No, but I once took apart my compass in Honors Geometry.

I'm addicted to doing it. Once, me and my friends played ''pen surgery'' in French. We tried to ''fix'' all my pens

Welcome to my life.

I don't carry pens around for that reason.

I do that

then I get bored and shoot the spring at one of my friends across the room

That's why you should always carry spares

or not use inferior spring pens B)

A few years back I had an exam that I finished in half the time required, so I made a 3D boat out of my stationary. Another time I disassembled all 5 pens that I brought in and arranged the pieces on the desk.

Think of it as a good habit, because it keeps you from doodling on exam papers afterwards.

I try to see if I can either 1. further the design, 2. hide something in the pen, or 3. hollow it out and put some kind of effective weapon in it.

I've never understood the appeal of "those" pages/groups.

Oddly enough, I did this just today. And I don't even use pens that often, since I'm not in school.

Yes, I often will randomly take apart my pen/mechanical pencil when bored in class.

~B~

Oh, most deffinately yes.

I've done that a few times, but normally when I'm bored in class, I'll doodle or write a story in my notebook and then get flak about it being there whenever the teacher looks through the notes I took

Though, I once did make a bow and arrow type thing out of two pencils and a rubber band. It worked, and it started a school fad... which probably wasn't for the best.

I do that a lot too.

~Bunda

I love fixing pens. Occasionally a pen just won't pop out, or it gets stuck, or they just randomly explode. So I take them apart and put them back together (unless a piece is actually broken, then I just throw it away after playing around).

Do any of you pretend your pens/pencils are spaceships, and havewars with them after exams? I do that a lot. The pens are the evil empire, the pencils are the good guys.

*likes*

Don't carry pens, and pencils are kinda hard to put back together after taking apart, so no.

There are people who don't do this?

If you take your average pen apart, the carcass makes an effective spitball-shooter.

Do it all the time in class...

I actually do that all the time. What irritates me is I never seem to have any particularly complex pens.

Click pens are the most fun...