100 uses for paperclips

[remymartin]

1995 and older GM vehicles you could use one to jumper 2 wires on the diagnostic port to read emission codes.

 

[DarkRose]

There was a guy that had 1 paper clip and he traded it for something on craigslist and then traded that for something.......... in the end he ended up with a used Porsche Boxter.........

If it's the guy with 1 Red Paperclip, he ended up with a house in Canada I believe...

 

[indykid]

When I worked on small aircraft I used paper clips to open the doors of locked planes. They make great keys!

 

[jd4320t]

I had a windshield wiper break and I wired it back on with a paperclip I found in a gas station parking lot.

 

[JetGirl]

Improvised take-down tool for a compact 1911.

 

[Sheltie]

I use them to bypass the pressure switch on a power vent water heater to see if it is bad.

 

[Vasili]

that and a shoelace and you've got a dreaded bumpfire 'machinegun'!

haha.

 

[Cain71]

Recommend tool for the take down of a Ruger 22/45 MKIII.

 

[HighStrung]

If you've got a CD/DVD drive that fails, you can use the paperclip (straightned) to poke thru the little hole to release whatever disk is in the drive.

 

[BURNSURVIVOR725]

our day shift desk clerk at my dorm has a little container full of paperclips. i like to take them all out then attach them to one another forming a huge paperclip chain. it annoys the crap out of her.

 

[stilllearning09]

Zipper pull, use it to replace eye glasses screw (works in a pinch), and twist tie.

 

[csaws]

Sim card remover for an iPhone

 

[arma73]

I use them to short across the data port link on pre 1996 cars to access trouble codes when the check engine light come on.

 

[Armed Eastsider]

Make it straight and put it in the antenna port on a TV and you have can get 3 channels.

 

[HamsterStyle]

Isn't there a fix for an sks or an ak or something with a paperclip?

And yes on the red paperclip. He ended up with a house and there are tours available. Its pretty wild.