The Paper or the Staple; Which Lasts Longer?
One of mans greatest inventions has to be the staple, not the paper clip. Do you know why? Well it is very efficient indeed. That is to say it works real fine an lasts a long time you see? The paper clip can come off important paper can be mixed up or separated or taken out of context you see? Where as a staple will last and hold the papers together until one of three things happens;
1.) The Paper rots out
2.) Some Moron Rips the papers apart
3.) Hell Freezes over or the papers hit the circular file
So if the staple lasts longer than the actual papers it holds together maybe we should get with some engineers from General Motors who work on planned obsolescence; that is to say design things to fail on schedule, like everything on your car as you write the check for the last payment? And let’s get them to redesign the staple and make cheaper staplers.
Why? Well then we can save money and be more efficient, stop filling our dumps up with staples when the papers are already rotten, as if those forms and paper were not rotten anyway? Then we can get a patent. And allow China to steal the design and make a million of them, which we can buy very inexpensively at Wal-Mart. Meanwhile think of all the money our government will save and then they can lower our taxes? Yah well I know I am pushing it now but sometimes it is the thought that counts so consider all this in 2006.
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