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Not to be.

(Person spits on the grave of the word 'is') Caption: Facebook's mandatory status line 'is': b. 2004. d. 2007.

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The art of the upsell

(salesperson to client) And for a small monthly premium, this insures you in case we just up and flee with your money.

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And that's how they made the new "Alvin and the Chipmunks" movie

(movie producer on the phone) Tracy, I've just had a fond childhood memory. Get a team of writers in here so we can strip-mine it.

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Blue skies, blue screen

(Sunbather tanning herself next to a giant space alien) Caption: CGI Miami

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Al Gore's Nobel + writers' strike = inspiration!

(studio exec on the phone) Dave, baby, I hear you have a killer PowerPoint deck. And my studio wants to option it.

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Don't click until you see the #FFFFFF's of their eyes

(two teams of IT workers) Caption: Browser war re-enactors

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We now go live to our reporter on the scene...

(reporter on the scene) 'Wendy, I have no more information than you do about this story. Now let me spend the next 90 seconds proving it.' -- Caption: What most remote hits boil down to

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Go deep

(contractor to client) Yeah, drilling all the way down to Hell costs a little more. But the efficiencies in geothermal heating pay for themselves in the long run.

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The fine line

(A woman speaks to another woman, who has a crazed expression as she leans over her keyboard) Sweetie, remember how we talked about the fine line between 'passionate blogger' and 'raving kook'..?