Paperclips and their hundred and one uses.

Whether you operate a home based business or work out of one in a downtown office building. Work can often involve a lot of little unneccessary stresses that can easily be removed by having the correct office equipment at your fingertips.

Take a look at your desk, there is generally a computer, paper, pens, and for some strange unknown reason paperclips. They are always there, either just having been unclipped from something, or silently waiting to clip together any number of vital papers that need to be united in order to make some degree of sense in an otherwise senseless world. Staples are too permanent so the job falls down to that common little item knows as the paperclip. They haunt desks everywhere and why? How important can one little tiny piece of metal be?

We all know that paperclips clip pieces of paper together and are thus indispensable in the office area. But did you know that they also work amazingly well in numerous other little emergency areas of the office as well?

For example: Bend one into a straight line, stab it into your eraser and you can store all your reciepts on it. Or maybe you are sitting in your office and you suddenly lose a button, no sweat, use a paperclip to hold you together. So you forgot to accessorize that day, don't worry just chain some together to make a stylish bracelet, cufflinks or necklace. Popped a hem, well hemming is not a problem with a few tiny little paperclips at hand. Need a tieclip? Who you gonna call? Paperclip! Paperclip! They also make a handy dandy little fish hook, although I am not quite sure what kind of office you would be working out of to require one of those?

Toothpick, shishkabob, stir stick or just to play with as "pick up sticks". Had a really really rough day, and just need to relax, a paperclip with one end untangled makes a fantastic roach clip. Put a little cotton on the end of one and you have a swab for your ears or belly button. Ewwwwwww!

Guitar pick, lock pick, hair barrette or just something to clean under your nails with. Ring holder, picture hanger or instrument of torture if it is deemed absolutely necessary under current office conditions. Ah and of course, for the ultimate office reward you would have the coveted, "Golden Paperclip Award" to hand out.

Yep, that quiet little item we refer to as a paperclip, sure comes in handy when it needs to!

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