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Yumi-chan is just so full of love and good-natured haplessness and the way Ueda Kana brings it out has been an utter delight.— Anime Nano!
You get so embarrassed for the characters and their supreme cluelessness, or dorkiness, or haplessness, that it affects you physically.— phillyBurbs.com
No doubt It would have been fun to watch Payton Manning, but take him out of the equation -- which eventually must happen -- and the Colts will quickly revert to their standard of haplessness.— Blog updates
We have already seen that take place with the five big investment banks, which have effectively been wiped away. had a New York Times column this week that noted for all its haplessness under Greenie, the Fed has been rewarded with more, not less power.— Slate Magazine

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