Milton would be proud!

May 1, 2002 12:19 PM

Milton would be proud! Swingline has finally seen the light and is making candy apple red staplers as is seen in Office Space. People on ebay have been making a mint repainting other colors to be the desired red color for a couple years, Swingline decided that nothing is like the real thing and has started prodcution of this color, via only the website I think. We got ours today in the mail I'm so giddy I think I'm gonna pass out.
posted by Dome-O-Rama (18 comments total)

From the site: Up the Revolution: The Red Stapler! Staple and be heard! WHAM-cubicles! WHAM-dress code! WHAMWHAMWHAM! By popular demand, we're offering this desk stapler in screaming, gleaming red. Use with caution (unless you're the boss).

Heh. I love office products.
posted by ColdChef at 12:24 PM on May 1, 2002

we seem to have MeFied the server.
posted by starvingartist at 12:41 PM on May 1, 2002

Stapler nothing. I want a "jump to conclusions" mat.
posted by bingo at 12:44 PM on May 1, 2002

Just don't buy the fucking fax machine...piece of shit! I keel you!
posted by ColdChef at 12:47 PM on May 1, 2002

red stapler. red stapler.

amusing situational comedy in a reasonably funny movie, not so hilarious in real life.

(yeah, we did hose their site....)
posted by gohlkus at 12:53 PM on May 1, 2002

...and I could watch the squirrels, and and they were merry...
posted by adampsyche at 12:55 PM on May 1, 2002

...and I could watch the squirrels, and and they were merry...
posted by adampsyche at 12:56 PM on May 1, 2002

Damn. Over did the stuttering.
posted by adampsyche at 12:56 PM on May 1, 2002

I was told I could listen to my radio... at a reasonable volume... I'll burn down the building.
posted by uftheory at 1:09 PM on May 1, 2002

...and I could watch the squirrels, and and they were merry...

I always thought it was "and they were married". I had beautfiul visions of a squirrel wedding.

You can't take that away from me, dammit!

And thanks, golkhus, for sucking all the fun out of the thread.
posted by Kafkaesque at 1:25 PM on May 1, 2002

This is the sort of business opportunity the Internet creates that all the hoo-doo New Economy prognosticators never talked about.
posted by mattpfeff at 2:40 PM on May 1, 2002

i also thought they were married. i wanted to see the wedding cake.
posted by pikachulolita at 3:01 PM on May 1, 2002

sorry, too dry, I guess.... everyone's gotta suck the fun out of a thread sometime. (mmm... fun....)
posted by gohlkus at 3:17 PM on May 1, 2002

yea...its cool...but $29?? man....its just a stapler!
posted by ShawnString at 9:08 PM on May 1, 2002

why would anyone care about a friggin stapler? what in hell is cool about it? i like hte movie too, that's why i have the movie so i can watch it when i want to. IMO, irrelevant crap.
posted by chris0495 at 7:31 AM on May 2, 2002

The stapler is a symbol. It's the object of power that allows Milton to feel good about himself and get through his day in a miserable office job. It's not "a friggin stapler," it's one man's life jacket.

For cubicle geeks like me, that stapler is a fucking icon. We joke about it around here at least once a week. I'd love to buy one.
posted by junkbox at 7:39 AM on May 2, 2002

Er, who's Milton?

(I feel so unhip.)
posted by five fresh fish at 9:00 AM on May 2, 2002

This is Milton.
posted by piskycritters at 10:22 AM on May 2, 2002