An even dafter game

2 Prodding the reset hole in your mobile phone.

Poking the holes out of a garlic press

Picking a lock

Cleaning between the teeth of your comb yuck !

How do you do that, number? Can we have pictures? Could come in useful.

Making miniature coat-hangers for doll's houses. Lovely if you use the coloured plastic ones!

Daisy chains/necklaces

The OG once used one to 'repair' the chain that attaches the plug (Bathroom wash basin). You've guessed it, it rusted!

clipping pages together [cheating I know.]

prime purpose though!and you didn't say not to put it

Sue, DD3 used to make paper clip necklaces to order for people at school using really fancy ones. She used to charge double the cost of the paper clips. Then it dawned on them that they could do it themselves and the bottom fell out of her market.

Fastening a broken strap. May need two!

Roses rules are meant to be broken in my book.

Kitty you have an entrepreneur in the family.

Unclogging superglue tubes

After jamming my thumb in a mini-bus door (don't ask) The doctor at A & E heated a paper clip and 'fizzed' through my nail releasing the blood and taking the pressure off. He explained that it is less uncomfortable than a needle and no fear of jabbing the underlying flesh.

I have used them for holding up fallen down hems.

Do you remember that annoying paper clip on Microsoft Word?

Do you remember that annoying paper clip on Microsoft Word? - Yes, I do with eyebrows and a big grin!

Paperclips are also good for pulling down a zip where the tab thing has come off

I wonder Holly if James Bond used this method with one of his lady friends .

I am referring to her dress zip nothing else.

Oh Lillygran if that's a bra- strap, I'd need 10 !! How do you attach in an emergency?

Treat the strap like two pieces of paper. That's why you may need more than one depending on the weight of the cargo!

A stapler might be better for that job! I can't see paperclips lasting long...