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'''I believe you have my stapler''' is a YTMND by user [http://ytmnd.com/users/evers/ evers]. It was created on April 24, 2004 and quickly became one of the most popular [[fads]] on YTMND. The YTMND shows a picture of the character Milton Waddams of "Office Space" fame looking out from his cubicle desk with a sound clip of his line "I believe you have my stapler" from the same movie.
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The stapler fad was one of the earliest and most popular ytmnd fads. It was started in April of 2004 by the user evers.  The original YTMND shows a picture of the character Milton Waddams of "Office Space" fame looking out from his cubicle desk with a sound clip of his famous line "I believe you have my stapler".
  
Most takeoffs of the original either replace the stapler with another object or insert the "you have my stapler" portion of the sound into a song where the lyrics contain "I believe".
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Early fad sites usually had the stapler in the original picture replaced with another object and the sound clip altered so instead of stapler, the item was said.  This was the basic format which was popular in 2004, but not as much in the years to come.
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Some sites involve inserting Milton's quote into songs.  One such site called "Stapler Can Fly" became popular and was inducted into the [[Hall of Fame]].  The site added the words "You have my stapler" into R. Kelly's hit song "I Believe I Can Fly" along with a photoedit of R.Kelly as Milton.  The song was later included for [[YTMND Soundtrack]] Volume 10.
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Most stapler sites today play around with the scene, usually incorporated into other fads (e.g. {{ytmnd|iwantstapler|I want Stapler (a play on the Butterfingers Fad)}}.  Milton will very often be included in [[conglomerate]] sites.
  
 
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Revision as of 18:18, August 8, 2006

I believe you have my stapler
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Original YTMND:
I believe you have my stapler?
by evers
April 24,2004
Worthy Spinoffs:

The stapler fad was one of the earliest and most popular ytmnd fads. It was started in April of 2004 by the user evers. The original YTMND shows a picture of the character Milton Waddams of "Office Space" fame looking out from his cubicle desk with a sound clip of his famous line "I believe you have my stapler".

Early fad sites usually had the stapler in the original picture replaced with another object and the sound clip altered so instead of stapler, the item was said. This was the basic format which was popular in 2004, but not as much in the years to come.

Some sites involve inserting Milton's quote into songs. One such site called "Stapler Can Fly" became popular and was inducted into the Hall of Fame. The site added the words "You have my stapler" into R. Kelly's hit song "I Believe I Can Fly" along with a photoedit of R.Kelly as Milton. The song was later included for YTMND Soundtrack Volume 10.

Most stapler sites today play around with the scene, usually incorporated into other fads (e.g. I want Stapler (a play on the Butterfingers Fad). Milton will very often be included in conglomerate sites.

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