Microsoft thinks stationary is bad

March 7, 2005 11:02 AM

Stationary is bad Microsoft is pushing it's new OneNote offering with this spot which is fine but don't they realise that when your sitting in a meeting your need paper and a pen to doddle while the muppet at the end of the table is droning on about sales and marketing stuff...ironic really!!
posted by Chrisuk43 (24 comments total)

Spell/grammar check is good.
posted by pmbuko at 11:13 AM on March 7, 2005

I've got to agree - motile is better than stationary, in general.
posted by blendor at 11:32 AM on March 7, 2005

Isn't it ironic, don't you think? A little too ironic. But then I really do think... that this is a crappy post.
posted by goatdog at 11:33 AM on March 7, 2005

If the grammar doesn't burn your eyes out, the self-link will.
posted by sohcahtoa at 11:42 AM on March 7, 2005

"OneNote offering."

Heh.

Hah. HA! HEEE HAWWW ha haha HAAAW! Aaaaaah hahahahahahahaha!
posted by breezeway at 11:42 AM on March 7, 2005

your (sic) need paper and a pen to doddle (sic) while the muppet at the end of the table is droning

No, what you need is a wireless laptop and MeFi.
posted by caddis at 11:46 AM on March 7, 2005

A link to a viral for Microsoft Onenote? Seriously? WTF?
posted by monju_bosatsu at 11:49 AM on March 7, 2005

It's only viral if it's amusing or interesting to pass on. This isn't. DOA.
posted by Plutor at 11:52 AM on March 7, 2005

...interesting enough to pass on...
posted by Plutor at 11:52 AM on March 7, 2005

Good mnemonic this: Stationery has an 'e' for envelope.
posted by DangerIsMyMiddleName at 11:55 AM on March 7, 2005

I have no idea what is on the other end of that link. Really. No idea. Maybe it's adblock, but I suspect that it would suck even if I could see/comprehend it.
posted by tpl1212 at 11:58 AM on March 7, 2005

Okay, when I went to the link listed at the end of the movie, stationeryisbad.com, it redirected me to Microsoft's UK site. Same thing with stationaryisbad.com. Now it shows me the correct site. Hmmm...weird.
posted by daninnj at 12:01 PM on March 7, 2005

Get back to doddling, all of you.
posted by scratch at 12:01 PM on March 7, 2005

For Goatdog.

Yes, it's terrible MIDI. But it's still better than this post!
posted by Ynoxas at 12:02 PM on March 7, 2005

I'm afraid to open it. I'm at work, and if an Alanis song comes out of my speakers, my coworkers will all laugh at me.
posted by goatdog at 12:04 PM on March 7, 2005

tpl:

Standard TV-ad type gag. Nothing special. Really, it deserves no better than an incoherent run-on sentence. (But don't we deserve better?)
posted by argybarg at 12:06 PM on March 7, 2005

Is English your second language? Or perhaps your FIFTEENTH?
posted by WaterSprite at 12:07 PM on March 7, 2005

Or perhaps your (sic) FIFTEENTHohgodwait. Oh lord. Cleverness, there. And I was just about to nail you up.

My apologies.

Bwa ha
posted by Baby_Balrog at 12:13 PM on March 7, 2005

Um... better watch out with me, Baby_Balrog. I am a human grammar check/spell check.
posted by WaterSprite at 12:16 PM on March 7, 2005

does anyone actually know what irony is? the only ironic thing here is that some of you might still believe that metafilter is the smart and sassy place that it once was. this was well before my time here when membership was exclusive and i could only watch.
posted by yedgar at 12:18 PM on March 7, 2005

If you use OneNote with a tablet, it's actually pretty passable for doodling. Penny Arcade is drawn on a tablet.
posted by abcde at 12:21 PM on March 7, 2005

Tablet PC, I should say, of course.
posted by abcde at 12:22 PM on March 7, 2005

Actually, yedgar, I do know what irony is, and it was clear that the poster does not, which is why I quoted the Alanis song in which she demonstrates that she, like the poster, does not understand what irony is. Shall I draw you a map?
posted by goatdog at 12:23 PM on March 7, 2005

even better example of irony: back when metafilter was more elitist, i was just itching for a chance to join cause i thought it be so sassy. finally, after biding my time, constantly being told that membership was once again closed, i get me chance, i manage to work my way in and...metafilter now sucks. that's kind of ironic - dontcha think?
posted by yedgar at 12:26 PM on March 7, 2005