Paper clip

[aFinn]

Which way do you put a paper clip? The smaller inside in front of paper, or the larger outside in front?

I put the larger outside in front :uhh: I think. I need to test it :funny:





Consider the humble paper clip: It's just a thin piece of steel wire bent into a double-oval shape, but over the past century, no one has invented a better method of holding loose sheets of paper together.

Its invention in 1899 is credited to a Norwegian named Johan Vaaler, who patented the device in Germany because Norway had no patent law at the time. Vaaler did nothing with his invention, however, and a year later a U.S. patent for a paper clip, called the Konaclip, was awarded to Cornelius J. Brosnan of Springfield, Massachusetts. In England, Gem Manufacturing Ltd. quickly followed with the now familiar double-oval shaped Gem clip. Since then, literally zillions of paper clips have been sold.

The common paper clip is a wonder of simplicity and function, so it seems puzzling that it wasn't invented earlier. For centuries, straight pins, string and other materials were used as fasteners, but they punctured or damaged the papers. While the paper clip seems like such an obvious solution, its success had to await the invention of steel wire, which was "elastic" enough to be stretched, bent and twisted. The design was perfected further by rounding the sharp points of the wire so they wouldn't catch, scratch or tear the papers. By 1907, the Gem brand rose to prominence with a "slide on," double-U style paper clip that "will hold securely your letters, documents, or memoranda without perforation or mutilation until you wish to release them."

Although some dispute the originator of the paper clip, Norwegians have proudly embraced their countryman, Johan Vaaler, as the true inventor. During the Nazi occupation of Norway in World War II, Norwegians made the paper clip a symbol of national unity. Prohibited from wearing buttons imprinted with the Norwegian king's initials, they fastened paper clips to their lapels in a show of solidarity and opposition to the occupation. Wearing a paper clip was often reason enough for arrest.

Although colorful plastic materials and new shapes have challenged the double-oval steel-wire paper clip over the years, none has proven superior. The traditional paper clip is the essence of form follows function. After a century, it still works.

http://www.cdf.org/cdf/atissue/vol4_1/Paper_Clip/paper_clip.html


http://www.officemuseum.com/IMagesWWW/Gothic_Clip_x.jpg



Did you know there is a movie that is named Paper Clips ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380615/



http://www.cdf.org/cdf/atissue/vol4_1/Paper_Clip/paperclip.gif

[Troll]

Thanks for the wonderful info Marika.

[Paul]

You should have posted this.....

http://www.cdf.org/cdf/atissue/vol4_1/Paper_Clip/paperclip.gif

.....as an attachment! :biglaugh:

[aFinn]

You should have posted this.....


.....as an attachment! :biglaugh::funny: :funny: :funny:



But hey, which way do you use paper clips? :huh:

[melli]

Hmmm, I dunno which way I use them...I need to think about it :p .
Thanks for the article.

[matty]

I put the small part at the front of the paper, not sure why I just always have.

[Big Swede]

Smaller part at the front of the paper, it feels more logic to me to put the bigger part behind and then pull (bend) it towards you press it down over the papers if you get what I mean.
But it works just fine the other way also of course. :p

[Troll]

I don't pay attention the way I use them.

[Esther]

You should have posted this.....

.....as an attachment! :biglaugh:

LOL! :funny:
This is an interesting question Marika, to be honest with you I really don't know which side I put on the front :p I think I need to test it too.. ;)

[Roger]

I have no set method for putting a paper clip on but I think the paper clip is the invention of the devil! I can't tell you how many individual sheets of paper I have lost over the years because somehow an unrelated sheet got caught up with the clipped pages. I try to use a stapler whenever I can.

[shaniagal]

I put the small part at the front of the paper, not sure why I just always have.

Me too :] Small on front rocks

[Paul]

:funny: :funny: :funny:



But hey, which way do you use paper clips? :huh:

The small bit at the front. I usually use staples though.

[canoilers]

I put the small part at the front of the paper, not sure why I just always have.Maybe its some deep psychological trauma from your past........ maybe you saw your parents naked and thats effected your paper cliping tendencies. :p

[shania megafan]

mmm.. I don't know.. :p I'll test it!! anyway, it was an interesting question..

[matty]

Maybe its some deep psychological trauma from your past........ maybe you saw your parents naked and thats effected your paper cliping tendencies. :p

:funny: What!!??

[aFinn]

Am I the only one putting the small part in the back? :shocked:

[canoilers]

Marika I don't know how too say this but yes you are the only one on the planet that does that.

I usually go with the way the clip is bent. which ever is easier for slipping it on.

[Curti]

Am I the only one putting the small part in the back? :shocked:

i do too Marika!!! :D

it's great you've posted this. i've wondered this myself at times.

:funny:

[FinnFreak]

Did you know there is a movie that is named Paper Clips ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0380615/

...did you know we have a singer named after the paper clip in Finland..?

