paperclips

December 22nd, 2010 | 390 Entries

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390 Entries for “paperclips”

  1. School work, necklaces, Flash costumes, work, work, work, work

    Kayla
  2. something that lies at my desk, meaningless, i dont see the point in them. why do i use them. why did i buy them, to be like every one else?

    Spencer
  3. paperclips keep things together. they are shiny. and metal. but can also be dull and rusted. they can be changed, are malleable, dangerous in some cases, useful in others. paperclips are the cousin to staples. but may provide more in some cases, though used only when there are larger stacks of paper that staples can’t bind together. they handle more, but are appreciated less. Staples has a successful chain store named after it. What do paperclips have?

    Me
  4. Paper clips are pretty cool, when you think about them. They’re only a tiny fragment of metal but still they hold us — our paper — together. Like staples. But better-looking.

    cowskaf
  5. He swung the little piece of metal around, back and forth between his thumb and forefinger. The curly haired red head sitting across from his could feel herself sweating, and knew that nothing good could come of this interview. It was rumored that his “paperclip swing” was a dead give away that you were wasting his time.

  6. paperclips hold papers together like your love holds a heart together. Without the love your heart just pounds away at nothing for no reason. without the love of your friends and family and the one who gave you everything you are just a bunch of papers without a paperclip.

  7. paperclips-how useful!
    they can hold together our papers
    or be used to pick a lock
    so many uses
    for such a small little thing.

    Ally Pratt
  8. She tried to find things to take up her time. She sorted her desk drawer full of paperclips, staples, and pens. Still, she couldn’t think of anything to do.

  9. If safety pins are non too strong to hold my life together, paperclips are none the better.

  10. paperclips are most useful. you can use then to hold papers together or unfold it to unclog a mechanical pencil.

    Maisie
  11. she joined paperclips to make a beautiful simple necklace like another. lining them up and linking them like they were the only ones they had for each other. like they were the last remaining living beings. like they held on and never let go.

  12. Oh paperclips again! I already had you! What trickery is this!? I dont like this. Im playing Sims three. Thats a lie. Im not going to, Id miss you. :) Oh, That was creepy.
    Did you like it? Im sure you did. Pervert.

    Tommy
  13. I use these to hold my papers. More importantly my thoughts. Because you see on these papers are my entire life. My every thought. Everything that defines me. I write them down because, well, because I’m afraid to think. I’m afraid of where my thoughts might take me. But in the end I must face them, because I have to write them down. And keep them intact with these paperclips.

  14. paperclips hold together paper, which give me paper cuts.
    Fun,
    And you can get really pretty colourful paper clips, and even prettier paper. The paper cuts arent very pretty though.

    Gaya
  15. uh
    cats
    dogs
    paper
    money
    sharks
    fancyness
    lol
    coffee
    this is a paperclib
    spelled paperclip wrong there
    sorry bro
    can I call you bro?
    Well im doing it anyway.
    Bro.
    anyway
    fish
    cup
    office
    cubicle
    more paper
    hair
    fish
    again

    Tommy
  16. Paper clips. That’s what started it. Here’s how it went. Ben and I were both in the supply room of our paper company branch, and we both reached for the same box of paper clips. Our hands touched, and a jolt of electricity ran through me. We got to talking, and two weeks later, he asked me out. 3 years later, we were married. Paper clips. It’s how you start a romance.

    Isabel
  17. PAPERCLIPS! are awesome and are really helpful for anyone to use I have a feeling sometime someone will actually invent something like the paperclip only it will be better and then no one will want to use one.

  18. paperclips. like that paperclip in microsoft word? clippy. i fucking love that guy. he’s pretty cool and doesn’t afraid of anything. Oh, still got a good amount of time. PAPER CLIPS, PAPERY CLIPS, PERPER CLERPS. That last line is the Swedish Chef. Cool, I know. Badass even.

    Ty
  19. Bend them into animals &&make them walk around.

    You control them, they’re your toys.

    They have no free will.

    Just. Like. Angels.

    Jozie
  20. i remember in design class when mrs amos pointed out the brilliance of this simple item. the beauty of industrial design! a nameless designer makes history.

