In message , Ric
writes

"Ian Stirling" wrote in message
...
Pete C wrote:
On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 17:52:20 +0100, "Christian McArdle"
wrote:


Yes. Did you see that programme where they got some high up bods in the
Soviet and US space programmes together? The American was boasting about
how
they'd spent millions getting an upside down anti-gravity pen working.
When
asking the Soviets how they solved that problem, they replied that they
used
pencils!

Urban legend, though in weightless conditions bits of pencil lead
won't be any good to your electronics.

Coloured pencils are free of even this small hazard.

What about crayons?

That's what the monkeys gave the cosmonauts to use

--
geoff