Yonks ago i was shopping for stationery with Not-The-Typical-Virgo and she baulked at the coloured paper clips. Only the classic variety – featured above – would fit her paperclip paradigm. There was something suss about the coloured ones or (snobby shudder) the ‘novelty’ shaped ones. The jumbos? Not appropriate. If a larger paper clip was seemingly required then it was time to move up to a bull-clip or other more suitable solution.
So, thinking of that, i wanted to go looking to see if a Virgo invented the Paper Clip. It would seem likely. But no, it was most likely a Taurean by the name of Herbert Spencer and he also coined the term “survival of the fittest.”
BTW, it is Geminis who are most likely to twist paper clips into neurotic little wire sculptures and yet not bother to use them for their intended purpose.
See also: Virgoan Stapler Fetish
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