Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism spelled out in alphabet paper clips

There's nothing much to say about these alphabet paper clips. They are simply elegant. I admire the way the Roman alphabet is cut into the curlicue of the inside bend. These are expensive paper clips, though: they are almost 18 bucks a sheet. The word in the title would cost you a thousand dollars to spell.

Alphabet Paperclips [Stephen Reed via Book of Joe]

[#1 posted by Anonymous , September 18, 2008 11:33 AM]

Who does your math?
I count no more than 4 of any letter (although I wasn't thorough), and a sheet has one of each letter, so it'd cost you $80, not $1k.
-cybertrash

[#2 posted by Fee , September 19, 2008 5:08 AM]

Ditto No 1's comment. Wish I'd read it before I wasted time trying to work it out for myself.

It was only once I had visited the website and started my calculations that I started to wonder...why would you *want* to spell Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism in paperclips.... I mean, how many paper clips can a set of papers use, and if you were going to waste $80 on saying Pseudopseudohypoparathyroidism, why would you want to do it in paperclips.

Maybe the answer is... because you can. Probably that makes it a piece of conceptual art, which arguably you *might* be able to sell for more than $80... so it could actually cost nothing or even make you money. Maybe.

[#3 posted by Sproogle , September 19, 2008 7:29 AM]

For no. 1 and no. 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exaggeration