# I think I'm going to change my name to Staple, Paper Clip, Other Thing! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228 "2011-11-17T14:56:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/1 "2011-11-17T14:56:24Z")
This actually happened this weekend, but I’m a posting procrastinoter, and I still think it’s funny. In lieu of actual conversation, which I’m not very good at, I tend to blurt out random trivia (particularly science-y things). People who know me have gotten used to hearing things like, “You can tell the difference between male and female crickets because the female has a long thingy called an ovipositor sticking out of her end,” when I feel the need for social interaction. So I was thinking about posting on the Dope, which led me to thinking about my username, which led me to randomly ask my dad, “Hey, you know what the smallest bones in the human body are?” He: The ones in the ear. Me: Do you know what they’re called? He: Yes. (long pause) Me: Well? He: (over his shoulder as he’s walking away) The staple, the paper clip, and the… other thing. Huh, it doesn’t look nearly as funny typed as heard. Anyway, _I_ was in hysterics. The staple, the paper clip, the other thing! ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/2 "2011-11-17T15:42:29Z")
I think I said this once before, but: I can’t read your alias without singing it to the tune of [“Mele Kalikimaka”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEvGKUXW0iI). “Malleus, Incus, Stapes is Hawaii’s way / to say Merry Christmas to you!” ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/3 "2011-11-17T15:42:31Z")
No, don’t change it - we love you just the way you are. ---
**Author:** ![otternell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecc23a/32.png) [@otternell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/otternell)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/4 "2011-11-17T15:51:36Z")
I would love to have a version of MIS in my conversational circles - I love random facts, especially sciencey! ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/5 "2011-11-17T16:47:13Z")
[QUOTE=otternell] I love random facts, especially sciencey! [/QUOTE] Just for you, presenting…[Vincent Nigel Murray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2hT6tLkwh4&feature=related). ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/6 "2011-11-17T19:10:37Z")
Do you also have a psychological attachment to groups of three, because three is the magic number? Not that I do, or anything. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2011, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/7 "2011-11-17T20:54:38Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Nick] The kneebone’s connected to the… something. The something’s connected to the… red thing. The red thing’s connected to my wrist watch [/QUOTE] Hear the word of the Lord! ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/8 "2011-11-18T02:21:14Z")
> [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](#): > > No, don’t change it - we love you just the way you are. Just kidding. > [@otternell](#): > > I would love to have a version of MIS in my conversational circles - I love random facts, especially sciencey! Aw, thanks. > [@rachelellogram](#): > > Do you also have a psychological attachment to groups of three, because three is the magic number? Not that I do, or anything. I like 3. And 7. And 9. But not all together, because the colors clash. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/9 "2011-11-18T11:06:47Z")
> [@Small\_Clanger](#): > > Just for you, presenting…[Vincent Nigel Murray](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2hT6tLkwh4&feature=related). /sings sadly He put the lime in the coconut … I really miss him, he was one of my favorite squints. I wish they would lose Daisey and keep Opie. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/10 "2011-11-18T11:33:06Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > The staple, the paper clip, the other thing! Everyone knows the correct answer is the staple, the incus, and the Santa Maria. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/11 "2011-11-18T11:47:47Z")
I don’t know where you found that, **Little Nemo**. It’s mallard, incubus, sable. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/12 "2011-11-18T11:55:48Z")
It can’t be mallard. Any duck-related question with three answers is always Huey, Dewey, and Louie. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 12:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/13 "2011-11-18T12:33:24Z")
Good god, you’re right… It’s mallet, :smack: incisor, :smack: and sabre. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/22080_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/14 "2011-11-18T13:06:29Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > I like 3. And 7. And 9. But not all together, because the colors clash. This line made me laugh aloud! Thankfully, I didn’t have a mouthful of anything to spew. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Antigen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/848f3c/32.png) [@Antigen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Antigen)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/15 "2011-11-18T13:24:32Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I think I said this once before, but: I can’t read your alias without singing it to the tune of [“Mele Kalikimaka”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEvGKUXW0iI). > > “Malleus, Incus, Stapes is Hawaii’s way / to say Merry Christmas to you!” Oh crap. Now I have **another** Doper whose name will always go with music. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/16 "2011-11-18T15:55:25Z")
How about “cleater”? Everyone knows what a cleater is, right? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/17 "2011-11-18T15:58:20Z")
> [@FairyChatMom](#): > > This line made me laugh aloud! Thankfully, I didn’t have a mouthful of anything to spew. 😃 It didn’t make me laugh, it made me think, “Oh, cool! Another synesthete on the Dope!” Threes are yellow. Sevens are purple. Nines are black. They all look rather nice together, actually. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/18 "2011-11-18T16:08:09Z")
Purple and yellow look good together? 😕 [synesthete fight] My 3’s are red, my 7’s are yellow, and my 9’s are navy blue. Too many primary colors. [/synesthete fight] ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/19 "2011-11-18T16:14:03Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Purple and yellow look good together? 😕 Well, they can. Especially if the black is the dominant color and the purple and yellow are there more as accents. > [@](#): > > [synesthete fight] > My 3’s are red, my 7’s are yellow, and my 9’s are navy blue. Too many primary colors. > [/synesthete fight] Bah! _Fours_ are red. Heathen. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [November 18, 2011, 9:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228/20 "2011-11-18T21:29:34Z")
> [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](#): > > Good god, you’re right… > > It’s mallet, :smack: incisor, :smack: and sabre. :smack: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Kirk, Spock and McCoy. Wash, rinse, repeat. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-im-going-to-change-my-name-to-staple-paper-clip-other-thing/603228.md?page=2)