Credit given to creator, or persons claiming to be such (if known). Enjoy ... #-) submitter partied all night #:-) :-) done by someone with sort of matted hair [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] #:-o "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) [figmo@lll-crg (Lynn Gold)] %-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours; submitter is cross-eyed; submitter with long bangs %-^ submitter is Picasso %*} submitter is very drunk [jeanette@randvax] '-) Submitter only has a left eye, which is closed ':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning (-) submitter needing a haircut (-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix; submitter is left-handed (-E: submitter wears bifocals [jeanette@randvax] (:)-) submitter likes to scuba dive (:-( unsmiley frowning (:-) smiley big-face (:I egghead )8-) scuba smiley big-face ):-( unsmiley big-face ):-) smiley big-face *-( Cyclops got poked in the eye *:o) submitter is a Bozo *<|:-) submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) +-(:-) Submitter is the pope +:-) smiley priest +<:-) "Peace be upon you, my children..." [zben@umd2 (Ben Cranston)] ,-} wry and winking -:-) submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T ->=:-)X Zippy the Pinhead [dyon@batcomputer (Dyon Anniballi)] .-) Submitter has one eye .-( Always should wear safety classes. [entropy@fluke (Terrence Mason)] -( Especially in the laser burn-in room. [entropy@fluke.UUCP] .-] one-eyed smilely 0-) smiley cyclops (scuba diver?); submitter is an arc-welder; submitter wearing scuba mask 0:-) angel [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] 3:o[ net.pets 8 :-I net.unix-wizards / 8 ] submitter is ponochio [jeanette@randvax.UUCP (Jeanette Haritan)] 8-) smiley swimmer; submitter wears glasses wide-eyed look [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] 8:-) glasses on forehead; submitter is a little girl 8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla 8*) smile with glasses and a moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] 8^ submitter is a chicken [jeanette@randvax] :%)% submitter has acne :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or while reading netnews; smile with moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] :- prolog programmer [jeffw@midas.UUCP (Jeff Winslow)] :-! smiley bland face :-# Respondent's lips are sealed; braces :-#| smiley face with bushy mustache :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-% Respondent has beard. smiley banker :-& smiley which is tongue-tied :-'| submitter has a cold :-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles.; boo hoo; un-smiley; sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]' :-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is about to vomit :-) ha ha; the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh' :-)' submitter tends to drool :-)-{8 submitter is a big girl :-)8 submitter is well dressed :-* smiley after eating something bitter; submitter just ate a sour pickle :-/ lefty undecided smiley :-0 smiley orator :-1 smiley bland face :-6 smiley after eating something sour :-7 smiley after a wry statement :-8( condescending stare :-9 smiley licking it's lips :-: mutant smiley :-< real sad smiley :-=) older smiley with mustache :-> hey hey; y.a.s.; normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above exceptperson who submitted it has problems with their lips :-? smilely smoking a pipe :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso.; smiley face screaming :-D Submitter talks too much; Wider happy face [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] :-I hmm :-O uh oh :-P nyah nyah :-Q smoker :-X bow tie :-[ un-smiley blockhead; biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism :-\ undecided smiley; popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye :-] smiley blockhead; biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net :-` smiley spitting out its chewing tobacco :-a lefty smilely touching tongue to nose :-b left-pointing tongue smiley :-c bummed out smiley :-d lefty smiley razzing you :-e disappointed smiley :-i semi-smiley :-j left smiling smilely :-k beats me, looks like something, tho. :-l y. a. s. :-o Submitter is shocked; smiley singing national anthem; "Oh, nooooooo!" (a la Mr. Bill) [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] :-p smiley sticking its tongue out (at you!) :-q smiley trying to touch its tongue to its nose :-s smiley after a BIZARRE comment :-t cross smiley :-v talking head smiley :-x "my lips are sealed" smiley :-z y.a.c.s. :-{ mustache; smiley variation on a theme :-{) normal smiling face with a moustache, same as #1 except submitter has moustache :-{~ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch :-| "have an ordinary day" smiley; no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me' :-} beard; normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device :-} respondent wears lipstick ::-) respondent wears glasses :< midget unsmiley :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school :=) Submitter has two noses :> midget smiley :>) submitter has a big nose :^( submitter has had his nose put out of joint. Useful for replying to flames. :^) smiley with pointy nose (righty) :n) smiley with funny-looking right nose :u) smiley with funny-looking left nose :v) left-pointing nose smiley :~) smiling face needs a nosejob, no explanation necessary ;-( 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' ;-) winking smiley; 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 ;-\ popeye gets his lights punched out ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but still gets beat up <:I dunce <|-(= Submitter is chinese and doesn't like this article. <|-)= Submitter is chinese. (sorry bout that) =:-#} smiley punk with a mustache.... =:-( (real punk rockers don't smile) =:-) smiley punk-rocker; submitter is a hosehead /;-) submitter has one big thick cockeyed eyebrow [jeanette@randvax] ====O \:-( Poster is a Scottish Highland Bagpiper! >:-) devil [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] >:-< mad >:-I net.startrek >;-) devilish wink [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] >w (nose-thumbing gesture) [jeffw@midas.UUCP] @-) person submitting is Cyclops @-( "Ulysses! Bring me Ulysses!" [zben@umd2 (Ben Cranston)] @:I turban @= Flame about nuclear war, power or weapons follows (mushroom cloud) [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] B-) horn-rims B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses C=:-) chef [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] C=>8*) a devilish chef with glasses and a moustache [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] E-:-I net.ham-radio O |-) net.religion O-) Megaton Man, on patrol! [weemba@brahms.BERKELEY.EDU (Matthew P. Wiener)] P-) person submitting is getting fresh X-( net.suicide [:-) Submitter is listening to walkman thingy. [:|] submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project) g-) smiley with ponce-nez glasses o-) submitter is a cyclops o-<:-{{{ submitter is santa smiley invisible man {(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee. {:-) smiley with its hair parted in the middle |-) Submitter is asleep (boredom); hee hee; Same as :-) but poster is Oriental [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] |-( asleep with nightmares [ins_ajpo@jhunix.UUCP] |-D ho ho |-P yuk }(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind. }:-) above in an updraft }:^#}) mega-smiley: updrafted bushy-mustached pointy nosed smiley with a double-chin ~~:-( net.flame ~== Flame follows (supposed to be a lit match or candle) [figmo@lll-crg.ARpA] ___ / \ | RIP | |_____| Submitter has recently died CCC