Paper clip = klemmari -> Ari Klem

http://www.auraviihde.fi/klem/klem_ari_0805_bio.jpg (http://www.auraviihde.fi/klem/)

...and his first single from 1981 - "Ai et tunne Jaanaa"


John - :p

[aFinn]

Marika I don't know how too say this but yes you are the only one on the planet that does that. Oh :sad:

i do too Marika!!! :D

it's great you've posted this. i've wondered this myself at times.

:funny:OOOOHHHH, I'm not alone after all! :bounce: :bounce:

:p

...and his first single from 1981 - "Ai et tunne Jaanaa" :funny: :funny:

[canoilers]

Oh :sad:

OOOOHHHH, I'm not alone after all! :bounce: :bounce:

:p

:funny: :funny:Don't be sad that not all bad, alittle variety every now and then doesn't hurt. :D

[FinnFreak]

:smirk: - ...I use a stapler myself...


...'cause I'm into those high-tech gadgets..!


John - :p

[Big Swede]

"Ai et tunne Jaanaa"

(after a online translation) That´s a wierd songtitle... :huh: :uhh:

[Troll]

:smirk: - ...I use a stapler myself...


...'cause I'm into those high-tech gadgets..!


John - :p

That is totaly a high tech gadget.

[canoilers]

:smirk: - ...I use a stapler myself...


...'cause I'm into those high-tech gadgets..!


John - :pWhoa thats way over my head. I never know until after I installed the Staples weather it'll be compatible with my stapler or not. Besides all those stapler udates just gives me a headache.

[~Lisa~]

I don't pay attention to which way I use a paperclip...I usually staple :p

[aFinn]

Yeeeeeeeees, but if you'd check which way you do use it when you do? :p

[FinnFreak]

...and which way do we use the stapler..?


John - :p

[canoilers]

With the stapley end facing the paper and not your hand. :p

[Troll]

With the stapley end facing the paper and not your hand. :p

Yep that is the best way of doing it.

[canoilers]

Unless of course you're into S&M then maybe the other way is better. :p

[SHANIANUTS!]

....this is the age of the computer guys ... we are paperless here...;)

[canoilers]

Yeah I just write on the computer desk anyways. :p

[aFinn]

...and which way do we use the stapler..?Stapler, stapler, stapler. :uhh: This thread is aboot paper clips, not staplers :p

[Troll]

Stapler, stapler, stapler. :uhh: This thread is aboot paper clips, not staplers :p

You should know better that we can go off topic in any thread. :p

[canoilers]

Thats just a myth, like that ever happens. :p

[Curti]

Thats just a myth, like that ever happens. :p

i think this is the first time i've seen it personally. :huh: :) :p

[canoilers]

I know eh, its almost enough to knock you off your chair while doing a spit take. :p

[Shaniabomber99]

Haha Great thread Markiza :) I don't care how I use the paper clip as long as it hold the paper together :)

Carley

[canoilers]

Haha Great thread Markiza :) I don't care how I use the paper clip as long as it hold the paper together :)

CarleyThats a good point. I've had a couple snap on me when trying to put it onto the paper.

[Shaniabomber99]

Thats a good point. I've had a couple snap on me when trying to put it onto the paper.

Ouch that's pretty bad I have had a few that have gone flying on me :funny:

Carley

[canoilers]

Haven't had that happen, unless someones shooting them with a rubber band. I've seen people get stuck with them too, those suckers can be dangerous.

[Troll]

Haven't had that happen, unless someones shooting them with a rubber band. I've seen people get stuck with them too, those suckers can be dangerous.

I hate when they do that.

[canoilers]

Yeah getting jabbed with things, not so much fun. I know I've been jabbed by someone who thought it would be funny to stick me with a hot pen knife. It didn't tickle in the slightest.

[orry]

Yes I definetely put the smaller part of the paper clip at the front.

[FinnFreak]

Stapler, stapler, stapler. :uhh: This thread is aboot paper clips, not staplers :p

...you gotta be open for alternative options - like puncturing machines... :uhh:

...and how about sinitarra..? :really: ...kaksipuolinen teippi..? :huh: ...nastat on nastoja..?


..hä..? :dunno:


John - :p

[canoilers]

Isn't sinitarra a pasta, how the heck does that hold paper together. :p

[FinnFreak]

Isn't sinitarra a pasta, how the heck does that hold paper together. :p

Blu-Tack is a reusable putty-like pressure-sensitive adhesive often used for attaching posters to walls. The original version was blue, but a myriad of colours are now available. It is based on a formulation consisting of synthetic rubber, polymers, oil and inorganic fillers.


John - :p

[canoilers]

Basically it does what toothpaste does, except maybe I don't want to be brushing my teeth with it. :p

[FinnFreak]

...though it's a non-toxic substance - I'd stick with Xylitol chewing gum...

http://www.bostik.co.za/stationery/blutack.htm


John - :p

[canoilers]

:funny: I think I can see you point, I'd go with the gum for the breathiness needs. :p