Hide it.

[George K]

Seen on X:

You have 5 minutes to hide a paperclip in your home; a detective has 24 hours to find it.

If they don't find it, you get $10,000. Where are you going to hide the paperclip?

[kluurs]

my house?? Heh!! Put it in a cd case. Or just make them think it might be in a CD case.

[Horace]

I suppose sticking it in a random spot in the fiberglass insulation in the attic would turn it into the proverbial needle in a haystack.

[Horace]

Or I would jam it into an electrical outlet - they'd never find it there.

[Mik]

Take a small appliance apart, hide it inside and put it back together. Either that or the dirty laundry.

All of which will be for naught since he’s a detective and will bring his own clip to plant it.

[Jolly]

Swallow it.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in Hide it.:

All of which will be for naught since he’s a detective and will bring his own clip to plant it.

Mik is not new to the game. I was thinking "mark mine" as well.

I'd go with straightening it and pushing it into a corner of upholstery so it joins the stuffing.

[Renauda]

Put it in one of several English Xmas short bread tins containing 40 plus years of acquired and unassorted nuts, bolts, washers and other metal do-dads in the garage.

[LuFins Dad]

First thought was to shove it midway through a roll of toilet paper.

[LuFins Dad]

Or into my container of paperclips.

[Copper]

In the box of paper clips