  21. They hold paper together, but when they aren’t performing their main task, they make a great toy to pass time at the office. You can twirl them, twist them, and bend them. And you can make them into a spring that will launch high into the air and scare the crap out of the coworkers sitting in the cubicles around you.

    Mike
  22. Paperclips stare at Pretzels thinking “You and me pal, we may be twisted but we go together.”

  23. Paperclips are a part of my daily life
    So much so that you can find them all around my
    Living room, blending into the carpet
    I fill my pockets with multiple sizes and feel
    Distraught when I forget since
    They come in so handy for
    Organization

  24. When I was younger, my sister would always buy patterned paperclips. I always thought it was the coolest thing in the world, but retrospectively, she made paper fairies and wrote suggestions to J.K. Rowling, so maybe they weren’t that cool. Also, they were expensive.

    E
  25. paperclips are silver and metal and highly useful. The can hold things together like papers, or even hold one’s hair back out of one’s face. They can be launched, bent and connected to form a chain. They’re light and durable. You can use them for many things.

    Emily
  26. shiny metal i fail at this i’ve never been good at it i remember having to do stuff like this at school ahh this is soo annoying i never work well under pressure i dont know why they say not to think because i think all the time is it even possible to not think?

    jess
  27. paperclips are like bonds. it holds the things that are similar together. it may hold things that are different. paperclips are like freedom. unlike the staple you can easily remove it. it’s….

  28. Paperclips? They hold things together… Or perhaps they clip paper. Are we talking clip like a snip from a crackle of a whip, or a clip like a hold, like two hands in a mold? How Seussical and musical this entry has become. Too bad it’ll be the only one.

  29. There was a box of paperclips on the edge of the detective’s desk. I reached out to fumble with it while I listened to him questioning my partner. I thought of all the uses for a paperclip, including my favourite one. They made excellent lockpicks. In hindsight, maybe I shouldn’t have made one while sitting there in the police station, waiting to be arraigned on burglary charges.

    Fiona Skye
  30. I never use paperclips, I just don’t really see the use of them. I never staple paper either. I just use the ‘fake’ staple. you can recognize it by the tip of the papers being folded over. Im sorry, I just don’t know how to make use of useful things.

    Xlune
  31. paper clips are very useful…you can use them to clip papers together but also you can use them for many other things! I’ve seen people wear them as earings! OUCH! haha but I actually did that when I was younger :S haha. Wow I just love paper clips… I couldn’t live with out them! Picture life… with out paper clips! NOOOOO

    Brooke
  32. My brother had a collection of paperclips, but i never realy got it because i dont think they make specialty paperclips. they help, i guess but i dont like finding them everywhere just little bent metal pieces.

    Jane
  33. “You know, My husband first preposed with a paperclip.”
    “Oh really?”
    “Yeah, we were only four. I still have it…” She said, examining the unassuming metal twist.

  34. to hold the papers in order
    chained together as a necklace
    large ones small ones
    silver ones gold ones
    plastic and colorful
    rounded or pointed edges

    shelly
  35. everything in my life is a mess right now. i need order, but i find myself surrounded by chaos. i hate not knowing where i am, where i’ve been, or even where i’m going. i don’t know where anything is, and i feel even more lost. i need a damn paperclip.

    Emily
  36. It was when I noticed the chain of paperclips sitting on my desk at school, I began to think. This was Miss Lindley’s English class, I had struggled all semester and hated it. The chain had one blue, one pink, one red, one yellow, one orange, and two purple ones at the end.

    Anna
  37. I wrapped the paperclip on the gigantic stack of papers. It was a masterpiece.

  38. She opened the box of paperclips and screamed. Her coworkers came rushing and by the time they reached her she was trembling. There were no paperclips in the box – only a finger remained.

    Mike
  39. they’re good for holding papers together, and can be used to poke someone’s eye out if it’s straightened out. they’re tough to get completely straight though. i like the jumbo, silver kind. they’re my favorite.

    Heather
  40. I have a large collection of paperclips next to my computer. I don’t collect them like some collect stamps or spoons. I was given most of them years ago from a friend of my mothers. She had them all attached to one another and I thought it was fun to un-attach them. Now they sit and wait to be used.