The Spen (a writing utensil)

I'm sure everybody here has heard of the spork. A wonderful thing, isn't it? Well, some people decided to step that up a level. And thus created... this.

As you can see from the picture, that woman (eating salad... is that officially a thing?) is eating with a strange, strange set of utensils. Notice at the bottom that the spoon part of the spoon fell off and OMG IT'S A PEN.

It's available on Amazon for $12.99, and that's for the whole fork, spoon, and knife. But the name isn't clear. Amazon calls it a Fred and Friends (the company's name) DINE INK Pen Utensil Set. The website I found it on calls it a ForkNPen. I call it the Spen. It's up to you what you call them. But that's besides the point.

Reviews on Amazon are mostly good. The only 1-star review is by some person saying it's stupid, and clearly their logic is horribly flawed. I mean, say you were peacefully eating some salad and then you get a brilliant idea. You can write it down with only a flick of your hand to take the utensil cap off. It makes eating while working much easier.

Now, you can't use the Spen for everything. They are made of plastic, and can only do what a plastic utensil set can do (as well as write, of course) so you can't cut hard or thick things with the knife. Overall, though? They are simply a work of genius brought to you by Fred and Friends.

I strongly encourage you to check out the Fred and Friends website. You can get this utensil set for only $9.00 there, compared to $12.99 through Amazon. Plus, they have a whole lot of really cool things there. (In fact, my next weird thing is also a Fred and Friends creation. Think olives. But don't tell anybody else about that.)

Thanks for reading. Now, you can go off and buy your new utensil set.

By the way, if you were wondering where I've been the past week? I was in California's Sierras, away from an internet connection. Sorry I didn't get a chance to say that I'd be gone. But now we should be back to regular posting!