Do you have an “Office” arch nemesis? Or perhaps an office bully that keep’s pushing you around? It’s time for some payback. There are many things lying around your office that can be used to create a worthy offensive. Here is a list of 10 weapons that can help in the fight against your adversary. So read on and decide your weapon of choice. (No colleagues were hurt in the making of this post).

The Pencil Slingshot - You’ll need three pencils, a rubber band and a cubical. Now you’ll have to cut the rubber band and tie two pencils to each end. Stick the rubber band and pencils in the top of your cubical. Finally load the third pencil and fire away.

Paper Nunchucks - You are going to need some newspaper for this one (grab the articles that least interest you). Begin by rolling the newspaper into two sticks at the desired width. Now cover them in tape connecting about 2 to 3 rubber bands at the top. Now you are ready to be an office ninja.

Pen Gun - For this weapon you’ll need a ball point pen, string, and a rubber band. Take the ink tube out of the pen. Now use a piece of string to tie an end of the rubber band to the middle of the pen. You now need to drop the ink tube in the pen casing backwards. Finally use the rubber band to pull back and fire.

Bow and Arrow - Grab a ball point pen, knife, and rubber band. Take the ink tube out of the pen and cut a hole in the shaft of the pen. Put this whole in the middle and make sure it goes all the way through. Now tie a rubber band to the top and bottom of the pen shaft. Finally take your ink tube and place it through the hole, aim, and fire.

Rick Roll Warfare - This may not physically harm your enemy, but it will definitely bruise his or her ego. Begin by finding a link to Rick Astley’s music video for “Never Gonna Give You Up”. The trick is to find sites that provide a mask. This will prevent your enemy from being able to click out of the video. SUCCESS!

Ball of Fury -  For this one you’ll need some duct tape, paper clips, and push pins. Role an entire role of duct tape into a ball while putting in push pins and paper clips. What you have now is a ruthless baseball. Batter up!

Ninja Footballs - Do you remember those paper footballs from when you were little? Good, we are going to take that same concept and apply it to weaponry. Those little footballs can do some damage at a high velocity. Here is a link on tips to make them.

Sonic Grenade - You can order this little number on-line. This puppy apparently sets off a high frequency pitch, by pulling out the pin. The trick is it doesn’t go off until the pin is placed back in. So remember to wear your ear plugs.

Stink Bomb - Pretty self explanatory. You can find these smelly little items online. I recommend putting them under your enemies desk. Remember to be careful while transporting these. You wouldn’t want one of these going off in your pocket, and be branded the smelly person in your office.

Maul Cluster - We previously posted a blog about the “Maul Weapon”. This is a variation of that weapon. You’ll need two sizes of a maul. Find a size 32 and 19. Open the 32 and put the size 19 inside. Remember to close the silver handles on the 32. Now take aim and let it rip.

A special thanks goes out to MadeMen for their inspiration on this post.

What can you do with all this? If you’re smart you’ll go dumpster diving and start up a company called “Remarkable”

From their website:

“Our philosophy at Remarkable is to create recycled items that are well-designed, great quality and a joy to own.

As well as their environmental credentials - all our products are made using only UK recycled materials - we want people to choose Remarkable because they like what we are doing; making products that instil a sense of fun and intrigue, and because all our products evoke a feeling of purpose, passion and excitement.

By highlighting what an item was in its previous life, we feel we are showing what can be made with UK waste - that we are generating a positive interest in recycling and environmental issues. Using the fascination of what an item once was is a new and fun way of communicating the recycled message.

In brief, we don’t want people to think that recycling is dull. It can, in fact, be very cool!”

I agree. We carry green office supplies on our site, but nothing this cool! If this shop was down the street, this is what I’d be buying.

Black Handwriting Pens

Made with crisp packets (must mean chips right? I’m not from England,) car parts, and carpet off-cuts.

Dry Wipe Marker Pens

Made with crisp packets, car parts, and carpet off-cuts.

FSC Colouring Pencils

Made from 100% certified timber

A5 Purple Ring Binder

Made from food fashion (I assume that’s like fast food packaging) and gift packaging.

Black Tyre Pencil Case with Pink Graphic & Zipper

Made from recycled car tires! Sounds quite durable.

A5 Pink Document Wallet

Made with food fashion and gift packaging

Blue HB Pencils

Made with plastic cups, CD cases, and polystyrene packaging.

Made from recycled polystyrene packaging and electrical goods.

Black Office Paper Notepad

Made with recycled feint lined paper.

The Blue A4 Gift Set

All the good stuff in matching colors. Great!

