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- From: "mike clemens" <mike.clemens@canrem.com>
- Subject: all those smileys
- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.4202.6281@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "mike clemens" <mike.clemens@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: rec
- Date: 17 Nov 92 16:01:23 EST
- Lines: 27
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- > Over the years, the "smiley face" characters have adorned messages on
- > UNIX, Ethernet, E-Mail, TCP/IP, packet, and too many other places to mention.
- > For the uninitiated, smiley faces are a way of subtley (or not) expressing
- > an opinion, emotion, or whatever in messages. In addition, there are several
- > other faces, moods, and opinions, which express the writer's feelings about
- > a particular situation or person.
-
- > Here are a few of the most popular ones gleaned from one of the landline
- > BBS's. This is a highly edited sample, as the original listing was over 20K
- > long. Most of them appear to have originated on Arpanet, UNIX, or TCP/IP
- > years ago.
-
- > Note to the novice viewer: Tilt your head to the left as far as it will
- > go, and smile!
-
- you forgot one:
-
- :-)~ smoking a joint
-
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