“…there was practically one handwriting common to the whole school when it came to writing lines. It resembled the movements of a fly that had fallen into an ink-pot, and subsequently taken a little brisk exercise on a sheet of foolscap by way of restoring the circulation.”
from The Politeness of Princes and Other School Stories by P.G. Wodehouse
Drinking Ink
“Why, that’s Cruella de Vil,” said Mrs Dearly. “We were at school together. She was expelled for drinking ink.”
from The Hundred and One Dalmatians by Dodie Smith