:-) yer
standard smiley face
:-> alternate
mouth
:^) alternate
nose...
(:-) smiley
big-face
):-) smiley
big-face
:-D said
with a smile
8-| eyes
wide with surprise
:-o wow!
:-v speaking
:-, smirk
|-) laughing
|-D laughing
:-P tongue
hanging out in anticipation
M:-) saluting
(symbol of respect)
$-) just
won the lottery or winning big at Las Vegas
P-) getting
fresh
;-) getting
fresh (2)
:-x kiss
kiss
:-X a
big wet kiss!
(:-* kiss...
;-) wink
( take this message with a grain of salt)
,-} wry
and winking
:-7 after
a wry statement
9-) wink,
left
6-) wink,
right
:-\ undecided
:-i semi-smiley
:-/ lefty
undecided smiley
|-) asleep
(boredom)
|I asleep
(boredom)
:-| "have
an ordinary day" smiley
:-I puzzled
:-T keeping
a straight face
{} a
'no comment' message
:-# submitter's
lips are sealed
:-x "my
lips are sealed" smiley
:-P has
a secret to tell you
:-Y a
quiet aside
M-),:X),:-M sees no evil, hears no evil, speaks
no evil
:-( yer
standard frowning face
):-( unsmiley
big-face
:-O worried
:-o shocked
:-C just
totally unbelieving
:-V shout
:-[ pouting
&.(.. crying
---...--- - S.O.S
:-w speak
with forked tongue
:-r sticking
tongue out
&-| tearful
:-c real
unhappy
:-| grim
:-P sticking
out tongue (symbol of disrespect)
:-o shocked
:-(O) yelling
:~( has
had his nose put out of joint
:-@ screaming
:-< real
sad
:-* oops!
:-c bummed
out
:-e disappointed
(:-( unsmiley
frowning
:-8( condescending
stare
(:-# message
concerning something that shouldnt have been said...
:-d lefty
smiley razzing you
(:-\ VERY
sad...
(:-... heart-breaking
message...
:-t cross
:-< same
>:-< mad
(:-& angry...
:-8( has
condescending stare
:-@ extremely
angry
>-< absolutely
livid!!
:-|| anger
|-O bored
by the article that you submitted
>:-( sick
and tired of reading this nonsense
~:-( particularly
angry
:-] expressing
biting sarcasm
:-[ expressing
biting criticism
(:-$ ill...
:-(*) sick
of recent netnews and is about to vomit
:-( has
read too many 'smiley' articles
:-{~ read
too many toilet paper articles before lunch
:-'| has
a cold
:-R has
the flu
%') just
finished a fifth of lunch
Overwork/Overparty Emotions:
:*) drunk
:-& tongue-tied
#-) partied
all night
8-O has
taken too many nodoz to work on thesis
|-( late
night messages
%-) has
been staring at the terminal for 36 hours
:-* just
ate a sour pickle
%-<I> drunk
with laughter
|:-| excessively
rigid
(:I egghead
<:I dunce
=:-) a
hosehead
O:-) face
with halo- acting very innocent
<:-) dumb
questions
:-[ un-smiley
blockhead
:-] blockhead
<:-) conehead
I:-) blockhead
*8=(: blubbering
idiot
:-D talks
too much
(:<) blabber
mouth
(:-D blabber
mouth
:-% talking
out of both sides of mouth
(:-) bald
|:-) has heavy eyebrows
:-} has
beard
:-% has
beard
:-)} has
goatee/beard
:-@ beard
has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso
(:-{~ a message
from a person with a beard
:-{ has
mustache
:-{) has
moustache
:-#| bushy
mustache
:-=) older
smiley with mustache
%-) with
long bangs
(-) needing
a haircut
{:-) hair
parted in the middle
}:-) above
in an updraft
&:-) message
from a person with curly hair
@:-) message
from a person with wavy hair
{:-) has
new hair style
{:-{)} has new
hair style, mustache and beard
-:-) sports
a mohawk and admires Mr. T
=:-) long
hair
3:-) curly
hair
[:-) flattop
#:-) crewcut
?:-) wavy
hair, parted on right
*:-) electric
hair
{(:-) wearing
toupee
}(:-( wearing
toupee in wind
{{-}}} a refugee from the '60's
(:-|K- formal message
:-)8 well
dressed
:-X has
bow tie
g-) ponce-nez
glasses
::-) wears
glasses
(8-) message
from a person wearing glasses...
