I've got a black leather day-planner, had it for years. Over time, the loop on the side has gotten kind of frayed, making it hard to slide the pen into it. Rather than, y'know, actually fixing the problem, I've taken to just stuffing the pen into the other end, through the loop but headed in the wrong direction. It works, of course, but leaves everything off balance -- the pen juts out uncomfortably, always getting in the way and catching on things.

In other words, my day-planner has an erection.