Is there such a thing as a Biro Graveyard where biro's go to die? I have yet to see an empty biro, they just disappear
It is a spiritual thing. When a Biro passes on, the spirit
and the body pass on to ball-point Heaven.
Until the mid 20th century, the Fountain movement was dominant and they would pass away, hiding in the backs of desk drawers. This was latterly outlawed in an encyclical from their leader (Known as "His Nibs", a term which survives to this day).
As the Biros grew in popularity, the Provisional Fountains formed a splinter sect of suicide pens which would martyr themselves in the pockets of students in an attempt to put blame on the Biros.
I still have a blazer which bears the
stigmata of a ritual Fountain sacrifice.
In more recent years, the Gel movement has become dominant, and they are much more human. If you leave them uncapped, they will expire and the spirit will leave the body very quickly.
