:-) Joking or sarcastic face :-} Fiendish grin ;-) A wink :-( Sad or angry face |-( Late night ~/~ Stirring up trouble :-) the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh' :-> normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except person who submitted it has problems with their lips :-{) normal smiling face with a mustache, same as #1 except submitter has mustache :-} normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device :-| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me' :-( sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]' ;-) smiling face gets his lights punched out (could be pirate smiling face??), submitter is a practical joker who played one too many and got beat up ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but still gets beat up ;-( sad face gets his lights punched out, sad or mad and got beat up, or 'that makes me so mad that if I ever see you I'll punch your lights out' :-\ popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye ;-\ popeye gets his lights punched out :-] biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net :-[ biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or while reading netnews : ) smiling face needs a nose job, no explanation necessary : submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project) :>) submitter has a big nose :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school :%)% submitter has acne =:-) submitter is a hosehead :-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is about to vomit :-)8 submitter is well dressed 8:-) submitter is a little girl :-)-{8 submitter is a big girl %-) submitter is cross-eyed #-) submitter partyed all night :-* submitter just ate a sour pickle -:-) submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T (:)-) submitter likes to scuba dive :-'| submitter has a cold :-)' submitter tends to drool ':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning (-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix 8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla %-^ submitter is Picasso (-: submitter is left-handed 0-) submitter is an arc-welder *:o) submitter is a Bozo 8-) submitter wears glasses *<|:-) submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) o-) submitter is a cyclops %-) submitter with long bangs (-) submitter needing a haircut 0-) submitter wearing scuba mask ********** Cannot connect to outline: -) PERSON SUBMITTING IS CYCLOPS ********** *-( Cyclops got poked in the eye %-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses P-) person submitting is getting fresh :^( submitter has had his nose put out of joint. Useful for replying to flames. |-) Submitter is asleep (boredom) .-) Submitter has one eye '-) Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed :=) Submitter has two noses :-D Submitter talks too much :-o Submitter is shocked :-{ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch :-% Respondent has beard. :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso. :-# Respondent's lips are sealed. -(:-) Submitter is the pope :-% Respondent has beard. :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso. :-# Respondent's lips are sealed. ::-) respondent wears glasses :-} respondent wears lipstick {(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee. }(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind. <|-)= Submitter is Chinese. (sorry bout that) <|-(= Submitter is Chinese and doesn't like this article. :-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles. ___ / \ | RIP | |_____| Submitter has recently died :-) ha ha :-( net.flame |-) hee hee O |-) net.religion |-D ho ho :-> hey hey 8 :-I net.unix-wizards :-( boo hoo X-( net.suicide :-I hmm E-:-I net.ham-radio :-O uh oh >:-I net.startrek :-P nyah nyah 3:o[ net.pets |-P yuk :-} beard :-{ mustache :-# braces :-X bow tie :-Q smoker <:I dunce (:I egghead 8-) glasses B-) horn-rims 8:-) glasses on forehead :-8( condescending stare ;-) wink :-< mad :-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-1 smiley bland face :-! " :-@ smiley face screaming :-#| smiley face with bushy mustache :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-% smiley banker :-6 smiley after eating something sour :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty) :-7 smiley after a wry statement 8-) smiley swimmer :-* smiley after eating something bitter :-& smiley which is tongue-tied :-9 smiley licking it's lips :-0 smiley orator :-( un-smiley :-) smiley standard smiley invisible man (:-( unsmiley frowning (:-) smiley big-face ):-) " ):-( unsmiley big-face )8-) scuba smiley big-face =:-) smiley punk-rocker =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache.... :-) smiley priest :-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose :-e disappointed smiley :-t cross smiley :-i semi-smiley :-o smiley singing national anthem :-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) :-[ un-smiley blockhead :-] smiley blockhead :-{ smiley variation on a theme :-} ditto {:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle }:-) above in an updraft :-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose :-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment :-d lefty smiley razzing you g-) smiley with pince-nez glasses :-j left smiling smilely :-k beats me, looks like something, tho. :-l y. a. s. :-: mutant smiley :-\ undecided smiley :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley ;-) winking smiley :-< real sad smiley :-> y.a.s. :-z y.a.c.s. :-x "my lips are sealed" smiley :-c bummed out smiley :-v talking head smiley :v) left-pointing nose smiley :-b left-pointing tongue smiley :-/ lefty undecided smiley :-? smilely smoking a pipe .-] one-eyed smilely ,-} wry and winking 0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?) :-=) older smiley with mustache :u) smiley with funny-looking left nose :n) smiley with funny-looking right nose :< midget unsmiley :> midget smiley }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a :-)/2 remark was only half in jest "We laugh because it hurts so much" Michael V. 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