John: This is something we did talk about on the show once before, but not as a tip of the day. It was around show 400. And one of the producers sent me a note saying “this is the greatest thing I ever bought. It was a fantastic product. Everyone buy one. They’re the greatest thing ever. And you should put it in the tip of the day because you never made it a tip of the day”.
Adam: Oh, well, complaints, complaints, complaints.
John: It was a complaint. And it is the Max Flat-Clinch Stapler.
So they’re about 20 bucks. And they’re very unusual because the bottom is not fixed. It moves up around. You can staple up to 30 sheets of paper with this thing. And it puts a flat clinch on the back. It doesn’t fold. It doesn’t bend it. And it’s the best stapler I’ve ever owned. It’s a fabulous product. If you get one, you’ll never want to get anything else.
Adam: You can do 30 pages in one go?
John: Yeah!
Adam: And do you do this for memos to the family?
John: When I do memos for the family, which run about 20 pages, so they don’t really get to 30, but they’re about 20. And yes, always.
Adam: Do you end your memos with thank you for your attention to this important matter?
John: Always.
Adam: The clinch stapler. I wonder how many people still have need or use for a stapler. I don’t think I’ve stapled anything in a long time.
John: I still use paper.
Adam: What are you using paper for to staple? Like reports?
John: No. For example, just in the pile of paper here that I got to go through to figure out what I’m going to throw out. I have a complete dossier on Amy Pope.
Adam: A dossier on Amy Pope? You should be worried. You’ve got a staple dossier.
John: I do. This is actually what I have. It’s a dossier on Amy Pope, which consists of a Wikipedia entry and a perplexity output. And it’s stapled together.