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When the DD capture Colonel Breed's HQ during the wargames, there's a scene where Bronson takes what appears to be a handful of silver sticks (looks like pens) out of his pocket and hands them to his cohorts. Anybody know the significance of this?

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Jake

Jake wrote:
> When the DD capture Colonel Breed's HQ during the wargames, there's a
> scene where Bronson takes what appears to be a handful of silver sticks
> (looks like pens) out of his pocket and hands them to his cohorts.
> Anybody know the significance of this?
>
> --
> Jake
This is from memory so it could be wrong but could it have been cigars
in aluminum tubes?

dick

On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:49:41 -0700, "Jake" <> wrote:

>When the DD capture Colonel Breed's HQ during the wargames, there's a scene where Bronson takes what appears to be a handful of silver sticks (looks like pens) out of his pocket and hands them to his cohorts. Anybody know the significance of this?


Detonators?

Pens.
I kid you not.
Ballpoint pens.
They were stealing them.
Although the producers stretched things a lot, Ballpoints were popular
among american flyers.
I think the "dozen" saw a profit item.
It's a stretch, but that's what it is.



On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:58:21 -0500, E. Barry Bruyea <it'>
wrote:

>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:49:41 -0700, "Jake" <> wrote:
>
>>When the DD capture Colonel Breed's HQ during the wargames, there's a scene where Bronson
takes what appears to be a handful of silver sticks (looks like pens)
out of his pocket and hands them to his cohorts. Anybody know the
significance of this?
>
>
>Detonators?

Remove original MPAA ratings to reply.

Jim

In article <>,
J.P. <> wrote:
>
>Pens.
>I kid you not.
>Ballpoint pens.
>They were stealing them.
>Although the producers stretched things a lot, Ballpoints were popular
>among american flyers.
>I think the "dozen" saw a profit item.
>It's a stretch, but that's what it is.

And they are ubiquitous now - but at one time ball-point pens
were very expensive. The ink was not totally cheat-proof as you
could transfer things like signatures from one piece of paper to
another.

In the first few years they sold up to $25 each - and this was
in the era of Fords and Chevys that cost $1200.

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>
>
>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 14:58:21 -0500, E. Barry Bruyea <it'>
>wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:49:41 -0700, "Jake" <> wrote:
>>
>>>When the DD capture Colonel Breed's HQ during the wargames, there's a scene where Bronson
> takes what appears to be a handful of silver sticks (looks like pens)
>out of his pocket and hands them to his cohorts. Anybody know the
>significance of this?
>>
>>
>>Detonators?
>
>Remove original MPAA ratings to reply.
>
>Jim


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Bill Vermillion - bv @ wjv . com

I always thought they were needles filled with some type of knockout
drug.
In fact I think that was the Plan-B they talked about?