Penac Chubby 10 with 0.7 HB for drawing and a Parker Slinger for writing. I've been thinking about getting some extra Chubby 10 pencils to replace some of my other pencils for sketching.

Depending on the job/field, it can definitely be required.

My mum taught me the exact same thing :)

Let's see...

Indeed. My mum stores the receiver of her Logitech mouse inside it when she's not using it. Keeping it inside the mouse when not using it is more convenient, since she uses the mouse for at least 3 computers.

It has a QWERTZ-layout and a ß-key. So indeed, most likely German.