I feel your pain. It’s sad getting rid of something soundly-built which has served its time well. This item in particular has obviously been a staple in your stationery diet. Maybe you can fasten onto another implement soon.

Posted by Randa  on  05/27  at  10:27 AM

The worst part is that it will be impossible to ‘trade up’ (pardon the idiom) but they just dont make them (read: anything) like they used to.

Posted by Shannon  on  05/27  at  10:54 AM

randa, that’s terrible.  I’m empressed.

Posted by dan  on  05/27  at  11:04 AM

aww. poor old grey swingline. couldn’t you maybe cover him with gold sparkley spraypaint or something? you know, turn him into a really cool um… I mean have him represent… uh… that is… oh hell.

Posted by sawni  on  05/27  at  02:11 PM

here’s a piece of 20th-century french philosophical thought for your stapling concerns ... “rien ne se perd, rien ne se crée, tout se transforme.”

so ... stapler into paperweight ?

Posted by romy  on  05/27  at  07:00 PM

Am I the only one that thought of Office Space while reading this?

Posted by Becky  on  05/29  at  03:30 AM

Dude, replace the spring with one from some other stapler.

Posted by Bill  on  05/29  at  07:41 AM
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