In 4th grade I had a 10-color version of that kind of retractable ball point pen. It was about 1 inch in diameter and uncomfortable to write with, but it was like winning the lottery back-to-back while Ed McMahon rolled up to your house with a giant Publishers Clearing House sweepstakes check in his hand. I have no idea what happened to that pen. I'd like to have one again just for the lulz.

These things were often times unwieldly and hard to write with, but they were status pens.

The "cool kids" at my grade school had these. Joke was on them though because there was a pencils only rule! I bet they all have taxpayer provided laptops now that the niggers just hawk at the pawn shop to go buy crack with.

I could use to have a pen with me ;)