Sharples

Whilst those of a nervous disposition will know the agony of inadvertently stapling one's thumb during a boring meeting (and the further torture of removing the staple whilst trying to keep a straight face), most staples fail to make it through much more than three sheets of paper. Instead they will curl up, get stuck in the stapler, and generally add to the misery of the working day.

Closer examination of the average staple shows it to have flattened points and I propose that with a little engineering, a nicely sharpened staple could be developed that would glide through even the thickest of reports in a trice. No more unnecessary searching the office for an industrial-sized stapler.

Sharpened staples (Sharples, perhaps) may even expand the current range of stapleable (sp?) materials. I'm sure my colleagues will be amused to see their plastic container full of lunchtime chilli has been stapled to their intray.