Follies of the Mad Men #182

"World War II was won by superior American staples. We're not saying that just because we make and sell them."

The personal bonus: Bostitch is a company from my home state of Rhode Island.

Original ad here.

Who We Are
Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

Comments

What about the mighty paper clip? Surely no supply order could have survived intact without one?

Posted by KDP on 05/14/12 at 10:10 AM

Staples are fine, but in my travels I have found getting a reliable stapler is more difficult.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/14/12 at 10:47 AM

I've heard that complain many a time over the decades, Patty, and found that in 99.7% of the time the people complaining have never been properly trained on the use of the staplers they've been using. 😜

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 05/15/12 at 12:26 AM

Operator error, oh no!

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 05/15/12 at 04:12 AM

Staplers should be registered and limited to officially designated, trained personnel only, because untrained, unregistered staple-operators could, you know, put someone's eye out with that thing.

"Office"-ially designated. SWIDT? :/

Half-a-million googlits for "stapler accidents" ... o geez, "Accident w/ Pneumatic air Stapler"!...

Posted by A Mindful Webworker on 05/15/12 at 09:55 PM

Commenting is not available in this channel entry.