The Paperclips of Denvention

Admit it or not, many corporate employees casually tuck pens, staples, notepads, etc. from the office storeroom into their briefcases for personal use. But the corporate entity for which I toil believes only in JUMBO paperclips, and me, well, I like regular size paperclips. So every month or two I bring in a box of paperclips for use in the office, and scatter a few in the supply room as an offering to other employees. I figure if I do this for another 37 years - with a few extra boxes at Christmas - I'll have used up all the boxes of paperclips left over from when we ran the 2008 World Science Fiction Convention in Denver.