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smiley staples
staples that let you know if it is a happy document or not | |
instead of a straight staple, the metal is a curve - either upwards for a happy document or downwards for bad news.
either way, the curve is accompanied by two little embossed eyes - completing the icon.
n.b. getbubbateeth??
http://www.getbubba...20Smiley%20Face.JPG
[po, Oct 04 2004, last modified Oct 05 2004]
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how does it know if the document is happy or not ? |
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you need to decide which way round you want the staple. its a human decision. |
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Instead of staples, use paper-clips which have, on the end of the usual stiff bit of wire, an extra long and coloured bit of more-flexible wire. Then the reader can bend this extra bit of wire into the appropriate smiley or frowny face indicating to the author their opinion of the happiness of the document. This is more adaptable than the staple - which is too rigid. |
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I approve. <stamps post with smiley staple. breaks screen.> + |
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This will cheer up the office. Would it be possible to have it stick on a pair of googly eyes? |
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staple diet - boom, boom! :) |
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Wonderful idea! I've got red, green and blue staples - I'd certainly buy smiley ones. |
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You get a smiley croissant for this... wouldn't you need a seperate stapler for the frown though? A stapler always attacks a stack of papers from the same side, so you couldn't just flip it over. |
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no, the column of staples is switched round on a turntable device. it can be driven from either end, like a train. |
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If the stapler shaped the smiley, it could work with regular staples and do both smiles and frowns. |
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what I really want are teeth but heck, you cannot have everything :) |
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The ends of the staple should
bend back through the paper to
make the eyes |
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[hippo] - just what I was thinking :) + |
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you mean i can put my gold stars away? |
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Subtle embossing techniques could give googly eyes, sticky out ears and goofy teeth, no probs. 8)E |
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We need more gold stars in the professional world. |
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What if the document is angry? Or morose? |
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:| :< both perfectly stapleable. |
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Question mark staples and exclaimation point staples would be sufficient |
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Most of my documents are just confused. |
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I should probably get myself a shrug stapler. |
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This is just such a smiley idea. Love it |
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Did you fishbone it then kat? only kidding. we know who the buggar is! |
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How do you determine the mood
of an inanimate object? How does
stapling affect the mood of said
inanimate object? + |
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[sartep] - obviously you use an "inannimate object mood detector" - I haven't checked but surely the plans are to be found in the bakery somewhere? And I don't think the staple affects the mood but reflects it. |
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Do tell Po, who's the buggar? |
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<taps side of nose knowingly with finger> |
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Could you have staples shaped as bent fingers with a single digit extended? Of course, the choice of finger to extend would determine to whom the papers were going. |
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Index finger: "Get the point?" |
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Middle finger: Self-explanatory |
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Ring finger: "Are you ready to take the plunge?" |
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Little finger: (for those inter-office trysts) "I don't think you measure up big boy" |
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Here is a crosissant-shaped staple at you. |
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UB, would you mind awfully if I delete that last remark? |
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Po Po Po. Neurons firing every where! + |
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FJ! you make all metals curl up in an appreciative manner... |
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This is so cool! Someone really should market this. It'll sell like hot croissants! |
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<staples [tsuka]'s anno firmly to the posting> |
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(notices smiley staple in [k]'s monitor, liquid crystal slowly leaking out) Enjoying your new stapler a bit much, I see. |
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<staples [Worldgineer]'s sarcasm to [World]'s forehead> (so there!) : ) |
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(notices blood running down [k]'s forehead, takes stapler) You've lost your stapler privileges for the day. (psst... I thought you were a she) |
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And if you use a second straight staple just above the curved one but stapled from the backside the two legs of the staple will form the eyes of the smiley. |
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[po], you should start your own line of cute little knickknacks like this one, somewhat along the lines of the Hello Kitty stuff. You could call the company, say, oh . . . Hello Potty, maybe. |
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I recently dropped my stapler on the floor and now, every time that I staple anything, all of my staples now look like smiley faces after 24 pints. Does that count? :} |
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I want one! I'm always the one people call when they need supplies (hey, you got a 9V battery in there?). I'd buy one! Two! Ya know, if you take the smiley staples and staple enough in a certain pattern, you COULD make a little croissant! |
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I assume the mechanism for embossing the eyes would have to be able to rotate around either end of the smile/frown. |
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