Basic Instructions by Scott Meyer for April 21, 2021

He’s got a point, as The Office: Nepotism and any number of Monk episodes clearly indicate

And it can function as a handy replacement FM radio antenna.

And you can’t scratch those hard-to-reach places with a laser pointer.

Any color, other than red, indicates that you are more technically advanced than the audience. A wireless mouse with a laser pointer for the PowerPoint projector promotes you to advanced technology diety.

Why not a chrome pointer… with a laser pointer built-in!!

Use a riding crop instead. The audience will absolutely pay attention.

Don’t that beat all.

And if your Algebra student isn’t right and smart, it can deliver a right smart to the knuckles…

My Dad had a small collection of such, there was a period where they were a common novelty sort of gift from business conferences and the like. He had a conventional one, he had one where there was a pen in the point so you could actually write with it extended if you had the skill, he had one with a laser pointer in the tip and one where the laser pointer was in the base (pointing the other direction). They were fun to play with.

At the main “campfire” at the 1997 Boy Scout National Jamboree, the kids were going nuts with laser pointers.

Before President Clinton came on the speak, there was very stern warning concerning leaving them pocketed, and the possibility Secret Service might become somewhat perturbed at violations………

An asp gets more attention.

I like the part where she has that same pose but Scott “zoomed in” a little.

Or an especially annoying “Seinfeld” episode.

The laser pointer has an area in which it stands above the collapsible chrome pointer: it can be used to point out the collapsable chrome pointer.