Paper Cuttage

Okay, so we all know the nifty ancient art of...CUTTING PAPER! That's right...using a pair of 1st class levers with sharpened edges, to slice at a thin (or not so thin) sheet of paper. We have all grown fabulously spoiled to this way of doing things...BUT! What happens when you don't have a pair of scissors? Well...pray to god you have a ballpoint pen handy! It won't be as clean or precise...BUT! it can be done!

Step 1 First, things required...

Things you will need...

A Sheet of Paper, or Pad of Paper.
1 Ballpoint pen.
Nifty little desk....

Comments

[kingbif]

everybody knows that

[Robertwan]

I'm pretty sure I could find at least one person somewhere on the earth who didn't know how to rip a piece of paper cleanly with a ballpoint pen. Hence, not everybody.

[pstephens]

I did this a ton to my agenda in 7th grade study halls. I made little people pop out of holes and stuff. I remember making something where by pulling a tab, a character would be struck by lightning.

[lemonie]

Have you ever used "ruler-rip"? It's a very quick and effective shear process that takes seconds.

[Valche]

You could also just crease it repeatedly and moisten the crease a little with some saliva, works great and you don't need a pen or a ruler.

[lucridious]

ahahah, I don't always have a ruler on me, but chances are always good I have a ballpoint pen.

[pyelitegamerro76]

any smooth or laminated card works, hell even the pen laid horizontally if the paper is creased enough. but ive used this technique a bit lol in my science class. bitch wouldn't let my group use scissors, i swear she was a bigot. but anyways lol.

[lucridious]

ah yeah, there's all sorts of stuff you can use, the pen technique just caught my eye.

[buterSBob29]

I've been doing this for ever

[teh darkcloud]

Heh, I"ve been doing this for years.