Has there ever been an alternate design for the common office paper clip?? They’ve looked the same to me for years, but surely someone didn’t get out of bed one morning, twist a piece of wire, and become the richest joiner of loose papers in history…

If I had been left to invent the paper clip, it probably would have looked more like a slag of molten metal, to act more as a paperweight, than a paper gatherer and collector.

You haven’t lived until you’ve seen some of the creative solutions I’ve come up with for different conundrums, over the years.

And how I wish I could come up with even just a couple of examples, but for the love of Pete, I’m just waking up here. I haven’t even finished my FIRST cup of coffee, let alone swept the bulk of the cobwebs out of my brain.

So, rather than regale you with witty commentary of the nutty things I’ve done (and had come back to bite me in the ass), I’m giving you this little teaser.

Frankly, I’m surprised this hasn’t happened more often, in over 550 postings. No, I get up, I prop one or more of my bleary eyes open, and eventually rumble up the stairs (early morning natural gas) to try and compose this drivel.

Wait, where was I? Was I still talking about paper clips? Was I trying to elicit sympathy for something that nobody is FORCING me to do? Or was I just trying to delicately confess to being a small part of global warming in the morning??

How did I get so far off track this morning?? I’ve lost my moral compass. No, that’s not even right. I’ve lost something though… I should start leaving bread scraps along the way…

At any rate – paper clips. What a modern wonder. No slight to staples, but for joining pieces of paper, how would we live without them???

Chow for now!