Comments on: A better paperclip http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html thoughts, questions, original art and content and links to stuff we think is of interest; a group blog dedicated to pretty much everything. by people you would like to meet at a party; proof of intelligent life on the planet; inhabited by Internet hunter gatherers in the pre-apocalyptic realm; a destination that offers constellations of stimulating links to popular (and not so popular) culture; a group blog dedicated to culture: art, design, music, food, architecture, science, travel, movies, books, typography, politics, etc.; inclusive of geezers!; a delightful mixture of orange words and pictures of well, the insides of a stuffed animal–delightful all the same; the social network I never thought I’d join. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 03:51:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401492 Cooper Renner Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:34:39 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401492 I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill On Blueberry Hill Where I found you I found my thrill on Blueberry Hill
On Blueberry Hill
Where I found you

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401272 Sheila Ryan Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:39:21 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401272 Cooper, I will be in Oak Park (Illinois) tomorrow. May I pick up anything for you when I stop by <a href="http://www.pieritz.net/" rel="nofollow">Pieritz Bros.</a>? Oh, and -- Tchoupitoulas. Close. The Wild Tchoupitoulas. Iko iko, dude. Cooper, I will be in Oak Park (Illinois) tomorrow. May I pick up anything for you when I stop by Pieritz Bros.?

Oh, and — Tchoupitoulas. Close. The Wild Tchoupitoulas.

Iko iko, dude.

]]> By: Cooper Renner http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401242 Cooper Renner Thu, 12 Mar 2009 00:02:31 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401242 Wouldn't it be grand to run an old-time stationery store (if it broke even)? Pens, pencils, tablets, paper, etc. By the way, according to the Wild Tchoupitalis (spelling?) "Big Chief got a golden crown." Wouldn’t it be grand to run an old-time stationery store (if it broke even)? Pens, pencils, tablets, paper, etc.

By the way, according to the Wild Tchoupitalis (spelling?) “Big Chief got a golden crown.”

]]> By: Of binder and butterfly clips : clusterflock http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401201 Of binder and butterfly clips : clusterflock Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:57:32 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401201 [...] would appear that English and American terms for the Office & School Supplies designated for the benefit of US Amazon customers as Clips, [...] [...] would appear that English and American terms for the Office & School Supplies designated for the benefit of US Amazon customers as Clips, [...]

]]> By: Phil Bebbington http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401187 Phil Bebbington Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:39:23 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401187 Oh, naturally! I dribble and drool over office supply catalogues like the rest - and find myself in office supply stores buying items I don't need just like everyone else. Speaking of the catalogues - I do find it necessary to bury my face in them - ever since I was a kind I have been seduced by the smell. Oh, naturally! I dribble and drool over office supply catalogues like the rest – and find myself in office supply stores buying items I don’t need just like everyone else.

Speaking of the catalogues – I do find it necessary to bury my face in them – ever since I was a kind I have been seduced by the smell.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401182 Sheila Ryan Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:34:34 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401182 But are most of your office supplies, like ours, <a href="http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html#comment-401130" rel="nofollow">made of concentrated melancholy</a>? But are most of your office supplies, like ours, made of concentrated melancholy?

]]> By: Phil Bebbington http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401180 Phil Bebbington Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:31:36 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401180 Nope! It's like a a foreign bloody language and I order in the damn things for the organisation I work for - yes, I'm that important! Nope! It’s like a a foreign bloody language and I order in the damn things for the organisation I work for – yes, I’m that important!

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401179 Sheila Ryan Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:29:59 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401179 Yikes, Phil, just when I'd mastered this A4 and A3 paper business, you mean y'all don't speak of binder clips (or clamps) -- or butterfly clips? Yikes, Phil, just when I’d mastered this A4 and A3 paper business, you mean y’all don’t speak of binder clips (or clamps) — or butterfly clips?

]]> By: Phil Bebbington http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401178 Phil Bebbington Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:22:07 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401178 As a brit, I have no idea what a <i>binder clip</i> or a <i>butterfly Clip</i> is! But I suspect they might make my blood boil. As a brit, I have no idea what a binder clip or a butterfly Clip is! But I suspect they might make my blood boil.

]]> By: Sheila Ryan http://www.clusterflock.org/2009/03/a-better-paperclip.html/comment-page-1#comment-401177 Sheila Ryan Wed, 11 Mar 2009 22:18:59 +0000 http://www.clusterflock.org/?p=19868#comment-401177 Mind you, those binder clips I like; it's the damned butterfly paper clips that make my blood boil. By the way, Amazon designates such items "Clips, Clamps & Rings". Is it just me or . . . ? Mind you, those binder clips I like; it’s the damned butterfly paper clips that make my blood boil.

By the way, Amazon designates such items “Clips, Clamps & Rings”. Is it just me or . . . ?

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