Ten Things You Might Not Know About Mascots-- Part 3.

#5. While most people like most mascots, here's one that people didn't like. And, that would be the Microsft Office "helper" CLIPPIT or CLIPPY. Remember it popping up on your screen starting in the late 90s and saying such remarkable things as: "It looks like you're writing a letter. Would you like help?" // Most folk didn't like it and it was quietly phased out. //// In 2010, Time Magazine listed it as one of the 50 worst inventions of all time. // Microsoft has offered other office assistants like an Einstein look-alike called the Genius and a cat named Scribble. //// #6. ALFRED E. NEUMAN, the coverboy and mascot of Mad Magazine, has a girlfriend named Moxie Cowznofski who has only rarely ever been shown on the cover. //// You Won't Have CLIPPY to Kick Around Anymore. --Cooter