A fan letter about smilies. :-)

Here are some more emoticons for you all to add to your collections, just in case you needed some more. Money making tip for some industrious person: Publish an emoticon dictionary. Think about it! Just another hot tip from yours truly, send the royalty check to me at [address omitted].

Thank you very much.

USEFUL INTERNET EMOTICONS

EMOTICON MEANING

:) Happy person

:( Sad person

:-) Happy person with a nose

:-( Sad person with a nose

:---( Person who is sad because he or she has a large nose

:-D Person laughing

:-D* Person laughing so hard that he or she does not notice that a 5-legged spider is hanging from his or her lip

:-| Person unsure of which long-distance company to choose

>8-O-(&) Person just realizing that he or she has a tapeworm

;-) Person winking

.-) Person who can still smile despite losing an eyeball

:-0WW Person vomiting a series of Slim Jims

:-Q Person who just had cybersex and is now enjoying a post-coital cybercigarette

>:-Q -... Person who was enjoying a post-coital cigarette until he suddenly noticed, to his alarm, that there is some kind of discharge dribbling from his cybermember

:-{8 Person who is unhappy with the results of her breast-enlargement surgery

:V:-| Person who cannot figure out why nobody wants to talk to him or her, little suspecting that there is an alligator on his or her head

~oE]:-| Fisherperson heading for market with a basket on his or her head containing a three-legged octopus that is giving off smell rays

>:-[ -{9 Person who is none too pleased to be giving birth to a squirrel

BTW, have you looked at the Japanese smilies? They avoid having to turn one's head. For instance:

(^o^) for Suprise

(^_^) for a happy smile

\(^_^)/ for jumping for joy, etc.

Michael S. Alexander A.K.A. Rednaxela http://www.leprechaun.com

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