# "Staples reinvents the stapler" - Anyone tried the new "One Touch" stapler? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 23, 2004, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301 "2004-11-23T16:48:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/21 "2004-12-07T18:49:18Z")
I showed the msnbc article to my boss and he went the next morning and bought 2. I have been known to throw staplers that piss me off. And yes, my boss is very understanding. 😉 I love this thing. His son thinks we’re nuts that we’re so excited about something so simple. ---
**Author:** ![js\_africanus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/87869e/32.png) [@js\_africanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/js_africanus)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2004, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/22 "2004-12-07T23:19:38Z")
> [@Honey](#): > > I love this thing. I had to get one, too. My office won’t get me the Primula Maestra 6—especially since it involves importing metric staples—so I bought the staples stapler on my own. Totally worth it. ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/23 "2004-12-08T00:04:51Z")
> [@Misnomer](#): > > Not only that, but the author claims to know where the name “Staples” comes from: > > Am I the only one who thinks that the name, while clever, simply means “basics?” The corporate [Milestones & History](http://www.staples.com/about/media/milestones.asp) web page talks about the founding of the company, but I couldn’t find anything to indicate that the name came from the bits of metal that hold pieces of paper together (the founder ran out of printer ribbon, not staples). :dubious: It’s a double entendre, but you’re supposed to think of bits of metal first, which is why the L in the logo is made of a bent staple. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/24 "2004-12-08T00:19:13Z")
I just got one of these and now I am a bit scared. A stapler like this cannot be of this world. I suspect dark forces are at work. ---
**Author:** ![bughunter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aeb1de/32.png) [@bughunter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bughunter)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 1:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/25 "2004-12-08T01:19:37Z")
> [@RumMunkey](#): > > Pfft… _amateur_! 😃 > > In gradeschool I stapled my index and middle fingers together at the pads. Yer all pikers. In college, I managed to suddenly and forcefully insert all 16 pins of a [16-pin DIP IC](http://product.ic114.com/Image/Product/Image1/DIP-16PIN.jpg) hilt-deep into the flesh of my index finger during an attempt to extract the damned thing from a socket without an extraction tool. I use extraction tools exclusively now. And the new ball-grid array packages hurt less, thankfully. ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/26 "2004-12-08T02:25:21Z")
Whoa. This thing is niiiiiiice! I tried to buy one from Office Depot as I prefer their store. However, my store doesn’t carry it in stock so off to Staples I went. Wowza! This is a wonderful piece of equipment. Wheeeeee! :: staple staple staple staple staple staple staple staple staple staple :: ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301/27 "2004-12-08T20:00:38Z")
Rarely has a thread inspired me into physical action, but after reading this one, I went to two different office supply places looking for one of these beasts. Couldn’t find one. Guess I’ll have to try online. It’s a sad life when you’re excited by a better way to staple papers. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/staples-reinvents-the-stapler-anyone-tried-the-new-one-touch-stapler/276301.md?page=1)