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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Isn’t it a product rather than a project?
Angus: Yes. Fixed.
The beauty of self-reference.