Paperclips

[Chris Meech]

It can be used to hold on to a lit match and allow you to put the match in places your fingers wont go. :)

Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]

[hairy_hats]

Do I smell scorched hairs?

[Chris Meech]

Only when you don't use a paper clip. :) I love the smell of propane before dinner time. It's the smell of victory. :-D

Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]

[Matthew Faithfull]

In Norway they are very proud of having invented the Paperclip. If I remember rightly there's even a Paperclip museum somewhere but we never found it.:)

Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.

[Miszou]

I've heard that you can hold extremely short hand-rolled "cigarettes" with such a device too. Not that I've done that, I'm just sayin', you know. I read it on the internet or something, right?

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[Dalek Dave]

What was holding it together? :-D

[ne0h]

If its metal, don't use as toothpick. its bad for health.

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[Phil J Pearson]

I remember reading some pseudo-serious research somewhere (by an office supplies company, I think) that concluded that only about 1% of paper clips are ever used for clipping paper. I think I could have told them that (and used the research money for something useful).

Phil

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[Clickok]

Microsoft profaned the Paperclip[^] in the Microsoft Office. :-D

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[El Corazon]

Miszou wrote:

I'm sure there are plenty of other uses...

had to google... :) Top 33 Things To Do With A Paperclip[^]

_________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

[Chris Meech]

I believe the word you are looking for is doobie. I'm intimately familiar with it as it's the nick name for my dog. :)

Chris Meech I am Canadian. [heard in a local bar]

[Mark Salsbery]

101139 Uses[^] The main use[^]  (see #128 in extended list above....not to be confused with #129) :laugh:

Mark Salsbery Microsoft MVP - Visual C++ :java:

[Rajesh R Subramanian]

Dalek Dave wrote:

Using round end to de-wax an ear. Straightened and used as toothpick. Nail Cleanser.

I hope you aren't using it in that order. :~

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[Rajesh R Subramanian]

You must write an article on that.

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[Gary Wheeler]

Yeah, but can you make one out of paper[^]?

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[Dan Neely]

When I was 8 or 9 :P

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[Dan Neely]

Jumpstart a PSU for testing purposes.

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[Christian Graus]

Norway ? I thought it was US or British, and that it was invented on the spot to pay a debt. Or is that a myth ?

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ "I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

[Muhadeeb99]

Looks like we have a McGuyver moment

All things being equal, tommorrow will never equal today

[Matthew Faithfull]

Ask the next Norwegian you come accross, they have absolutely no doubt. As for the story of the invention itself I never made it to Paperclip museum so I couldn't say.

Nothing is exactly what it seems but everything with seems can be unpicked.