I believe
Bic own the Biro trademark. Check Bic's faqs. I think that's where I saw it.
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stup0t,
Fri 21 Oct 2005, 17:26,
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Dammit!
It was Bic I was thinking of I think.
Lazlo Biro just invented it.

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Wasp Box like a nervous random stranger at a glory hole,
Fri 21 Oct 2005, 17:31,
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