# People collect those clip things that close the loaves of bread **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 16, 2025, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635 "2025-03-16T00:55:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/21 "2025-03-17T03:41:54Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > In general I support the “Do it the lazy way, not the complicated way” approach to all things kitcheny. I’m also pretty anti- special purpose gizmos. But … the spin & flip is great after the loaf is down to maybe 3/4th or less. But there isn’t enough free tail on the bag to tuck underwhen the loaf is more complete. Correct. Actually, I don’t do the spin & tuck until the loaf is less than half empty. Should the clip thingie break or get lost, I always have an ample supply ot twist-ties to substitute. For general-purpose closure such as bags of potato chips, the ideal tool is alligator-style paper clips. Also works great on bags of frozen french fries. ---
**Author:** ![Boudicca90](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boudicca90/32/16818_2.png) [@Boudicca90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boudicca90)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/22 "2025-03-17T05:18:58Z")
I understand the mentality of people who collect these things. I used to collect tabs from cans and bottlecaps from bottles when I was younger. Who knows, after a nuclear war devastates the world, they might become the dominant currency. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 7:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/23 "2025-03-17T07:08:59Z")
My brother says they make sorta okay guitar picks. I posted this same sentence before. Hmmm 🤔 ---
**Author:** ![SCAdian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scadian/32/3292_2.png) [@SCAdian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SCAdian)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 9:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/24 "2025-03-17T09:46:31Z")
I don’t collect them, but there are several in the junk drawer in the kitchen to replace the twist ties on new bags. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2025, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/25 "2025-03-17T09:49:12Z")
I hate those things, and routinely throw them out and twist ties instead (as well as clothespins for chip bags). ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/26 "2025-03-17T15:20:03Z")
> [@OldOlds](#): > > Spin & Tuck, despite sounding like a sex act, is the right answer. My wife thinks it is worthwhile to put the clip back on, but she is completely wrong. Why would I put one iota of effort into something so unnecessary? 100%. Spin & tuck! > [@snowthx](#): > > Pinch them onto a finger-tip and flick them at…things. Having several siblings, the “things” was each other. Every bread clip was broken and then flicked. I bet my mom is still finding them in the house. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/27 "2025-03-17T15:59:08Z")
I can’t remember the last time I saw one of those things in a store. They would seem to be an invitation to food tampering. Tape that can’t be removed without scissors or tearing the bag seems to be the standard now. ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/28 "2025-03-17T16:34:55Z")
Well, I would point out there are thousands of items in a grocery store that aren’t packaged at all, and we seem to manage. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/29 "2025-03-17T16:37:56Z")
It’s actuaIIy clever invention. I do not hate them. I kinda love them. I don’t really find them useful after the first removal from the bag. Funny thing, I bought a cheap bag of trash bags. The outer bag had a bread clip, the bags inside had twistie ties. They’re not just used on food products. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/30 "2025-03-17T16:38:35Z")
True. Much of the store-baked bread is in open-ended bags. But the store has full custody of the product from preparation to sale. They might treat food delivered from outside that chain differently. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/31 "2025-03-17T16:44:41Z")
They’ve branched out over here. They can now be found (with a label glued to them) clipped to bunches of spring onions [![](https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/2b5e50e0-1a89-40c2-894c-d52b440ccccf/df727fc7-5845-47f5-a8d1-db3a1c382790.jpeg?h=960&w=960) ](https://digitalcontent.api.tesco.com/v2/media/ghs/2b5e50e0-1a89-40c2-894c-d52b440ccccf/df727fc7-5845-47f5-a8d1-db3a1c382790.jpeg?h=960&w=960) ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/32 "2025-03-17T16:48:23Z")
> [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](#): > > True. Much of the store-baked bread is in open-ended bags. But the store has full custody of the product from preparation to sale. They might treat food delivered from outside that chain differently. Interesting point. The bread we typically buy is wrapped in a single plastic bag with a plastic clip, and is baked in the store. I believe the other breads from big bakeries are double-wrapped - the bread itself is shrink-wrapped and then wrapped again with a plastic bag, then either twist-tied or clipped. I will have to pay attention next time at the store. ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2025, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/33 "2025-03-17T16:55:15Z")
My bread is not double wrapped. Natures Own. Single bag with the clip. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 4:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/34 "2025-03-18T04:24:19Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I can’t recall ever breaking one. You should keep a few of the ones that don’t break instead of throwing them out and eventually you’ll have a nice collection of the strongest survivors. Ok this is awesome. I used the last of a loaf just right now and decided to take my own advice and keep the clip. When I took it off…..it broke! ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/35 "2025-03-18T11:18:33Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > Ok this is awesome. I used the last of a loaf just right now and decided to take my own advice and keep the clip. When I took it off…..it broke! Planned obsolescence at it’s best! ---
**Author:** ![elbows](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b3f665/32.png) [@elbows](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elbows)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/36 "2025-03-18T16:22:52Z")
I have a small jar full. I noticed some users had switched to cardboard. I found them to be sub par. Broke easily and did not work nearly as well. Fearing this was the future and the plastic ones were about to disappear, I began to put aside plastic ones. That never happened, and I’ve stopped collecting them. But still have the small bottle full. Y’know, just in case! ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/37 "2025-03-18T17:37:33Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > When I took it off…..it broke! What the hell do you do to those things in normal use? I don’t think I’ve ever broken one except by deliberately folding it in half & back in half the opposite way until it snapped after 3 or 5 cycles. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/38 "2025-03-18T17:46:20Z")
You’re cursed now dude. That’s exactly what I said last week. It just snapped in half. I have no idea. ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/39 "2025-03-18T17:46:24Z")
The Reddit collector linked to earlier had over a thousand variants. Some have to be worse than others and some way worse. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635/40 "2025-03-18T17:48:58Z")
> [@Exapno\_Mapcase](#): > > The Reddit collector linked to earlier had over a thousand variants I hope they have them insured and has written them into his will so they are properly cared for after their death. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/people-collect-those-clip-things-that-close-the-loaves-of-bread/1015635.md?page=3)