From rls@FENCHURCH.MIT.EDU Sat Mar 9 16:11:57 1991 Date: Fri, 8 Mar 91 23:42:06 -0500 From: Ruth Lynn Seltzer To: rls@ATHENA.MIT.EDU >From amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Fri Jul 13 14:56:32 1990 Flags: 000000000000 Received: by FENCHURCH.MIT.EDU (5.54/DA1.0.2) id AA16408; Fri, 13 Jul 90 14:56:26 EDT Received: from PORTNOY.MIT.EDU by ATHENA.MIT.EDU with SMTP id AA14141; Fri, 13 Jul 90 14:57:02 EDT From: amgreene@ATHENA.MIT.EDU Received: by PORTNOY.MIT.EDU (5.61/4.7) id AA21780; Fri, 13 Jul 90 14:56:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 14:56:59 -0400 Message-Id: <9007131856.AA21780@PORTNOY.MIT.EDU> To: Subject: [rls%bambam.wellesley.edu@RELAY.CS.NET: ] Status: OR Date: Fri, 13 Jul 90 11:53:55 edt From: Ruth Lynn Seltzer Apparently-To: amgreene@mit.edu Faces: :-) the normal smiling face, appended to a sentence or an article means 'this is a joke' or 'this is supposed to make you laugh' :-> normal smiling face with deformed lips, same as above except person who submitted it has problems with their lips :-{) normal smiling face with a mustache, same as #1 except submitter has mustache :-} normal smiling face with pretty lips, same as #1 except person that submitted it is wearing lipstick or some other lip appearance improving device :-| no expression face, 'that comment doesn't phase me' :-( sad face, 'that comment makes me sad [mad]' ;-) 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 ;-| no expression face gets his lights punched out, says nothing but still gets beat up :-\ popeye smiling face, for people who look like popeye :-] biting sarcasm smiling face, used when sarcasm is intended, since we cannot inflect our voice over the net :-[ biting criticism smiling face, ditto for criticism :*) drunk smiling face, for those of us who like get intoxicated before or while reading netnews : ) smiling face needs a nose job, no explanation necessary : submitter is a robot (or other appropriate AI project) :>) submitter has a big nose :<| submitter attends an Ivy League school :%)% submitter has acne =:-) submitter is a hosehead :-(*) submitter is getting sick of most recent netnews articles and is about to vomit :-)8 submitter is well dressed 8:-) submitter is a little girl :-)-{8 submitter is a big girl %-) submitter is cross-eyed #-) submitter partyed all night :-* submitter just ate a sour pickle -:-) submitter sports a mohawk and admires Mr. T :-'| submitter has a cold ':-) submitter accidentally shaved off one of his eyebrows this morning (-: submitter is Don Ellis from Tektronix 8:] normal smiling face except that submitter is a gorilla %-^ submitter is Picasso (-: submitter is left-handed 0-) submitter is an arc-welder *:o) submitter is a Bozo 8-) submitter wears glasses *<|:-) submitter is Santa Claus (Ho Ho Ho) 0-) submitter wearing scuba mask %-) person submitting has been staring at the terminal for 36 hours B-| person submitting is wearing cheap sunglasses P-) person submitting is getting fresh :^( submitter has had his nose put out of joint. Useful for replying to flames. |-) Submitter is asleep (boredom) :=) Submitter has two noses :-D Submitter talks too much :-o Submitter is shocked :-{ submitter has read too many of the toilet paper articles previous to lunch :-@ Respondent's beard has permanent wave *or* was drawn by Picasso. :-# Respondent's lips are sealed. -(:-) Submitter is the pope {(:-) Submitter is wearing toupee. }(:-( Submitter, wearing toupee in wind. <|-)= Submitter is Chinese. (sorry bout that) <|-(= Submitter is Chinese and doesn't like this article. :-( Submitter has read too many 'smiley' articles. ___ / \ | RIP | |_____| Submitter has recently died X-( net.suicide E-:-I net.ham-radio >:-I net.startrek :-# braces :-Q smoker :-$ smiley face with it's mouth wired shut :-& smiley which is tongue-tied :-? smilely smoking a pipe smiley invisible man