Nobody Likes Clippy

Phyltre · 18th September 2006, 19:16

I never use the help option in Microsoft Word. And I haven't seen Clippy in years. But the help search-suggestion I saw today when I started to write a paper got me laughing.

Apparently he's the first thing to go in every installation...

Vie · 18th September 2006, 19:29

So why have they not removed him yet?

dose he rock the Gate's Boxors or somthing?

k_rock923 · 18th September 2006, 19:49

Anyone here read kernel panic?

mikm · 18th September 2006, 20:58

Sometimes.

Bilbo Baggins · 18th September 2006, 23:11

Quote:

Originally posted by Vie
So why have they not removed him yet?

dose he rock the Gate's Boxors or somthing?

I though they got rid of the help character in Office 2003?

k_rock923 · 18th September 2006, 23:21

Quote:

Originally posted by mikm
Sometimes.

I couldn't help but think of when the guy wrote the clippy destroying virus while drunk.

Atmo · 18th September 2006, 23:30

Quote:

Originally posted by Vie
So why have they not removed him yet?

dose he rock the Gate's Boxors or somthing?

Maybe they're getting him ready for Bob 2.0

zootm · 19th September 2006, 12:17

Quote:

Originally posted by Phyltre
Apparently he's the first thing to go in every installation...

Yeah, they made a big joke out of it in the first version where he could be properly turned off, they had Flash animations of him meeting various demises and things.

I think in some versions typing in choice curse words will take you to the "how to disable the office assistant" page, too.

MidnightViper88 · 19th September 2006, 21:21

Speaking of clippy, wasn't there an old parody video that made fun of that thing? Something having to do with this guy trying to use a program, but got pissed at clippy because it kept asking too many help questions?

zootm · 20th September 2006, 10:37

I think there were somewhere in the region of seventy thousand of such videos, most terribly unfunny. Gotta love the internet.

Smeggle · 20th September 2006, 11:05

arrrr poor clippy

that stupid dog they use in search needs to be kennelled --- permantly as well lol

Vie · 20th September 2006, 11:28

Yes, but he is easy to kill.

MStar · 21st September 2006, 01:14

My installation of Office 2003 had all assistants disabled by default.

Troy_Spiral · 22nd September 2006, 09:43

Clippy is gone???? I call shenanigans!!

18th September 2006, 19:16	#1
Phyltre Forum King Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 2,751	Nobody Likes Clippy I never use the help option in Microsoft Word. And I haven't seen Clippy in years. But the help search-suggestion I saw today when I started to write a paper got me laughing. Apparently he's the first thing to go in every installation...

18th September 2006, 19:29	#2
Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	So why have they not removed him yet? dose he rock the Gate's Boxors or somthing? Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

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k_rock923 \m/ (Forum King) Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: /bin/bash Posts: 7,850	Anyone here read kernel panic? Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes hurtling down the highway.

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mikm Major Dude Join Date: May 2001 Location: somewhere else Posts: 1,286	Sometimes. powered by C₈H₁₀N₄O₂

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MidnightViper88 Made In The USA (Forum King) Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The 502 Posts: 9,100	Speaking of clippy, wasn't there an old parody video that made fun of that thing? Something having to do with this guy trying to use a program, but got pissed at clippy because it kept asking too many help questions? "I just want to lie in my own crusty filth, eating rancid egg sandwiches, until some unfortunate paramedic has to blow down my door to find my bloated and pasty corpse wedged between the nightstand and mattress stained with Bengay and Robitussin DM." - Greg Gutfeld on sex and seniors "Syphilis does not stay in Vegas. Debt collectors do not stay in Vegas. Dead hookers stay in Vegas, but the guilt stays with you forever." - Bill Schultz

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zootm Forum King Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: the nether reaches of bonnie scotland Posts: 13,375	I think there were somewhere in the region of seventy thousand of such videos, most terribly unfunny. Gotta love the internet.

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Smeggle Just Strolling By (Major Dude) Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: A Long Winding Road..... Posts: 3,259	arrrr poor clippy that stupid dog they use in search needs to be kennelled --- permantly as well lol Music is Life, Love and Happiness :\|: Life is Music. Serren - 1985 - 2005 Religion? Religion is a Blasphemy against humanity - From the film What the Bleep do we know siggy link So stumbling? whats it all about

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Vie Forum King Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Thoron fields and Duranium shadows. Posts: Crap mostly Posts: 8,003	Yes, but he is easy to kill. Member most in need of SpellCheck Lifetime Achievement Award I'm a Twitch Streamer these days, it's weird.

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MStar Major Dude Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Hardcore Heaven Posts: 1,491	My installation of Office 2003 had all assistants disabled by default.

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Troy_Spiral Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 143	Clippy is gone???? I call shenanigans!!

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