8-) wears
glasses
B-) wears
horn-rims
8:-) wears
glasses on forehead
B-)-[< wearing
sunglasses and swimming trunk
%-) message
about people with broken glasses
R-) has
broken glasses
8-) wears
glasses
B-) wears
sunglasses
B-| wearing
cheap sunglasses
%-) crossed-eyed
'-) only
has a left eye, which is closed
.-] one-eyed
smilely
.-) has
one eye
?-( about
people with a black eye
':-) shaved
off one of his eyebrows this morning
@:I wears
turban
\:-) wears
a french hat
d:-) baseball
player (hat on sideways)
+(:-) propeller
beanie
[:-) listening
to walkman thingy
:-v talking
head
:-$ face
with it's mouth wired shut
:-9 licking
it's lips
:-B drooling
:-)' tends
to drool
:-6 after
eating something sour
:-* after
eating something bitter
:-q trying
to touch its tongue to its nose
:-a lefty
smilely touching tongue to nose
:-o singing
national anthem
:-7 talks
out of side of mouth
:-{} wears
lipstick
:-# has
been punched in the mouth
:-b left-pointing
tongue smiley
:-" pursing
lips
:-(=) message
about people with big teeth
:-# has
braces
:-{#} messages
teasing people about their braces
:-E has
major dental problems
:-G- smokes
cigarettes
:-Q smoker
:-p~ smokes
heavily
:-d~ smokes
heavily
~p
:-) pipe
smoker
:-? smilely
smoking a pipe
:-Z tobacco
chewer
:-7 tobacco
chewer, getting ready to spit
:-` spitting
out chewing tobacco
:~) has
ugly nose (needs nose job)
:u) funny-looking
left nose
:>) has
big nose
:n) funny-looking
right nose
:~) pointy
nose (righty)
:v) left-pointing
nose
:^| broken
nose
(:^( message
concerning people with broken noses
:^) messages
teasing people about their noses
(:+) has
a big nose...
:=) has
two noses
:%)% has
acne
8:-) a
little girl
:-)-}8 a big girl
:-))) very
overweight
~:o baby
:-: mutant
[:-] a
message concerning a square head
:< midget
unsmiley
:> midget
invisible
man
C:-) has
large brain capacity
%-~ painted
by Picasso
=0== message
about mexican on a railroad!
=t== message
about mexican run over by train
>|-> message
from China...
<|-)= chinese
<|-(= chinese
and doesn't like this article
|-) chinese
_:^) Indian
@:-) Indian
(East)
*\:-) Scottish
<:-) Vietnamese
peasant (unlikely)
](-[3 Viking
(-: Australian
:<() African
tribesman
>:^( headhunter
(Amazon style)
I8${} Ubangi
- bone in nose
X8-{} Ubangi's
wife
*8-O Ubangi's
child
i:o Ubangi's
baby
+<:-| message
from a monk/nun...
:-0 orator
8-) swimmer
:-% banker
*(H-) downhill
skier
=:-) punk-rocker
=:-#} punk
with a mustache....
>B=) punk
rocker
=:-( (real
punk rockers don't smile)
Y
:-) 8 plays
guitar
Y
:-) O plays
banjo
(:)-) scuba
diver
0-) wearing
scuba mask
8=:-) a chef
<<<<(:-) message
from a hat sales-man...
(:>-< message
from a thief: hands up!
