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paying homage to the humble paper clip
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Q 5
999 HOLDINGS LLC
#1 - 2013-07-20 20:15:31 UTC  |  Edited by: Q 5
Oh how many times that little piece of metal has saved me Big smile today it fixed a throttle that came unattached, it has held together things that came apart like eyeglasses and even saved me when I was a kid and lost the keys to the store bought handcuffs.

So today I pay homage to that less appreciated versatile tool, if I was Minmatar I would have 1000's of story's of how I used it....so how has that paper clip saved you?
Grimpak
Aliastra
Gallente Federation
#2 - 2013-07-20 20:24:23 UTC
MacGuyver could make a nuclear bomb with 2 paper clips, 1 chewing gum and duct tape.

all hail the power of paper clips \o\

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Kehro Urgus
Dark Nebula Academy
O X I D E
#3 - 2013-07-20 20:59:48 UTC
I used one as a roachclip once.

Yeeee! 
Alex Ellecone
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#4 - 2013-07-20 22:38:02 UTC
once i made a paper-clip man to hold my pencil for be...i hate algebra I..Straight
Jayem See
Perkone
Caldari State
#5 - 2013-07-20 23:25:12 UTC
This is nothing to be particularly proud of. I once used a paperclip to pick the lock of my Brothers suitcase.

Inside I found a 3D copy of the Kama Sutra along with a pair of red/green glasses.

That was the first time I ever...well...you can guess the rest.

Aaaaaaand relax.
Q 5
999 HOLDINGS LLC
#6 - 2013-07-21 02:34:34 UTC
I forgot I have used one to reset my MP3.
Ckra Trald
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#7 - 2013-07-21 04:32:21 UTC
i used them to push reset on my calculator

i also used to bend them and ruin them and poke children

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mr ed thehouseofed
Pator Tech School
Minmatar Republic
#8 - 2013-07-21 04:38:34 UTC
i work in the stationary industry . i hate the bloody things Evil they need to be nerfed LolLol

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Lysanne Reqetta
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#9 - 2013-07-21 11:25:15 UTC
Every time I shut down a PC with a disc I need still in the drive, a paperclip dies.

Blatant alt posting? In my EVE? It's more likely than you think.

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Mr Pragmatic
#10 - 2013-07-22 17:52:33 UTC
Paper clips make good rubber band projectiles.

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#11 - 2013-07-22 18:16:04 UTC
Mr Pragmatic wrote:
Paper clips make good rubber band projectiles.

Yes. But they do way too much kinetic damage for use on humans. Unless you want CONCORD to ban you from school for a week.
Other uses:
-Unclog a bottle of super glue.
-Grappling hook-- Bend each end into hook shapes, so the clip's shaped kind of like an M. Do that with another one. Tape them together at their bases and attach a thread. Try to snag classmates' possessions and drag them to you.
-Useless, functionless chain, made while bored.
-Useless 2-dimensional triangle, also made while bored.
-Caltrops.
Unsuccessful At Everything
The Troll Bridge
#12 - 2013-07-22 20:17:39 UTC
Ive hated paperclips ever since one kept asking me what I was doing when typing my homework. I kept telling it to go away, but it always came back.....it always came back...

No one liked you paperclip. No one at all. You nosy little bastard. Always looking over my shoulder. If I wanted your help I would have asked..but Noooooooooo, you had to just jump on in at an inopportune time and ruin my concentration!

It was all your fault I didn't get a good grade on those papers paperclip! **** you paperclip, just.....**** you.

Since the cessation of their usefulness is imminent, may I appropriate your belongings?
Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#13 - 2013-07-22 20:30:21 UTC
I just remembered why I have faintly negative feelings towards paper clips.... It's because of this guy.
Jayem See
Perkone
Caldari State
#14 - 2013-07-22 20:39:28 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
I just remembered why I have faintly negative feelings towards paper clips.... It's because of this guy.


Made me laugh.

Other uses:

Resetting my router via the TINY hole at the back
Attempting to create an amateur lightbulb at school by whapping 240 volts through it (partially successful)
Impromptu safetty pin whilst at a festival - kept my trousers up

Oh - and clipping papers together in a tidy sheaf Shocked

Aaaaaaand relax.
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#15 - 2013-07-23 04:45:27 UTC
Once we spent a few happy hours making a box of paper clips into perfectly straight lines, then we chambered a blank round into an M82A3 rifle (pictured here), then we muzzle-loaded the straight paperclips into it and proceeded to nail an interceptor vest to a tree Cool

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

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Khergit Deserters
Crom's Angels
#16 - 2013-07-23 19:57:13 UTC
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Once we spent a few happy hours making a box of paper clips into perfectly straight lines, then we chambered a blank round into an M82A3 rifle (pictured here), then we muzzle-loaded the straight paperclips into it and proceeded to nail an interceptor vest to a tree Cool

Oh man. OK, you win the paper clips thread Surfin'. Smile
Surfin's PlunderBunny
Sebiestor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#17 - 2013-07-23 22:55:29 UTC
Khergit Deserters wrote:
Surfin's PlunderBunny wrote:
Once we spent a few happy hours making a box of paper clips into perfectly straight lines, then we chambered a blank round into an M82A3 rifle (pictured here), then we muzzle-loaded the straight paperclips into it and proceeded to nail an interceptor vest to a tree Cool

Oh man. OK, you win the paper clips thread Surfin'. Smile


It was a valiant attempt but sadly it didn't work. Turns out paperclips aren't rated for that kind of energy and they melt

"Little ginger moron" ~David Hasselhoff 

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Something Random
Center for Advanced Studies
Gallente Federation
#18 - 2013-07-24 22:51:40 UTC
Metal Rules

It also makes good necklaces when your 13

"caught on fire a little bit, just a little."

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Slade Trillgon
Brutor Force Federated
#19 - 2013-07-24 23:35:38 UTC
The mighty paper clip has saved my pre-determined but hindered smoke session by unclogging my bat.