Comments on: Pen Spinning

By: the prophet

the prophet — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 17:48:01 +0000

So epic!

By: Jeremy

Jeremy — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 03:40:00 +0000

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.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 01:54:24 +0000

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

By: xadrian

xadrian — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 21:59:32 +0000

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

By: PR

PR — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:18:26 +0000

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

By: stacyj

stacyj — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 23:19:36 +0000

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!

By: Neatoramawontsendmeapassword

Neatoramawontsendmeapassword — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 22:58:10 +0000

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

By: PapaTango

PapaTango — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:55:43 +0000

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!

By: chris a

chris a — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 21:01:34 +0000

Those asians are crazy at what they can do sometimes!

By: Nostra

Nostra — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:57:59 +0000

*cool

By: Nostra

Nostra — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:57:28 +0000

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.

By: CheeseDuck

CheeseDuck — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 20:49:16 +0000

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

By: Jerse

Jerse — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:42:40 +0000

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

By: anon

anon — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 18:29:44 +0000

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.