March 11, 2009

Of binder and butterfly clips

clips

It would appear that English and American terms for those Office & School Supplies designated for the benefit of US Amazon customers as Clips, Clamps & Rings are not identical.

I went to amazon.co.uk for help. Perhaps I will find it in this book.

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  1. Phil Bebbington on March 11th, 2009 at 5:01 pm

    Well, the damn thing on the front we call a clothes peg!

    If anybody feel slightly embarrassed that they missed my birthday back in January then feel free to buy me this book. It looks like a page turner, just the thing to get me reading again.

  2. Sheila Ryan on March 11th, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    Pegs? Clothes pegs? “Wanna buy some pegs (0:50), Dave?”

  3. Phil Bebbington on March 11th, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    I’m sorry, I have no idea what you are suggesting. Pure British stock me, you know!

  4. Cindy Scroggins on March 12th, 2009 at 9:47 am

    Those Brits–they have a different word for everything! That’s a clothes pin, hon. A clothes pin.

  5. Phil Bebbington on March 12th, 2009 at 9:57 am

    PIN? Now, forgive me if I have the wrong end of this, but, don’t pins have points on the end? Or was that one of those mad British dreams!

    Pin, indeed!

  6. Cindy Scroggins on March 12th, 2009 at 10:04 am

    Look, mister, I don’t make the rules–I just enforce them.

  7. Sheila Ryan on March 12th, 2009 at 10:09 am

    An ink pin or a straight pin?

  8. Phil Bebbington on March 12th, 2009 at 10:13 am

    Cindy, I was unsure of your role in this. I just can’t help feeling that continuing to call things pins when they quite clearly aren’t can only lead to trouble!

  9. Cindy Scroggins on March 12th, 2009 at 10:19 am

    Sheila–exactly.

    Phil, I think it best that we stop trying to communicate altogether, lest someone get hurt.

  10. Phil Bebbington on March 12th, 2009 at 10:28 am

    Cindy, I feel kinda safe – remember what happened when you headed off to Birmingham to sort the apostrophe incident out? Paris was about as close as you got – what chance of finding Bath – Oops! Fuck, I revealed my location.

  11. Rick Neece on March 12th, 2009 at 6:15 pm

    Run, Phil! Run!

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