[mixedbit]

Right, the strategy is very depended on answers that the candidate is going to get and it is hard to see how to continue with less favorable answers:

* Q: Do you remember what kind of pen that was?

* A: Yes, it was my favorite pen that I got from my wife for our anniversary

* Q: Do you remember why you were using it to write?

* A: I signed a credit card receipt in Walmart.

[mseebach]

This is a special pen, and you just carry it around with you at Walmart? I shudder to think what would happen if you were to drop it -- that happens all the time, people drop pens and stuff, and they practically never get it back! See, this is the BIC Premier. It's a nice, classy pen, it writes smoothly with no clumps or leak -- and it's $14.95 for a box of ten, so you can just have a few in your pocket, in your bag, in your glove compartment, always a nice, good pen to hand, and you can leave your anniversary pen in the place of honour on your office desk where you can use it to sign the all-important contracts that befits a pen of that stature.

Easy-peasy.