Wednesday, March 26, 2014

This Makes No Sense



Why do hole punches have that wire ring in the handle?  


Just one of those things...


No really.  I'm actually asking this question.   

I'm not talking about those three-hole punches like The Guy From The Office.  I'm talking about those old school metal jobbies you use to punch a single hole in a piece of paper, or in a stack of construction paper if your first grade teacher was inordinately cruel.  

If you look at the handle of them, 83% of the things have a wire ring in the handle.  Look here:




There is no useful purpose served by that ring.  You put your fingers on the outside of the handle, the spring is built near the hinge, the hole-punchy part is on the far left, and nothing has ever happened with the ring.  Ever.  

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