Because this brown packing tape (aka carton sealing tape) was made in Canada, out of respect for our neighbors to the north, we’re going to give you the dimensions in metric. Haha, just kidding! The tape’s about 216 feet long, and extra-wide at 2-7/8” (aka 3” in the office-supply world). You’ll get (2) rolls, which will make your tape order a double-extra-wide. The Trailer Park Boys would approve.

Our tactical twofer is a 6” long x 1/2” dia. aluminum body ball-point pen with black ink, with an automobile window breaker at the other end. In gun-metal gray, as befits things tactical, with a pocket clip on the flat-top cap. Escape from your car, then write us a thank you note.

Or are you just under heavy pressure to start writing right now! We know, we know. That’s why our copywriters always buy these pre-sharpened #2 pencils, to get those terrible jokes down on paper ASAP. And yes, they have erasers because sometimes we’re not funny, and we all make mistakes. In packs of (12) at 7-3/8” long.

Is that a pencil in your pocket, and wouldn't you like a little stubby highlighter that didn't take up so much room? Our each is (2) neon-yellow markers with 1/8" tips in soft-grip housings just 2-5/8" long x 1" oval, with a little slot on the cap for a chain if you want to wear them on a string or attach them to a key ring. And why wouldn't you?

The cutest stapler in the office supply line looks like a giant cold capsule. Measures 3” x 1-1/4” dia and comes with 1/2” staples and a little stack of 1-1/2” x 1/2” tape flags that it dispenses out the top. We’ll pick a capsule in white with blue, red, black, yellow or purple, because we’re the doctor.

These Kooties™ are impish little trademarked critters, and in this case they’re on the hardboard covers of these mini-notebooks. Measure 3-1/4” square, top-spiral bound with (71) sheets in each with little Kooties and Kuotes in the Korners. We’ll pick from the (7) assorted Kooties™ on the covers, but they’re all kute. Kinda.

Rectangular spiral notebooks are so liberal arts. If you’re taking qualitative analysis notes, you want your notebook to be shaped like an Erlenmeyer flask. This one has (48) sheets, 8-1/2” long x 1-3/8” at the top (saves on spirals) and 5-3/4” at the bottom. We’re pretty sure Emil Erlenmeyer would have loved these when he was working in Heidelberg with Bob Bunsen, of burner fame. (Really. You could look it up.)

Sorry, like lunches, there are no free paper clips, but these 1-1/2” x 1-1/4” steel butterfly clips are dirt cheap at under four cents each, and you can’t hardly get anything for that. You’ll get (50) clips per package, and we’ll send you (2) packages.

It doesn’t stain when you spill your latte on it. You pick from our selection of plastic (polypropylene) three-ring binders with 1-1/2” rings, measuring 11-3/4” x 10-1/4”. You choose berry, lime-ish green, or Wedgwoody blue (Teal to those without an art degree.) with 1/16” thick covers, or the thinner, 1/32” cover, in blue only.

Bring back cursive writing with this 40-sheet, bound writing tablet for kiddies, with 1/2” blue rules divided by a dotted line to help place ascenders and descenders. Pages are 10” wide x 8” long, and the inside cover has both cursive and print alphabets in upper and lower case. For grades 2 and 3.

You win some, you lose some? No need to keep switching pens when you have this two-headed ball point pen with a black cartridge at one end and a red one at the other. Perfect for those hand-held profit and loss statements.

Glide Clips are Swingline’s™ way of saying sorry for all the holes their staples have caused. These matte-plastic paper clips are stronger than metal paper clips and much prettier. They measure 15/16" long in assorted reds, whites and blues, and come (15) clips to a package.

Think: holders for handouts, or for table-top displays that will hold 8.5” x 11” sheets for students or employees to take. In heavy plastic from Mead®, they unfold into an easel with a pocket to hold sheets horizontally in front, and a clear plastic window below, to identify the contents. When not in use, they fold up, and have an elastic cord to hold them closed. We’ll pick a pair in blue, aqua or lime green.

Yes indeedy, these are gem clips, the ubiquitous standard basic quotidian paper clips you’ve been using since the 1890s, which means it’s probably time to retire. You typical 1-1/4” steel clips in boxes of (100). 

A tad smaller in diameter than a ping pong ball, this colorful steel geographic globe is 1-3/8" dia, but pull out the little base it stands on and you’ll find a small pencil sharpener hidden inside. Also suitable for hiding secret messages, which is always handy.

Clever little plastic boxes 4-1/2" x 2-1/4" x 1" hold note paper - and dispense one sheet at a time as you open and close the cover. The clear red box is labeled "Mom". They work even better with business cards, so they make great little gifts if Mom has her own cards. We'll send you a bag of (3) with each order. 

When we were your age, our protractors were all just plain clear plastic. You kids today can get them in translucent blue, red, orange, purple or green, but we're going to pick because we didn't get to then. These pretty ones are 6" wide and read from 0-6" x 1/16" on the bottom and from 0-180 degrees x 0.5-degrees bidirectionally along the arc. Include holes for a 3-ring binder.

You get (3) packs of (5) white, 8-1/2" x 11" index dividers with clear offset tabs and reinforced binder holes, plus a place for title, date, #, and detail fields, which you're free to ignore.