News MS paper clip man gets the pink slip By - April 12, 2001 11 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsAppLinkedinReddItEmail Author: JT Smith Clippy, the horrendously irritating animated paper clip, of “It looks like you’re writing a letter” fame, got the boot from XP and now has his own website. This is mildly amusing – could MS actually be laughing at itself a bit?