C# Clipboard in Console Application

In C# accessing the Clipboard suppose to be easy, but you'll find out it doesn't work in the normal way.
Here is a small note from MSDN that I missed at first:

The Clipboard class can only be used in threads set to single thread apartment (STA) mode. To use this class, ensure that your Main method is marked with the STAThreadAttribute attribute.

So, in a Console application, use this function:

Code:

public static object GetClipboardData()
{
    object ret = null;
    ThreadStart method = delegate()
    {
        System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject dataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
        if (dataObject != null && dataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text))
        {
            ret = dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.Text);
        }
    };
    if (Thread.CurrentThread.GetApartmentState() != ApartmentState.STA)
    {
        Thread thread = new Thread(method);
        thread.SetApartmentState(ApartmentState.STA);
        thread.Start();
        thread.Join();
    }
    else
    {
        method();
    }
    return ret;
}