be going there...

Y'all would be ink-coated no matter how far away you are.

[trof]

8. You sound like Bob Cratchit.

Are your boss's initials E. S.?

[tigereye]

9. ink stained wretch is a noble calling, eyesroll

my husband always tells me that pens fly out of my butt (meaning my back pockets are always full of pens)since I take a lot of notes in my work.

[HEyHEY]

10. HAHA! A judge called me that in court the other day!

A defence attorney requested a publication ban and he said... "I trust the judgement of our inkstained wretches!" He's a funny judge.

[eyesroll]

11. Well, I am a journalist, so it fits...

but really, I'm inky.