Ever wondered what that strange
hole at the end of a Bic biro pen lid is for?
It's
the sort of thing you might muse over while sitting at your desk chewing the end of a pen. And it turns out the reason is that exact habit.
the sort of thing you might muse over while sitting at your desk chewing the end of a pen. And it turns out the reason is that exact habit.
It's not to create a makeshift
whistle, or a cruel trick to enable the ink to run out of the top and all over
your belongings when it leaks in your bag. The hole is actually there to try to
save your life.
In 1991 Bic introduced the small round hole at the
end of its lids to reduce the likeliness of suffocation.
While chewing the end of the pen, if you were to
accidentally swallow the lid the hole is designed to ensure you are still able
to breathe.
So there you go.
However we wouldn't recommend trying out this
theory.
In 2007 Ben Stirland, a 13-year-old boy from
Durham, died after falling off his chair and swallowing his pen lid.
His mother Nathalie Hodgson warned: "Contrary
to popular belief, the safety hole is no use.
"Body secretions soon block this and because
of the lid's shape, they easily lodge in the throat and cannot be removed
quickly.
Nice one. I never really had an idea about this. Great post admin
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