I forgot to mention that the pins on the bottom of the SOIC8 socket are the same spacing as a DIP8, so will fit into a breadboard (albeit tightly).
What is of more importance though, they can be inserted into ZIF type programmer, or a sacrificial DIP8 IC socket which will then fit into something like a DM164120-1 LPC Demo Board, and attach directly to a PICkit/ICD 2 or 3, for a quick SMD programming setup.
The test clip adapter board can also be used in a similar fashion in a ZIF programmer or demo board, but is a waste of time on a breadboard as it overhangs too much and covers up the required holes. It could always be cut down, or replaced by some pin headers and a bit of veroboard (stripboard)