Just completed a 2-day external "Achieving Service Excellence" Training Course with my colleagues. One of the "games" we played was to name the various uses for a paper clip or paperclips. We were asked to Think Out-of-the-Box. And we did !!! Here are some of the uses:
to clip papers
as a bookmark
toothpick
pick locks
to dig ears
tie-pin
to commit suicide
for protection
to hold clothings together
to dig mud out from shoes
wind chime (clip them together in long chains)
card game chips
for teaching maths (learn to count)
as a hook (to hang things)
to clean difficult areas eg. computer keyboard
to clean under the finger-nails
jewellery (chain them together to form necklace)
as a photo stand - just bend them into an "L" shape.
as a zipper
to open shrink-wrapped CDs
for art & craft - form names
money clip
It's just amazing what the participants came up with. There are many more.. but I can't recall them all..........
