out with the old...

Hrmph.
My Terribly Useful Collection of Assorted and Divers Rubber Bands Of Various Sizes and Colours has completely disintegrated.

This is what happens when one tries to implement vague new year's resolution type thingies.

In all those years, I don't think I used a single one of those rubber bands. Who knew.

On the other hand, it turned out I had a backup stash of Assorted and Divers Paper Clips.
Handy that.

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The paper clips won't disintegrate; they just grow up to become coat hangers.

Hm, no coathangers around my office, so it is not like the pile of clips that vanished has started breeding in dark desk corners or anything?
Unless they are being aided by the ballpoint pens of course...