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[–] youngGoku@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Use a neodymium magnet on a long string to place the paper clip near the bottom of a long vent duct.

[–] csm10495@sh.itjust.works 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Drop it in the back vent of a TV.

[–] xia@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 6 months ago

Zzzzit.... POP!

[–] voluble@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Sort of cheating - flush it down the toilet.

Playing by the rules - turn it into dust with an angle grinder.

[–] SteposVenzny@beehaw.org 3 points 7 months ago

I unfold it and then skewer it into the side of a drop ceiling tile.

[–] psion1369@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

Cat litter box, or the bottom of the hay bag for my guinea pig.

[–] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

I have a bag in a drawer with about 100+ pens of all kinds that I collected over the years. I'd straighten it out and stick it in one of those. Good luck, detective!

[–] melpomenesclevage@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

inside a really weird sex toy.

[–] elrik@lemmy.world 1 points 7 months ago

Open fridge, find bag of sweet peppers, poke paperclip into pepper, return to fridge.

[–] GerPrimus@feddit.de 1 points 6 months ago

The question is who cleans up afterwards?

[–] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

The cable is broken on one of my joysticks from the 90's, unbend it and slide it down the housing.

[–] itsnotits@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)
[–] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago
[–] h3mlocke@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago
[–] Iceblade02@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago

Drop it into the dashboard of my car - good luck finding it there if you didn't know.

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