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AppScout  had a nice article or should I say obituary on "Clipit", the little guy that was always annoyingly there to help you out when you were (or at least appeared to be ) befuddled with an Office document.  Entitled "To Kill a Paperclip ",  it’s a short piece that is enjoyable to read.

In part:

The lights dim. Roll film. The music starts gently at first–it’s Boyz II Men’s "End of the Road," possibly, or perhaps Joni Mitchell’s "Big Yellow Taxi." The film is a montage, candid moments from a life caught on film. Young Clippy is being brought home from the hospital, in a box alongside the other paperclips in his litter. Now there’s his first head scratch and his first screen tap. Next it’s little Clippy looking sleepy. He’s had a long day helping out confused Office users. There’s the time he rode the paper airplane away from Outlook. Wasn’t that exciting? He’s such a brave little Office Assistant. Look, there he is with all of his friends. Doesn’t he look happy? There’s the Albert Einstein looking guy, and the dog, and the wizard. Is that Will Shakespeare? The last scene is a still photo of Clippy standing proudly on his prized piece of notebook paper. The dates "1997-2007" appear, and then simply, the words "Goodbye Clippy." The place is packed. There’s not a dry eye in the house. Tux the Linux penguin and Sonic the Hedgehog are seated in the front row, holding hands, bawling their eyes out.

Checkout the full story on To Kill a Paperclip here

Now if you want to have a little laugh, check out this little clip I saw on YouTube … it is annoyingly funny!  What is it about?  It is a "Sketch from the CNNNN Newsdesk, A real life clippit who is annoying in all manors of life".

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