In an ‘every man for himself’ cage match of Office Supplies, I think the staple remover would win.
It’s small enough so that the other office supplies probably wouldn’t consider it a threat in the beginning. But then, after the obvious favorites like the letter opener and scissors fell, I think the staple remover would gnash its wicked teeth and decimate the rest of its opponents.
Working at a company where Xacto knives and blow torches are kept in the office supply room, I think a different contender would win at Nypro.
Also, I think you have too much time on your hands to be thinking about this. Get back to work.
Tim: Just because it’s in the supply room doesn’t mean it’s an office supply. Puttin kittens in the oven don’t make them biscuits.
Mike: You have way too much
1. Time on your hands
2. Imagination
3. Fatty tissue
I dunno, I reckon a determined staple remover could pierce a blowtorch gas container, and an xacto knife couldn’t do much against metal. And if there was a pack (swarm?) of staple removers, they’d be unstoppable.
Pity the yellow #2 pencil. He would be spinters and stray graphite as soon as the fight started.
Also, I think the industrial 3-hole punch would hold it’s own for quite a while. Though it doesn’t have any obvious sharp edges, it does have considerable heft and a devastating attack, should an attacker get too sloppy.
Hmmm…..kitty biscuits…..sweet, sweet kitty biscuits…
I don’t know, if you’re going to bring pack/swarm dynamics into this picture, I’d be much more afraid of a swarm of exacto knives.
Plus, an exacto knife is metal as well as the staple remover. I think that they’d both do comparable damage to eachother.
Any metal object would be slowed, then eventually crippled, by a well-placed White-Out spill. Not to mention rubber cement glue.
An exacto knife is sharp, but that’s not going to hurt a staple remover. The staple remover has crushing power and an xacto blade is thin and easy to snap.
I picture staple removers as the piranas of the office supply jungle – individually not too powerful, but a swarm of them can pick a photocopier clean in seconds.
Good point, but don’t underestimate paper clips. They can change shape. A fast-acting band of paper clips can unravel and wrap around the staple removers, wiring them shut.
RUBBER CEMENT! Now THAT’S a worthy opponent. Imagine the mayhem and difficultly of trying to fight such a shapeless foe.
I like the paper cutter, you know the big sharp knife like thingy. That thing could form an alliance with an army of post-its. Rubber bands would also make a great offensive or diversionary tactic.
And let’s not forget the fountain pens of death.