June 29, 2010
Original: Literally (725)
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Two people, one of whom is talking.
Person: I was literally glued to my seat through the entire—
Off-panel: Hah! You mean "figuratively"
The person off-panel is revealed to be Clippit, an animated paper clip in some versions of Microsoft Office.
Person: Who are you?
Clippit: Eighteen years I've watched you! Waiting!
Flashback, with three people and Clippit there.
Narrator: Ever since that day in seventh grade when you humiliated me.
Clippit: I told him and he literally exploded!
Person: Uh, unless he physically burst, you mean "figuratively".
Other person: Hah.
Narrator: Remember?
Back to the present.
Clippit: I knew one day you'd slip, and I vowed I'd be there to see you fall. How does it feel?
Person: You are literally the craziest person I've ever met.
Clippit: You did it again!
Person: No, I didn't.
Title text: When I was little, I used to try to trip Word's grammar check in every way I knew about, and then click "About this sentence" to see what the paper clip guy had to say about it. Does that make me literally the weirdest person you've seen online?