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- To help telecom-sters clarify just how humorous their postings are
- intended to be, here is a collection of the many faces of humor,
- emoticon-style.
-
- emoticon: n. a figure created with the symbols on a keyboard that
- is read with the head tilted to the left. Used to convey
- the spirit in which a line of text was typed.
-
-
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- * *
- * Tilt your head slightly to the left to read the following emoticons. *
- * *
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-
-
- :-) Humor
- :-) )-: Masking theatrical comments
- :<) For those with hairy lips
- :<)= For those with beards too
- :/) Not funny
- '-) Wink
- P-) Pirate
- ;-) Sardonic incredulity
- (@ @) You're kidding!
- :-" Pursing lips
- :-v Just another face (speaking) profiled from the side
- :-V Shout
- :-w Speak with forked tongue
- :-W Shout with forked tongue
- :-r Bleahhh (sticking tongue out)
- :-f
- :-p
- :-1 Smirks
- :-,
- <:-O Eeek!
- :-* Oooops (covering mouth with hand)
- :-T keeping a straight face (tight-lipped)
- :-D said with a smile
- :-P
- :-y
- :-o More versions of shouting
- :-O
- :-{ Count Dracula
- =|:-)= Uncle Sam
- 7:) Reagan
- :-# Censored
- :~i Smoking
- :~j (and smiling)
- :/i No smoking
- :-I It's something, but I don't know what....
- :-x Kiss kiss
- :-> Alternate happy face
- :-( Unhappy
- :-c Real unhappy
- :-C Unbelieving (jaw dropped)
- :-< Forlorn
- :-B Drooling (or overbite)
- :-| Disgusted
- :-? Licking your lips
- <:>== A turkey emoticon
- :-) :-) :-) Loud guffaw
- :-J Tongue-in-cheek comments
- :*) Clowning around
- :-8 Talking out both sides of your mouth
- (:-) Msgs dealing with bicycle helmets
- @= Warning about nuclear war
- <:-) For dumb questions
- o= A burning candle for flames
- -= A doused candle to end a flame
- OO Headlights on msg
- :_) I used to be a boxer, but it really got my nose out of joint
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-
- "I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out."
- - Judge Harry Stone
-
- Awhile ago, I posted a set of emoticons, those little faces denoting
- various forms of humor. After browsing an internal bboard, I found even more
- emoticons - so here is Part II.....
-
- B-) Smiling and wearing glasses or sunglasses
- (or a message from Batman)
- 8-) Same as previous; also used to denote wide-eyed look
- #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair
- :-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill)
- #:-o Same as previous
- |-( Late night messages
- :^) Messages teasing people about their noses
- :-{#} Messages teasing people about their braces
- (:-$ Message indicating person is ill...
- (:-& Message indicating person is angry...
- (:-( Message indicating person is VERY sad...
- (:^( Message concerning people with broken noses
- (:<) Message concerning blabber mouths
- :-(=) Message about people with big teeth
- &:-) Message from a person with curly hair
- @:-) Message from a person with wavy hair
- ?-( Message about people with a black eye
- *:* Message about fuzzy things
- *:** Message about fuzzy things with fuzzy mustaches
- %-) Message about people with broken glasses
- +<:-| Message from a monk/nun...
- {0-) Message from cyclops...
- (:-|K- Formal message.
- ...---... S.O.S.
- @%&$%& You know what that means...
- ||*( Handshake offered
- ||*) Handshake accepted
- <&&> Message concerning rubber chickens
- >< >< Message about/to someone wearing argyle socks
- 2B|^2B Message about Shakespeare
- (-_-) Secret smile
- <{:-)} Message in a bottle...
- <:-)<<| Message from a space rocket...
- (:-... Heart-breaking message...
- <<<<(:-) Message from a hat sales-man...
- (O--< A fishy message...
- (:>-< Message from a thief: hands up!
- <I==I) A message on four wheels
- :^{ For those with mustaches
- { Alfred Hitchcock
- @>--->---- A rose.
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-
- "I try to keep an open mind, but not so open that my brains fall out."
- - Judge Harry Stone