Giveaway #34: Moleskine is not Made from Moles
Number 44, Chrys T, won Giveaway #33, our Small Journal. Please send us your address so we may send your gift!
One question that tends to come up about once a month or so at Renaissance Art is whether the Moleskine notebooks are made from the skins of moles. I hate to be the one to break the news, but no, no rodents (a mole’s a rodent, right?) were harmed in the making of any journals. Pronounced mole-a-skeen-a, the Italian manufacturer crafts its famous journals from oilcloth and bookboard. Bruce Chatwin actually coined the name in his 1986 novel The Songlines.
For this giveaway, we have a Pocket Moleskine Cover with a Snap Closure (made from cow leather. Not moles).
There is just one catch: this cover has already been personalized. So if your initials are T.R.S., you had better enter and cross your fingers: click HERE to read the rules of this Free Giveaway but DO NOT comment on that link to enter. You enter by commenting on THIS post. Tell us the funniest question you have been asked that, when you think about it, makes perfect sense to ask.
Good luck!
Remember that the winners need to contact us with their address and phone number in order to get their gift.
January 27th, 2010 at 9:55 pm
This is one sharp looking cover (even with initials that bear no resemblance to my own).
January 27th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Last week, my 10 year old daughter (who looks just like me) asks me the following question:
“Why do some kids look like their father when they come out of their mom?”
My response - “What a great question. Go ask your mom.”
January 28th, 2010 at 12:24 am
Nice piece!
Thanks for the re-assurance about the moles
January 28th, 2010 at 2:35 am
“Why are there interstate highways in Hawaii?”
Not terribly funny, but true.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:08 am
I have one of the initials… Withthe way that looks, I cab say it was an hierloom passed down from through the family.
January 28th, 2010 at 5:45 am
maybe TRS just stands for Totally Radical ‘Skine
January 28th, 2010 at 6:17 am
The phone rang
“hello?”….
“Is this you?”
“No, it’s me”
“oh, sorry.”
click.
This looks great. Willing to change my name to accomodate the initials. I have the same design of the larger moleskine and it’s wonderful! Would love the small one.
Excellent product as always.
A happy R-A customer.
Kess
January 28th, 2010 at 6:43 am
I used to be a meteorologist in a previous career… I honestly had an intelligent, older gentleman ask me once if I studied space rocks. I kid you not.
January 28th, 2010 at 8:21 am
My fingers are crossed. I love the journal cover.
January 28th, 2010 at 9:36 am
Well, my initials are TR, and my company starts with an S, so I’m good to go!
January 28th, 2010 at 9:47 am
That’s Really Sweet. What’s in a name, after all?
January 28th, 2010 at 10:44 am
I do tech support for a living.
Them: “Do you know where I can find ‘x’ on your website?”
Me: “Do you see that link off to the left hand side?”
Them: “Yeah.”
Silence
Them: “Do you want me to click on it.”
Me: “Only if you want to find ‘x’.”
Thanks for the giveaway.
January 28th, 2010 at 4:18 pm
Strangest question to come out of one of my systematic theology classes: “Was it something inherent in forbidden fruit that made Adam and Eve realize they were naked?” Leading to a whole discussion revolving around “Was the fruit ‘naked fruit’ or was this just a result of disobedience?” It was late in the semester and everyone was tired/bored/giddy.
Nice journal…would love to win it…I’m sure I can come up with something that TRS stands for.
January 28th, 2010 at 7:32 pm
Well - my two initials are RS - and I’ve always liked the letter ‘T’!!
January 28th, 2010 at 11:38 pm
Tourist (always a rich source of ridiculous questions) standing at dock in Southeast Alaska, surrounded by mountains yet able to jump into the sea (it was right there!): “How high above sea level are we here?”
How about these: “Do you accept dollars in Alaska?” ” Does everyone learn English here?” “Where are the penguins this time of year?” “What time do the bears come out?”
If I had a nice cover for my pocket journal to keep it safe against the Alaskan elements, it would facilitate my recording of so many more questions such as the ones above…
January 29th, 2010 at 1:24 pm
One day I’ll win one of your giveaways!!
January 30th, 2010 at 8:03 am
Why did someone write a song about Jimmy cracking corn, if no one cares?
January 30th, 2010 at 5:31 pm
Could certainly use a nice cover for my moles.
January 30th, 2010 at 6:23 pm
I do tech support also;
client: I am having a problem with my computer.
Me: Is it turned on?
Client: yes.
