At a recent Curmudgeon Societé Generale meeting, someone was complaining about their fancy pen leaking. Being experienced in these matters, I promptly asked "Was it a Mont Blanc?" Surprised, he blurted "How did you know?"
Alas, back in the roaring '80s I had a Mont Blanc fountain pen. New Mont Blanc owners quickly learn you can't take them flying on business trips with you as they take great pleasure in leaking aloft. Sooner or later, you also discover that you can't really take them anywhere because they are really equal opportunity leakers: they leak anywhere and everywhere. They also cost an arm and a leg for this pleasure.
Most of us hotshots with our Mont Blancs came to realize that for all that money they simply came with their own patented "guaranteed to leak like a sieve " feature, and returned to our reliable Bic ballpoints.
And of course, Mont Blancs leaked nothing less than Mont Blanc's own special waterproof/cleanproof ink. Mont Blanc, you suck. And you owe me a dress shirt.
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