[rescue] RED SWINGLINE STAPLERS! (was Re: happy new years )

Shawn Wallbridge shawn at synack-hosting.com
Thu Jun 20 23:23:36 CDT 2002


It's what Milton (?) had in Office Space. It was a key part of the movie.

shawn

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Dave McGuire
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2002 10:58 PM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [rescue] RED SWINGLINE STAPLERS! (was Re: happy new years )


On June 20, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> > http://www.swingline.com/b2c/whatsnew/NewProducts.jsp#7608 is the
> > announcement.
>
>   "Trouble is, they painted it red, a color we didn't offer."
>
> I'm confused.  I have a Swingline 747 from the '70s, and it came from the
> factory in firetruck red.  I wonder why they stopped offering it.  At
> least the 747s are still solid metal like they used to be.

  Umm, ok, I'm sure I'm overlooking something here.  Why all the
hubbub about...of all things...a STAPLER?

       -Dave

--
Dave McGuire                  "Needing a calculator indicates that
St. Petersburg, FL              your .emacs file is incomplete." -Joshua
Boyd



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