Staplers really are pretty cool

[sunshine 2]

Sitting here thinking just how awesome an invention the stapler is. I tiny piece of metal gets bent in such a way to hold paper together. Whoever invented it is a genius.

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meow

I get a Mike hug! I get a Mike hug!

[kingbunky 3]

milton: "...but then, they switched from the Swingline to the Boston stapler, but I kept my Swingline stapler because it didn't bind up as much, and I kept the staples for the Swingline stapler and it's not okay because if they take my stapler then I'll set the building on fire. "

from imdb

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[IanHarrop 43]

History of the stapler

clicky

"Where troubles melt like lemon drops, away above the chimney tops, that's where you'll find me" Dorothy

[nacmacfeegle 0]

From the link
http://24.97.84.9/stapler/history.htm
"The earliest stapling machine we know of was built during the 1700's for King Louis XV of France. Each individual staple was hand made and inscribed with the insignia of the Royal Court."

Posh staples!

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[kingbunky 3]

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History of the stapler

clicky

a disturbingly complete history of the stapler, but here's no mention of the red swingline! also from imdb:

The red Swingline stapler that Milton was so afraid of having taken away was never actually manufactured by the Swingline company; it was instead painted red by a crew member in the props department. However, following the movie's success on video as a cult film, the demand for red Swingline staplers (apparently as a symbol of quiet rebellion among cubicle-bound employees) was so great that the company began to sell the red Swingline stapler on its website.


maybe sebazz could do a site on the history and relative merits of the 3-hole punch?

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[nacmacfeegle 0]

"maybe sebazz could do a site on the history and relative merits of the 3-hole punch?"

Another of those odd trans atlantic things, we use mainly 2 and 4 hole punches over here. Mind you, the paper is a slightly different size, but not significantly.

So much for standardisation

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He who receives an idea from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights his taper at mine, receives light without darkening me. Thomas Jefferson

[kingbunky 3]

okay, sebazz could handle the 3 hole punch, and you could be the 'foreign correspondent' with the 2 and 4 hole punch reports. actually, just to keep things equal, sebazz could also handle 1 hole punches.

where is sebazz, he has work to do!

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[JohnRich 4]

Staplers aren't just for paper any more.

Attached: photo of a friend's back.

[Granimal 0]

My stapler looks nice and inoscent on my desk. However, if you try to use it BAM! It shocks the shit out of you.

[JohnRich 4]

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My stapler looks nice and inoscent on my desk. However, if you try to use it BAM! It shocks the shit out of you.

Oh, that's evil. I've got one of those cigarette lighters like that. It's fun to leave it laying on the picnic table outside in the smoking area...