Me: How do you know? (I have had people not turn on their system telling me the whole while that it was off so I make them prove it.)
Client: Because there is a big blue screen.
January 30th, 2010 at 11:41 pm
This Really Sucks - perfect cover for a notebook full of rants - pick me!
January 31st, 2010 at 3:30 pm
I am a comedian and people often ask me if they want to hear a joke so that I can use it on stage.
January 31st, 2010 at 6:47 pm
“why does dad have to have meetings with his golf club, but i’ve never had to have a meeting with my baseball bat?”
a friend’s son, in reference to a meeting his father was attending with his local golfing society [club, har har].
February 1st, 2010 at 11:25 am
Is this really free if we are forced to dream up a funny question that makes perfect sense?
February 1st, 2010 at 11:29 am
Well the first and last initials match…I can always change my middle name.
February 1st, 2010 at 4:44 pm
Well ‘S’ is both of my initials, and I’m sure I could come up with something for the T and R.
February 2nd, 2010 at 10:56 am
I am loving your leather covers! Bought two and got a personalized marble notebook cover as a gift!
Would love to win this one! Pocket sized is great fir the diaper bag, to catch all the funny things my kids say.
February 2nd, 2010 at 11:54 am
Would love to have this one….nice work.
February 3rd, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I use to have a bright yellow Pontiac Aztek, and the night I brought it home my dad saw it and said WOOW, that is bright. Later that night he ask me, well did you put the taxi cab in the garage? I will never forget that.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:57 pm
I keep looking at getting one of these. My wife would kill me though if I bought it before getting a job. :/
February 3rd, 2010 at 3:11 pm
These are my initials…backwards!
“If wool shrinks when washed, then why don’t sheep shrink when they get wet?”
February 3rd, 2010 at 7:04 pm
Try Renaissance Sometime!
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:12 pm
I will just tell everyone that this is where I keep “The Real Stuff”. Or maybe where I keep stuff “To Read Sometime”. Or where I keep my “Thoughts Real Sacred”.. Looks great!
February 3rd, 2010 at 8:35 pm
That little journal is beautiful! The initials could be that of a new designer. Louie Vuitton watch out!
February 4th, 2010 at 5:22 am
I’ve been eying one of these beauties for a year now.
February 4th, 2010 at 5:39 am
Perfect to keep a diary in.. no one will know it’s yours because of the initials!
February 4th, 2010 at 6:28 am
Do you think it’s broken?
Honey you are paying my company $150 an hour for me to fix it it better be broken.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:13 pm
While doing Airbrushing on t-shirts at a county fair I was asked if all that was shown is all that I do…
It made sense but still irked me, because there everywhere were signs that said we can do anything from your imagination or picture.
February 4th, 2010 at 8:16 pm
I like the mystery of the initials. That ’s what would make the journal special. Aside from the fact that it looks exceptional.
Terry
February 5th, 2010 at 2:25 am
Nothing wrong with those initials - The moleskine cover is “The Right Size”.
Do you work here?
(Am I answering the phone, signing for packages and giving my boss stick for missing an appointment - all at the same time?)
February 5th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Sorta disappointed no moles were used in the construction of the cover
February 5th, 2010 at 9:30 am
My son, five years old at the time, asked a woman if her bald baby had cancer. Luckily the woman was a pediatrician and nearly fell over laughing.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
My name is Penny and a social psychologist once asked if my name made me think I didn’t have much value! Well, I never once thought that, but, hey doc, thanks for the thought.
Love the moleskin cover - so soft! Like my moniker- you shouldn’t judge a book by its title!
February 5th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Cool. The personalization gives it just that much more character….
February 6th, 2010 at 2:47 pm
It’s me! I’m TRS: The Real Son!
February 7th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Hm, The Right Stuff?
Terribly Ribald Stories?
Triumphantly Returning Swashbuckler?
The possibilities are overwhelmingly numerous, as are the odds against me winning.
Hm. Still, I’ll take a chance and hope I win!
February 9th, 2010 at 3:34 am
What a little beauty. TRS was’nt that the initals of one of Tandy’s first personal computers. My how the world returns to its beginning.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:11 pm
This Giveaway is officially over.
Penny Timson, Number 42, is our Winner!
Here are your random numbers:
42
Timestamp: 2010-02-10 21:09:31 UTC
Penny, please send your name and address to service@renaissance-art.com in order to claim your prize.
May 11th, 2010 at 10:55 am
i usually choose diaper bags which are made of recyclabe materials to help the environment not just your babies.’.~