Project Paperclip v.2

December 2, 2005 12:08 AM

One Red Paperclip. I knew a guy like this in High School, but this guy is nicer and less ruthless.
posted by loquacious (18 comments total)

We did this a few weeks ago, but it's still kind of interesting.
posted by LeLiLo at 12:11 AM on December 2, 2005

Ack. Before things get out of hand, please ignore the title. I totally forgot what Project Paperclip was all about. My lizard hindbrain must have just dragged that one up in an attempt to be clever.

On preview: BAD PREVIEW POST SEARCH PLEASE DELETE KTHX. *sigh*
posted by loquacious at 12:17 AM on December 2, 2005

Flagged! Suck it, haters.
posted by loquacious at 12:18 AM on December 2, 2005

*comforts loquacious*
posted by malusmoriendumest at 1:01 AM on December 2, 2005

*sucks loquacious*
posted by NinjaPirate at 1:14 AM on December 2, 2005

I'm thinking its good that it's so late. Only the stoners here as witnesses.
posted by SassHat at 1:18 AM on December 2, 2005

Start of the morning here in the UK - we've already started on a brand new day of prevarication.
posted by NinjaPirate at 1:44 AM on December 2, 2005

Uh oh. The Brits are on to you. Raise the Matt Signal and hope this all goes away.
posted by SassHat at 1:50 AM on December 2, 2005

papaerclips are shiny! *hic*
posted by tweak at 2:00 AM on December 2, 2005

I challenge you to realize your full funtential.

Yikes.
posted by tetsuo at 3:21 AM on December 2, 2005

NinjaPirate,

you know you've got a problem when to start getting stoned in the morning.
posted by johnny novak at 3:24 AM on December 2, 2005

I love this site. He's getting a FAMOUS SNOWMOBILE now! Awesome! And it all started with a paperclip.
posted by antifuse at 3:27 AM on December 2, 2005

D'oh!
posted by fixedgear at 4:06 AM on December 2, 2005

Clearly this thread has to die but I was interested to see how it's moved along since the last time. Can someone post it again in another month or two to keep the update going? Preference would be for UK weekday morning time again so I see it again before deletion. Ta! (I could bookmark but I'd forget to look at it again anyway.)
posted by biffa at 4:08 AM on December 2, 2005

This guy worked his way up from one red paperclip... to a snowmobile owned by Hi-Ha Tremblay? Man. You could probably find people willing to offer a house for that.

For those who don't know who Michel Barrette is, he is a very well-known Quebecois comedian, has been for a long time (early eighties?). He has a very popular character, Hi-Ha Tremblay, but he doesn't do him anymore, unfortunately. He sung "C'est l'temps d'une dinde" (not sure who wrote it, but he's the one that sung it), a trademark "Chanson à répondre" for new year's eve. For sure he'll get something nice for that snowmobile. FWIW, you could probably ebay it for a princely sum.

C'est le temps d'une dinde, dinde, dinde
Swing la baquaise, prends donc des atacas
Encore d'la dinde, dinde, dinde
La damnée dinde du Jour de l'An
Oui je l'aurai su' l'estomac longtemps
posted by splice at 4:23 AM on December 2, 2005

It is the time of a turkey, turkey, turkey
Swing the baquaise, thus take atacas
Encore of turkey, turkey,
damnée turkey the turkey of the New Year's Day
Yes I will have it a long time su' the stomach

Babelfish butchery
posted by srboisvert at 5:09 AM on December 2, 2005

This thread's existence is now justified by splice's post about Hi-Ha Tremblay, I reckon.
posted by TonyRobots at 5:15 AM on December 2, 2005

Michel Barrette!
posted by furtive at 5:29 AM on December 2, 2005