Date: Thu, 14 Apr 1994 22:18:48 -0700

From: THOMAS L CLARK tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]NEVADA.EDU

Subject: Re: ink pen



On Wed, 13 Apr 1994, Rudy Troike wrote:



Tom--

Did you ever hear "atomic pen"? On the border in South Texas right

after the war, advertising seemed to link ball-point pens with the ultramodern

technological surge typified by the atomic bomb. In Mexico, they are still

called "plumas atomicas", but I don't know whether the Valley usage was a

leak-over from Mexico, though I doubt it.

--Rudy Troike (rtroike[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]ccit.arizona.edu)



Rudy, I'm keeping this gem intact for our resident "atomic" expert, a

woman in poli sci dept who has collected every imaginable song and

gimcrack from "The Atomic Cafe" forward. I gave her my matchbook from

the Mizpah (!) Hotel in Beatty, near the Test Site, which advertised the

local specialty, the Atomic Steak.

tlc[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nevada.edu