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8/5/2014 1:40:11 AM
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How many uses can you think of for a paper clip?
[quote]Most people might come up with 10 to 15. People who are good at divergent thinking, a method championed by educationalist Ken Robinson, would come up with around 200. Divergent thinking is the ability to interpret a question in many different ways and the ability to see many different answers to a question. Divergent thinking is similar to Edward de Bono's concept of lateral thinking, an essential skill you might imagine for any clinician.[/quote][url]http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3184540/[/url]
Surely we could easily come up with 200 collectively.
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6 RepliesDifficulty level: Patiently bored Asian at work.
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A really, really small dildo.
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Makeshift Nintendo DS stylus. I normally use my finger, though.
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Suicide
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I "fixed" my girlfriends toilet with a paperclip. The flush valve had a ripped grommet, I used the paperclip as a makeshift grommet replacement.
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Holding stacks of paper together
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Hobo wedding ring.
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1 ReplyThis ad in this picture implies you can use a paperclip in very pleasing ways.
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Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Killing someone. Anything I'm missing?
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1 ReplyMake a really small sword
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You can stab one really far into someone's neck and kill someone. Does that count? Also can be used to fire rubber bands.
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Edited by XSEAN : 8/6/2014 1:13:52 AMHe is an asshole I can tell you that
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Honestly the only thing I keep those around for are to clip my bra straps together to keep them from showing when I wear cross shirts Good on someone for being able to be nifty and witty though
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Anal probe
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5 RepliesEdited by SexyPiranha: 8/5/2014 3:02:32 AMClipping paper Bookmark Poke holes in stuff Key chain Hook stuff to a belt loop Tooth pick (gross) Pick a lock (maybe) Ornament holder Hang shit on a nail Extracting a used up eraser from a mechanical pencil Emergency bottle opener? Generally unstopping shit Scraping/scratching emergency tie tack cheap ear/nose/whatever rings (ew) Generally prying shit open Large ones can act as book ends(I'm talking big) Makeshift darts Substitute game pieces Poke folks Prison shank Different colors to separate portions of a notebook Pit cherries Pop zits (ech) Tweezers/baby forceps Complete a circuit (carefully)
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Unlocking the SD cards on iPhones [spoiler]I bet no one said this yet[/spoiler]
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Edited by Capiton Render: 8/5/2014 11:36:24 AMIts great for when your fly wont stay up. Cleaning a pipe Fuse electrical conduit flossing device tip with poison to stab use to sling rubber bands i could keep going.
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Edited by OutHouse: 8/5/2014 12:53:55 PMFix a broken zipper. Hold papers together Precise cleaning instrument Fishing hook Secure fence together Metal twist tie Torture device Tooth pick Lock pick Pointer Emergency welding material Fix the space station Scrap metal Fuse Repairs Hotwire a car If your vin diesel u can kill a man with one. Medical instrument Screw driver if twisted properly ( flat head screws only) You can use one to spear your food and eat with it
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Urethra stimulator
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Weapon Eating Utensil ToothPick
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1 Reply[quote]But it can feel alien to consider knowledge as a fluid concept after years of trading in educational certainties.[/quote] I sincerely hope I never get to the point in my life where I cease to consider knowledge as ever-changing. That would be truly boring for me. 200 uses should be easy, depending on the limitations imposed on the question. Correct me if I'm wrong, but the question does not specify the size, shape, material, or condition of the paperclip. At its core, a paperclip is a bent piece of material designed to create friction between two or more pieces of paper. Thus, the paperclip chosen could be one of the large, "X" shaped, metal ones; giving you a piece of relatively strong, flexible, malleable, conductive, material to work with. Thinking of alternate uses becomes much easier under those terms, rather than beginning with a paperclip in its original form and intended purpose.
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Had to read the title three times until I started seeing "uses" and not "users". -blam!- I'm tired . . .
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So apparently a paper clip is the most useful thing in the history of everything.
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2 RepliesPaper Clip Key ring Lockpick Binder ring OBD 1 diagnostic tool for a 94 Celica Ring Used to button pants Toothpick Keyboard cleaner Bobbypin Eye poker Ninja throwing star
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With a normal metal paperclip, I could realistically: Wake a person up Complete an electric circuit Hold pieces of paper together Hold a bag shut Make an annoying noise. Ruin a delicate piece of machinery Determine if something is noticeably magnetic Cut through packing tape Destroy data on a hard drive Perform a vasectomy Blind someone Deafen someone Pop a child's balloon Ruin a wedding cake Ruin my computer screen Ruin an expensive piece of furniture Cause a pregnancy Scratch a well polished floor Pop a pimple Scratch dirty words into a bathroom stall Scratch dirty pictures into a bathroom stall Kill a bug Vandalize the soda fridge at a gas station Hurt a barefoot intruder Pick a lock Jam a lock Damage a computer Annoy a cat Remove fingernail polish Remove a fingernail Pry open a disk drive Stir a drink Get a person mad at you for messing with their drink Press dirty buttons Torture Void a check Mark a page in a book Ruin a book Arm an action figure Reset a router Please Dazarobbo's mother
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1 ReplyYou ever kill a man with a paper clip?
