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Brickbat: Clipped

Charles Oliver | 11.30.2012 6:00 AM

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In England, the Manchester National Health Service Trust has banned paper clips because staff keep cutting themselves on them. The trust sent a memo telling employees that any paper clips should be "carefully disposed" and replaced with plastic fasteners.

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Charles Oliver is a contributing editor at Reason.

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