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Mullumbimby Man To Miss 'Clippy' The Paper Clip
Filed: Wednesday, March 21, 2001
News of the demise of Microsoft's paper-clip 'helper' Clippy in the next suite of Word, Excel and the other Office products is 'disappointing and bewildering' for a man from Mullumbimby, Australia.
'I know a lot of people didn't like him,' says Dave Mott, a computer operator and part-time hitman. 'But I found the little fella reassuring.'
Particularly popular with Mr Mott was the assistance Clippy would offer without even being asked. 'I would sit down to write a letter to my cousin, demanding royalties for the use of my name, and no sooner had I finished typing 'Dear Shithead,' than the little paper clip guy would come up and offer to help. 'He was just such a great little helper.'
When informed of Mr Mott's pro-Clippy position, a spokesman for Microsoft said 'Really? I thought everybody hated the little bastard. I hate him and I was one of his initial programmers... that's how I got demoted to spokesman.' When further pressed, the spokesman added 'Well, Mr Mott can always turn him back on in the new Office... but why would anybody want to do that?'
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