As we drove through town I kept expecting people to come running out and throwing rocks at the car. Such a drama queen, I thought. Most people were working or on vacation.

We were driving down towards the town council office where mom worked when we went past the paper clip.

"What the actual fuck?" Daddy started. I just groaned.

"It's the World's Largest Paperclip," I said. "Seriously. It was a whole thing when I was a kid. Some blogger had a paper clip and was trying to trade up to see what he would get for it. As a publicity stunt, he eventually got a house here in town."...