How do you use paperclips?
By John Welford
@indexer (4852)
Leicester, England
February 4, 2018 4:40am CST
Somebody once worked out that fewer than 1% of the 11 billion paperclips that are sold each year is ever used to clip pieces of paper together!
I was reminded of this just now when I realized that the key ring that holds together the keys for our garden sheds is - in fact - a large paperclip!
I have in the past used an unbent paperclip to poke into the small hole on a CD player to get a trapped disk released.
There must be lots of other uses for paperclips that have not yet occurred to me that might have occurred to you. Would you like to divulge what these may be?
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@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
4 Feb 18
@pitsipeahie Ooh yes - I hadn't noticed the cat - that is rather good, isn't it? This strikes me as evidence that some people have far too much time on their hands!
I like the cat and feet!
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
5 Feb 18
Wow! That's so boring! Whatever happened to your natural-born creative talent?!
@RitzzView (3041)
• India
4 Feb 18
I liked the topic and ideas of your using paper clips.
No, I haven't had any extraordinary use of paperclip here
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@pitsipeahie (5758)
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4 Feb 18
Sharing it here. Something I saw online. I'm not creative or talented though to create one like this. But this art is amazing!
Creative paper clip art 
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@ridingbet (66854)
• Philippines
4 Feb 18
when chained, it can be a decoration of a window, especially if these are colored paper clips.
