What Genius Came Up With Post-it Notes?

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Post-It Notes are really handy for leaving memos and reminders that get ignored or found days after they ought to have been read. I am always finding scrunched up bits of yellow squared paper lying around – I ought to write myself a post it to remind myself to round up all the old post-its for disposal. It’s not like we were wiping out rain-forests fast enough without finding another excuse to mass produce paper-stationary – further proof that there is no such thing as the paperless office, home, etc. I found out recently that my computer has a post it notes function programme – I can actually post a post it note to myself electronically to clutter my monitor screen as well as my fridge, the phone, coffee tables and other places I find post it notes. I expect to find them on my coffin at this rate – we have evolved minds, which include something called memory – if something is important enough, that should tell us without a tear off slip of coloured paper stuck to a fridge magnet memento of a country someone else visited and brought home for you to remind you that they went and you didn’t. Post it note reminder – no more post it notes. Like other post it notes, this will be ignored. Arthur Chappell