0-) an
arc-welder
(o:v) coal
miner
O:v)>--o doctor
CD:-)> railroad
engineer
:-)W:-) barber
+<||-) knight
:= | baboon
:=8) baboon
d8= eager
beaver
pq`#' bull
~M`'~ camel
}:-< cat
__Q~`__ cat
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Cheshire cat
3:-o cow
pp# cow
:3-< dog
6\/) the
elephant submitter
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`\
(O--< fishy
message
>-^);> fish
8) frog
B) frog
who is wearing sunglasses
8P bullfrog
and it's mating season
:-[ ] shark
(jaws of doom)
8:] gorilla
:8) pig
::) pig
3:*> Rudolph
the reindeer
|) salamander
~~~~~8} snake
:<= walrus
:V woodpecker
B-) Batman
C=:-) The
Galloping Gourmet
8=:-K The
Sweedish Chef
:-o Mr.
Bill
#:o+= Betty
Boop
>:*) Bozo
the Clown
*:o) Bozo
the Clown
*:O) Bozo
the Clown
:-))) William
Conrad
>>-O-> Gen. Custer
:/7) Cyrano
de Bergerac
{8<> Daffy
Duck
]:-) The
Devil
8(:-) Walt
Disney
7:-) Fred
Flintstone
[8-] Frankenstein
8(:-)-3 Annette Funicello
{:^=( Hitler
X:-) Aunt
Jemima
K:-) Aunt
Jemima's sister
- Helen
Keller
=|:-) Abe Lincoln
(D:-] General
Patton
%-~ Picasso
%-^ Picasso
+O:-) The Pope
:-\ Popeye
5:-) Elvis
Presley
\
8-] FDR
=):-) Uncle
Sam
O==):-{ Uncle Sam
*<|:-) Santa Claus
(Ho Ho Ho)
8+() Tina
Turner
:-[ vampire
:-E vampire
with buck teeth
4:-) George
Washington
-=#:-) has wizard
status
$-) a
yuppie
Q:-) a
new grad
b-) pirate
(with eye patch)
L:-) just
graduated
:<| attends
an Ivy League school
(: (=| going to be
a ghost for Halloween...
=:-H plays
for NFL
(V)=| a pacman
champion
o-) a
cyclops
@-) a
cyclops
*-( a
cyclops who got poked in the eye
B-{= vampire
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to alt.flame
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to soc.religion
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to comp.unix-wizards
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about nuclear war
(:-) messages
dealing with bicycle helmets
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O-(==< asleep
===:[OO']>:=== feels he/she has been railroaded
;^? has
punched out for submitting sexist article
*-) was
shot for the last posting
i-=<***i CAUTION: poster
has flame thrower
i-=<******o-(==< ...and uses it! (alternately, i-=<***
__. )
~~~\8-O needs to fix frayed
cord on terminal
\/\/\/\,8-O really should fix frayed line cord
on terminal
M:-< just
had a bad experience with "rm"...
O-S-< a
message from a person in a hurry
O-Z-< a
message from a person in a big hurry
O-&-< a
message from a person who is doing nothing
O-G-< a
message concerning oneself
*:* message
about fuzzy things
*:** message
about fuzzy people with a fuzzy mustache
(-: left-handed
oo somebody's
head-lights are on messages
._) suffers
from Lorentz contraction
<:-)<<| message
from a space rocket...
<I==I) a message
on four wheels
[:|] a
robot (or other appropriate AI project)
_____
|O-O|
|:::|
----- a computer
C):-O
C):-O
C):-O
C):-O a barbershop
quartet
nothin' left to do but :-) :-) :-) Grateful Dead-head
:(\
! bum
w/cigarette
B(\
! movie
producer w/cigarette
.'v talking
.'V shouting
.'w speaking
with forked tounge
.'T keeping
a straight face
.'r sticking
tounge out
.'P sticking
tounge out
.'" pursing
lips
.'Y whistling
.'\ frowning
.'! grim
.^v pointy
nose
.'U yawning
.'J smiling
~'v long
bangs
!.'v flat
top
=.'v mohawk
@.'v curly
hair
,.'v short
hair
*<.'v snow
cap on
+<.'v knight
d.'v wears
hard hat