Microsoft Threatens To Resurrect Its Office Assistant Clippy

[stewie_e]

Microsoft threatens to resurrect Clippy as an Office emoji https://t.co/bWNDgLVW2k pic.twitter.com/4mnnMPP8ug
- The Verge (@verge) July 14, 2021
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it would revive its controversial office assistant - Clippy - as a replacement emoji for the paperclip in Office 365. A message on Twitter asked followers to like the

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[rhapsodeeinblue]

I loved Clippy lol.

Does anyone else remember that they had other characters too? My faves were a dog and a wizard.

[sandstorm]

They did! I remember Speaker.

[gillenvillain]

I feel old

[jellycar]

yesss the cat always scratched my homework wtf

[glitterslugs]

i remember the wizard!

[myneckmyback]

is the wizard the one I'm remembering as an Albert Einstein looking person or are they two separate characters?

[sandstorm]

2 Separate ones!

[iznanassi]

what

omg

[sadteenager]

lol I remember being in computer class and feeling so cool and savvy when I learned how to change it and everyone else was just hype about clippy.

[arabian]

CLippy is awesome.

[arellaj]

anyone remember gonzi buddy, that purple gorilla? apparently that guy was a virus or something, baby me didn't care, i just loved playing with him

[hauntedcaptcha]

Yes I was going to comment about him!! I remember him being tied to a search engine sort of…spam?? Idek. What a time.

[sandstorm]

[arellaj]

BONZI BUDDY YEAH!!!

one time i remember being a little brat and crying and bonzi buddy randomly said something about how crying doesn't help matter or whatever and my mom and i were so shocked

[jgedlittlepill0]

omfg yes! i loved that guy.

[galaxized]

lmfaoooo that voice haunts me to this day