Find lots of other green office supplies on Shoplet.com!

[Great image borrowed from a blog post entitled How to Create Phat Phants

Super glue is an essential household item. I never seem to have it and I always seem to be paying ridiculous amounts at CVS or Duane Reade whenever I grab some. My last super glue use was to hold on the sole of boot that seemed to fall off every time I walked. I think I’ve gone through a few tubes of super glue for that project. So why is it that I can’t just use Elmer’s Glue or a cheap glue stick?

“Super glues are made up of cyanoacrylate. Cyanoacrylate is an acrylic resin which rapidly polymerises in the presence of water (specifically hydroxide ions), forming long, strong chains, joining the bonded surfaces together. Since there’s moisture always available on your skin, it makes it an easy target for ’sticking” to it and sticking them together.”

Vs

“White glues, such as Elmer’s, bond by solvent evaporation. The solvent in Elmer’s all-purpose school glue is water. When the water evaporates, the polyvinylacetate latex that has spread into a material’s crevices forms a flexible bond. Super glue, on the other hand, undergoes a process called anionic polymerization. The chemical process of polymerization produces a certain amount of heat. If a large enough amount of super glue makes contact with your skin, it can actually cause burns.”

Now that we know the difference let’s get to the most important most commonly asked question out there. How do we get super glue off of our skin???

1. Nail Polish Remover
2. Mayonnaise
3. Let it dry, wait a few days, bite the glue off with your teeth and spit it in the garbage. [Gross]
4. Sand it off with an emery board
5.Immediately soak your hand into a mixture of warm water, soap, and vinegar. Hot water may be more helpful, but it can cause burns if too hot.
6. Wash it with gasoline?[Also Gross]

Do you have any tips and tricks for getting super glue off of skin?

I know I know, blog posts with tons of pictures and a small amount of content are a bad idea. Sorry I couldn’t help it this time. We’ve been slowly gathering a collection of lol cats at work, invading your space and wanting endless amounts of cheezburgers. If today is a boring day at the office, it’s time to indulge. (Thanks to ICANHAZCHEEEEEZBURGER for all the goodies)

(Especially if this is how you feel.)

It is hard to get out of bed some mornings

and sometimes you just plan on being late

You may have hit snooze on your alarm clock but then this happens:

Or this: (the guilty kitty alarm clock..)

So you get up only to feel like you don’t have anything to wear!!

Or a certain little lol cat wants to come tooo

When you get to work you realize you’re extra late. Could this be why?

Don’t worry. LOL cats have taken over your computer and/or laptop anyways.

It’s hard to convince an LOL cat to get off your computer without some cheezburgers for bait. Better head to the IT department for some extra assistance. Uh oh…

Those lol cats don’t have much of a work ethic. You better just surrender to an lol-ified day.

They’re on your office chair! Giving you back problems.

They’re wasting your rubber bands on rubber band balls.

Lol cats are taking over your printer and your copier!

They’re in your file cabinet rearranging your files.

(Shhh they may even be committing some fraud)

They’re accusing you of stealing their office supplies

and getting rid of your shredder.

Just when you think it couldn’t get any worse, you realize your boss, your co-workers, everyone around you has turned into lol cats!

Have you spotted any lol cats lurking around the office? Comment with your link below!

(a special thanks to all those who captured all those working lol cats featured in this post!)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may not know this but the U.S. alone consumes enough office paper to build a wall 10 feet high and 6,815 miles long. With the recent trend of “going green” becoming more popular, many businesses are jumping on the wagon. Not only is this change warranted, it is needed. There are many large corporations as well as small businesses that are lending their skills to this need. Many companies such as Microsoft’s Sharepoint tool are offering ways to cut back on paper consumption. They are able to do this by offering ways to make “paper work” all electronic. Not only does this process help the environment but it also increases security, and revenue. Sharepoint helps your company to control the publishing of documents, routing, and commerce. This process is done by converting these documents into e-files. Doing this greatly reduces the cost of printing, which in turn helps the environment. These statistics will put things in perspective. According to conservatree, one tree makes 16.67 reams of copy paper or 8,333.3 sheets. One ream (500 sheets) uses up 6% of tree.

Paper isn’t the only area in which companies, and individuals are doing their part to go green. Many companies are offering recycled materials to do their part in helping the cause. New technologies are always on the rise to help improve this effort. Here at shoplet.com we are doing our part in going green by offering our “Green Your Office Tool”. We offer everything from furniture to stationary. So if you are feeling in the mood to help the planet, hop on the wagon and begin turning your office into a green one.