The Tao of Stapling: Revisited

Since I work in an office and I push papers around I often push stapled papers around. Needless to say the extra weight of the staple really pisses me off. There is one more miss stapling technique that I had not mentioned... This is...

The Revisited: This one is for the special kind of lazy that staples something and then remembers that they want to staple another piece of paper onto the original package and do not bother removing the original staple. Thats what they make those little vampire things suck-ass use it!!!

HISTORY OF STAPLING:
1200s --- A short cloth ribbon was pushed through two holes that had been cut in the upper left hand corner of pieces of paper. Sometimes there would be an official seal placed on the ribbon.
1700s --- The first stapling machine was built for King Louis XV. Each staple would have to be hand made and then would be inscribed with the insignia of the Royal Court.
1800s --- Cast iron staplers were introduced. These would use individually loaded staples.
1895s --- Staples where now mounted on a cardboard core but since the cardboard would frequently crumble they were not that effective.
1900s --- First staples on a strip. They were called herringbone staples because there was a space between each staple on the strip.
1905 --- B. Jahn Manufacturing. Company, New Britain, Connecticut introduced a ram head stapler that used staples on a strip but that was so hard to use; someone had to strike it with a stick or mallet to get it to fasten papers together.
1909 --- The word Stapler is introduced. Before that they were generally called Hotchkiss after the Norwalk, Connecticut, company by the same name.
1910 --- Hotchkiss releases the model #2 that uses a lever to sever the herringbone staples. This was much easier than their 1905 model.
1920s --- Swingline, at the time known as Parrot Speed Products Company introduced the Frozen Wire Staples that we know today. Just gauge wire that is held together with glue.
1930s --- Swingline introduces the 4 second Loading stapler that we know today. This is the top loading mechanism that where the user just drops a full strip of staples.

There you go folks... Now you know everything that I know about stapling. Go out there and staple just remember... Have fun but most of all... be safe.


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