Accidentally Accurate Posted Fri, 02 Nov 2007

The label on this office product is correct, but for the wrong reason.

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I was in a Staples looking for staples yesterday, in fact.  I actually asked a clerk "where can I find your namesake?" He looked confused.  I guess I would've been if someone had said that me too.

Turns out the smallest amount of staples that Staples sells is FIFTEEN THOUSAND.  It was only like $4, but I have probably not used fifteen thousand staples in my entire life.  I vowed to make the purchase elsewhere.
Posted by no one in particular at Fri Nov 2 23:09:16 2007
Well, actually it's only close to accurate.  That, as you correctly linked, is a stapler, and yet it is labelled as Staples, small objects which are fed through said stapler.  Sounds like a "close but no cigar" to me.
Posted by Tony Yarusso at Fri Nov 2 23:52:17 2007
The label is accurate. Just like the  label on a hammer might say "hammers" or a knife might be labelled "stabs" or a clock, "ticks".

It's kind of Memento-esque though.
Posted by skoob at Sat Nov 3 01:06:53 2007
Isn't it a product rather than a project?
Posted by Angus at Sat Nov 3 02:47:40 2007
Angus: Yes. Fixed.
Posted by mako at Sat Nov 3 14:17:29 2007
The beauty of self-reference.
Posted by Jeff at Mon Nov 5 16:16:21 2007

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