Paperweight

A paperweight is a small, solid object to prevent the blowing away of paper on the desk. In principle, a simple stone or a small piece of wood can be used. Paperweights are executed frequently decorative, such as a miniature model of famous buildings or snow globes. In particular, glass paperweights are therefore Collectibles ( Paperweights ) that are traded in auctions. Also paperweight due to their utility and constant presence in the office a frequent advertising, sometimes combined with its function as a pen holder.

In the industrial environment quirky things are certainly used as a paperweight:

• Workpieces, eg, large screws
• Residual materials, such as molten and solidified misshapen glass or metal
• Parts -of-life devices, such as hard disks open, bearing rollers

Trivia

In Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel " The Brothers Karamazov " a murder by means of a cast-iron paperweight plays an important role.

In the municipal and Løgting elections in the Faroe Islands pelvic bone of pilot whales ( " Grindahvalur " ) can be used as weight due to the large-format choice sheets and the harsh, windy climate during the Stimmauszählverfahrens traditional. Since the Faroese are very traditional, it came at the Løgting - elections on 30 January 1940, a scandal and an election challenge by the losing Fólkaflokkurin because the Grindahvalur did not come to be used, which have led conservative voters to boycott the Fólkaflokkurin opinion. The Supreme Court gave the challenge shall not be held.