Pen Spinning

1. anon
   August 11th, 2008 at 1:29 pm

   Yeah, this is kind of a craze in Korea.
   They even have clubs dedicated to it.

   I can get about one or two good spins per 50 failures.

2. Jerse
   August 11th, 2008 at 1:42 pm

   It took me about a whole year to figure out how to do this - but now I nail it everytime...

3. CheeseDuck
   August 11th, 2008 at 3:49 pm

   Hah! All my Korean friends do this all the time.

4. Nostra
   August 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

   I used to do this all the time in classes.... Wanna know how I got hooked?

   Cowboy Bebop... Spike does it with a cigarette, and I figured it would be a cook thing to do at a bar. turns out I just use it when I'm bored in class.

   Try using a quarter and rolling it through your knuckles as well... I find that's more of a challenge.

5. Nostra
   August 11th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

   *cool

6. chris a
   August 11th, 2008 at 4:01 pm

   Those asians are crazy at what they can do sometimes!

7. PapaTango
   August 11th, 2008 at 4:55 pm

   I remember freshman year in college, I saw a buddy of mine twirling a pen. I got eager to learn it so I spent so long watching videos like this and started learning them myself. Ever since then, everytime a pen lands in my hand it just ends up getting twirled around my fingers.

   Its a curse I tell you!

8. Neatoramawontsendmeapassword
   August 11th, 2008 at 5:58 pm

   I remember seeing classmates do that when I was in school.

9. stacyj
   August 11th, 2008 at 6:19 pm

   Heh, it IS a curse, PapaTango - I can't be near a pen without having to spin it, either, no matter how many times people have told me it's distracting ... And come to think of it, like a lot of other folks have said, I picked the skill up from a Korean classmate, too - hey, maybe it's a conspiracy! Maybe the Master Plan is to get enough people addicted to it such that come the revolution all they'll have to do is lay down a load of pens and invade while we're all too busy spinning the darned things to pick up a weapon or put up any resistance!

   Put down the pen before it's too late!

10. PR
    August 11th, 2008 at 9:18 pm

    It´s addictive. Fortunately I´m not that good.

11. xadrian
    August 12th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

    I'm all for the skill of this (I can't do it) but good gravy, warn us next time about the music.

12. Cat
    August 12th, 2008 at 8:54 pm

    I learned how to spin my pen my senior year of high school, in Calculus.

13. Jeremy
    August 13th, 2008 at 10:40 pm

    Wow, thats so weird. 9th grade (1991) I started doing this just to pass time in classes. I still do it to this day. I'm half Korean, must be genetic.

    Also, I remember how upset I got when I found out my wedding ring was hampering my spinning. Needed to relearn.

14. the prophet
    August 15th, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    So epic!

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